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From: "Michal H. Tyc" <mht AT bttr-software DOT de>
Organization: BTTR Software
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 20:35:25 +0100
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Subject: Re: Arachne Web browser for DOS
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:56:38 -0800, shadow AT shadowgard DOT com wrote:

> Well, I've got *one* ethernet card in this old 486. And I need
> to have both TCP/IP and IPX working on it. Not so much for
> Arachne, but so I can quit using dialup UUCP to fetch email
> for a couple of domains. The modem will stay for Fidonet.

This is a piece of AUTOEXEC.BAT from another machine, with single
Ethernet adapter:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
:NETWORK
CD \NWCLIENT
rem Link Support Layer
HILOAD LSL.COM
rem This is one physical network adapter, but two logical boards
HILOAD NE2000.COM
rem Packet Driver converter is bound to logical board #2
HILOAD PKT2ODI.EXE /B:2
rem IPX will automatically bind to logical board #1
HILOAD IPXODI.COM
rem Personal Netware server if needed
IF "%CONFIG%"=="PNW" HILOAD SERVER.EXE
rem Client software
VLM.EXE
NET LOGIN
CD \
RETURN
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

And this is from my NET.CFG:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Link driver NE2000
        INT 10
        PORT 300
# Logical Board #1 for IPX -- 'Netware' frame
        FRAME Ethernet_802.2
# Logical Board #2 for Packet Driver -- 'Internet' frame
        FRAME Ethernet_II

Netware DOS Requester
# Put here whatever you need

Link Support
# We need only 2 logical boards, let's free some memory
        MAX BOARDS 2
# Packet Driver converter doesn't seem to require Stack resources
        MAX STACKS 1
# Packet Driver converter seems to need Buffer resources.
# More buffers may give you somewhat better performance
        BUFFERS 4 1600
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I got to this setup by analyzing the configuration files generated
by DR-Webspyder install and by reading NET.CFG chapter of DOSBOOK.


On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 08:55:56 -0500 (EST), Gary Welles wrote:

> I don't know if Arachne can work with PC/TCP.

Arachne has built-in TCP/IP stack (WatTCP library) and requires
Packet Driver.

Hope this helps,

Michal