Okay, I've been through installing Windows 3.11 for Workgroups over DOS7.10 & hooking it up to my broadband connection. What I'd now like to know is : (I guess from Wengier) is : if I have DOS 7.10 installed and want to use it standalone (with Arachne as my browser) how would I go about doing it? I've heard the phrase "packet driver" mentioned, but I'm not quite advanced enough to understand what exactly this means. As far as hardware goes, I have a Dell workstation with a LinkSys LNE100TX NIC for which I could find Win3.11 drivers, but nothing specifically DOS related. If anyone is willing to and can help me, I would greatly appreciate it, even if it's just to point me at a website that can answer this question. Thanks. R.D.

Arachne requires a Packet driver it is included in the downloaded driver zip file: http://www.linksys.com/download/driver.asp?dlid=2&osid=7 see also: http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net/page5.htm

The explanation of "packet driver" is available from here: http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/foldoc/71/85.htm Most DOS Internet programs access to Internet via the packet driver interface, so the packet driver is very important for these programs like Arachne. --------------- Long Live DOS!