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DR WebSpyder with network card and DHCP? (Users)

posted by mr, 14.12.2008, 19:36

I've read http://lazybrowndog.net/freedos/
a very nice guide about the whole networking thing in DOS.

> Most often I used Novell ODI drivers and
> PKT2ODI converter (it comes included with WebSpyder) to provide Packet
> Driver interface for Arachne and a few other applications (as FTP or SSH)
> while still being able to use Personal NetWare client/server to share
> files between my notebook and two desktop PCs (all were running DR-DOS
> 7.03).
Sounds also logical to me. First you start a ODI driver and then the PKT2ODI. This way you can use both NetWare and TCP/IP.

If you would want only to use Arachne and you would have a packet driver it would be ok only to load a packet driver.

In my case I have all 3, ODI drivers are available, NDIS and a packet driver. (SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, onboard chip, real). As for VMware it's a AMD Am79C970, I found a working packer driver from Crynwr (working for lynx and Arachne) and a NDIS2 driver from AMD, haven't looked yet for an ODIS but I think I don't need one.

If I understood this right this pkt2odi is only needed if you have only a ODI driver for your NIC and need to have a packet driver replacement for example for Arachne.

> I think thay you should find a way to establish a connection before you
> start Arachne/WebSpyder, so that either Packet Driver or ODI API would be
> available. There is also a way to provider Packet Driver API over NDIS
> (used by Microsoft LAN client), though I have never used it.
I think I do not need to fight with this NDIS and ODI stuff as I have working packet drivers?

The packet drivers are working.

But WebSpyder and NetTamer seams to want to dial with a dial up modem which is not available?

The question is how to get a converter from packet driver to dial up modem for satisfying dialer.exe.

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