486 DOS machines OT yet? Networking on Same?

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Sun Mar 30 00:32:01 2003

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Ron Hudson wrote:
>
> > If they are not OT please let me know...
> >
> > Anybody know how to network DOS 6.22?
> >
> > I need a telnet and an FTP. I have an SMC Elite 16C Ultra
> > ethernet card, with the driver diskette.
> >
> >
> > (warning REALLY OT part starts here, please don OT resistant glasses )
> >
> >
> > I want it to talk to my Samba equiped Linux Server...
>
> You'll need Microsoft LAN Manager. You can find it on an NT install CD,
> or if you search Microsoft's website, or you can make it easy on yourself
> and ask me to send you what you need.
>
> My voicemail system is networked with it, but I don't think I ever tried
> to access it with Samba from a Linux box (I can access other MS Windows
> machines from the voicemail server, but not the other way around).


Lan mangler works OK with Samba. It even supports DHCP. Sometimes a pain to
setup though...


For Telnet and FTP, NCSA telnet will work but then if you want SMB at the same
time (Samba/windows file/print sharing) you have to get fancy with using a
packet driver and an NDIS shim...


Peter Wallace

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