TCPIP via ethernet under DOS? (I know that is possible...but!)

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Tue May 25 09:49:52 1999

At 12:56 AM 5/22/99 +0000, jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net wrote:
>Here is I have this:
>Cable modem, few classic and (few not so-classic) machines w/
>ethernet cards, DOS.

Any luck so far? Given a spare moment, I could dig into my system to
see how I did it. I remember using a solution using a packet radio
driver and an 'ftp' program that I used before Win 3.11 networking
came along. As to be expected of DOS, it mucked with a slew of drivers
in CONFIG.SYS. I'm sure it was fixed IP, so your best bet would be
to set up a firewall Linux box to connect to the cable modem,
and run your old boxes on a subnet with fixed IPs that can talk to
the firewall to get to the net.

- John
Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 09:49:52 BST