From: John Bullough Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 20:36:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711060136.UAA12741@rebecca.its.rpi.edu> To: opendos-support AT delorie DOT com, opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Question about Ethernet Precedence: bulk Hello, I'm a new and enthusiastic, but somewhat naive user of OpenDOS and for one thing, I'm certainly happy to have a non-Microsoft OS running on my computer. I downloaded OpenDOS from the Caldera web site and installed with with no problems. I have an Ethernet card (3Com EtherLink III) and am supposedly "connected" to the network for the university department where I work. When I run "Setup" to configure the settings, I try to set the Network Card to the 3Com EtherLink III card, and then it asks me for the location of a file "3C5X9.INS" - there are a bunch of *.INS files in the C:\NWCLIENT but none with this name. I have a file called "3C5X9.COM" but apparently I have to have a "*.INS" file too? Anyway, I tried to modify a different file called "INS.OEM" and copied it to "3C5X9.INS" in the "C:\NWCLIENT" directory, and now when I boot up, it asks if I want to load the Network Software - I say "Yes" and it seems to go through the motions - until near the end, it says it is looking for a "Workgroup" and whirs around for a bit and says eventually that it found no Workgroups. I've also tried running "NET ADMIN" and when I try to Login to a network it just says "Please Wait" and whirs around indefinitely. I'm sure that I am explaining everything incorrectly, but I am wondering if anyone might be able to toss a few pointers my way. If anyone could help steer me to a proper configuration of an *.INS file for my system that would be great. Are there any other important steps I should know about in trying to connect my computer to our Network? This is how I am going to be able to print (I hope) documents and so it is an important part of configuring the system. Thanks to anyone who might be able to help a very naive user! -- John Bullough, Research Associate EMAIL: bulloj AT rpi DOT edu Lighting Research Center, School of Architecture TEL: (518) 276-4866 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute FAX: (518) 276-4835 Troy, NY, USA 12180 http://lighting.lrc.rpi.edu/