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From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT brother DOT ludd DOT ltu DOT se>
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Subject: Re: MS network client and watt-32 htget
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:49:41 +0100 (CET)
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Eric T <nobody AT astral DOT ykfyindonzj DOT com> wrote:
> Hi, I have MS TCP/IP network client/server for DOS running ok. I'm trying to 
> get http/pop3/smtp/nntp access across the LAN (and later the web). The DOS 
> machine can access my other windows machines shares and they can access me.

> When I run a test with "htget http : / n.n.n.n/index.htm" on which I'm 
> running an Apache web server, I get the message:

>     Waterloo TCP/IP setup   [which indicates my packet driver has been 
> detected]
>     'n.n.n.n' no ARP reply   [which indicates the host lookup went ok]

It indicates that there was no arp reply. I. e. your computer asked on
the network what is the ethernet (MAC) address of the host that has IP
address n.n.n.n. Nobody answered.

Check the netmask and the gateway.


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MartinS