From: ovek AT arcticnet DOT no (Ove Kaaven)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:17:28 GMT
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"Mark Habersack" <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> wrote:

>A fried of mine and I have setup a similar network of 6 computers but we have 
>used 4 Genius III and 2 Intel FastEthernet cards. So the cards are not a 
>problem (Geniuses stand even cheaper ~$15 here at Poland). But we have three 
>laptop computers and one true-blue IBM XT ("portable" ;-)) version with 10MB 
>HDD and no room for extension cards - we'd have to find an extension card 
>with some slots, you know such a vertical one) that we'd like to connect into 
>an experimental network. This is, of course, just for fun but if that can be 
>done, I can see no reason why not to do that? That's why I need the 
>null-modem driver.
>And as to the dial-up connections. I have an account on the University free 
>ISP and cable connection is not possible - I have to use the dial-up 
>solution. For that to work from DOS, I need the packet driver able to drive 
>my modem. I normally connect from Linux or Windoze, but I'd like to try it 
>from DOS (both Open and M$). As WATTCP requires a packet driver - I have to 
>write it.

You may want to take a look at Kali. It includes something called
PPPSHARE, which has a driver for Novell's LAN WorkPlace, as well a
packet driver. It has built-in scripting and possibly even
dial-on-demand, if I remember right, as well as a utility that will
write your current IP address into your WATTCP.CFG. If you want a
packet driver for dialup PPP, it should be what you need.