DOS ain't dead

Is it possible to access a network from within a DOS window
under Windows 98 using a network card for which there is not
any DOS driver ? ipconfig in such window returns the correct
IP address of the card, and I can also ping that address and
receive a return, but so far I was not able to install a packet
driver. Protocols are TCP/IP and Ethernet.

> Is it possible to access a network from within a DOS window
> under Windows 98 using a network card for which there is not
> any DOS driver ? ipconfig in such window returns the correct
> IP address of the card, and I can also ping that address and
> receive a return, but so far I was not able to install a packet
> driver. Protocols are TCP/IP and Ethernet.

For Windows 9x I'm only aware of the ndis3pkt demo from http://www.danlan.com/.
The SwsVpkt Virtual Packet Driver is only for Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP.

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> For Windows 9x I'm only aware of the ndis3pkt demo from
Excuse me, but I find this somewhat confusing: Is a
ndis_____ driver a packet driver ? If yes, shouldn´t it be
a DOS packet driver ?

> > For Windows 9x I'm only aware of the ndis3pkt demo from
> Excuse me, but I find this somewhat confusing: Is a
> ndis_____ driver a packet driver ? If yes, shouldn´t it be
> a DOS packet driver ?

NDIS is afaik a way to make the hardware dependant part of network drivers (for various OSes) smaller.

IOW it is more or less an interface between lower and higher parts of the network driver, so that the higher level parts can be easilier recycled more or less for several cards.

> Excuse me, but I find this somewhat confusing: Is a
> ndis_____ driver a packet driver ? If yes, shouldn´t it be
> a DOS packet driver ?

RTFM

DOS programs see ndis3pkt as a DOS packet driver. Windows itself sees ndis3pkt as an ordinary NDIS 3.x driver.

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> > Is it possible to access a network from within a DOS window
> > under Windows 98 using a network card for which there is not
> > any DOS driver ? ipconfig in such window returns the correct
> > IP address of the card, and I can also ping that address and
> > receive a return, but so far I was not able to install a packet
> > driver. Protocols are TCP/IP and Ethernet.
>
> For Windows 9x I'm only aware of the ndis3pkt demo from
> http://www.danlan.com/.
> The SwsVpkt Virtual Packet
> Driver is only for Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP.

Yeah, i still use my reg. version of ndis3pkt with success for DOOM multiplayer through TCP across internet with my friends, and DOS KALI for many other games.