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On Sat, 13 May 2006 14:44:06 +0200 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Gisle Vanem
<giva AT bgnett DOT no> wrote:

>"Brian Inglis" <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid> wrote:
>
>> Watt-32: 
>> "Note that Windows 95, 98 and ME are not supported at this time." 
>
>A misquote. That means it's not possible to build Win32 programs with
>Watt-32 under Windows 9x/ME. That is because the interface to WinPcap
>is different that under NT-systems. You can surely build pure djgpp programs
>and run them under Windows 9x/ME using a suitablre packet-driver. NDIS3PKT
>from www.danlan.com should work fine.

That is not obvious from your web page, where quotes say:
"Watt-32 is a library for making networked TCP/IP programs in the
language of C and C++ under DOS and Windows-NT."
...
"With the correct packet-driver, it will run under all versions of
Windows too."
...
"For Windows, WinPcap and NPF.SYS are required. Note that Windows 95,
98 and ME are not supported at this time."

The web page implies that Win9x is not supported, but with some
"correct packet-driver" it will run. All the packet driver links on
that page are for DOS and WinNT+ only. The distinction between the
requirements for building and running on different Windows versions is
not clear. 

NDIS3PKT seems to have gone commercial: would there be a problem using
DIS_PKT? 

I've been using Cygwin to port and run net utils and apps as the state
of and requirements for DJGPP networking have been less than clear. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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