Is there a tutorial or a walk-thru on how I setup access to my broadband via my router (I have RoadRunner). Yes I know that I can do it using Windows 9x. I have been always curous on how to do it with just DOS applications. My main goal is to have a bootable cdrom that access the internet using Arachne (and/or Lynx). I've tried Bart's Mod-boot, but it just freezes after detecting my network card. Any help would be apprecitated. DOS is the best

The most important part is finding the correct Packet driver for your Network card http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net/page7.htm http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net/page5.htm http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net/autoex... Also see POST54 and on at: http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc

Hi, All of the bootable/stand-alone (live) CDs which i could readily connect with were always DHCP-based; this is a standard Linux feature but that's hardly available under DOS at all, as i recall, and works only if a MoDem/Router is configured to suport it. I'm a former WatTCP user who learned to define his DOS environment variables and .CFG file to allow a number of applications to connect without the need to reconfigure... It's more desirable to make the environment capable of providing access to various applications than just load a packet-driver hoping that the client (Arachne, whatever) might be DHCP- enabled, IMHO - in short, better prepare to assign the IP address manually! Of course, if you got no idea what this is all about then i'm afraid it may be a long ride (unless you know where to look)!... But a WatTCP setup isn't as difficult to manage as some people seem to think, this has been discussed before so i simply suggest that you search around; try this if you've acquired basic DOS user skills: http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/16037.html (Response Number 9) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale

Both Arachne and DosLynx (FM's version) support DHCP period. I do not know where the idea came from that DHCP Client is a no no in DOS Networking. The OP has a router and he only needs a Packet Driver at Vector 0x60. As a Windows User he is not used to writing out line command config. files and in the 21st century is totally unneccessary. I have been using routers as DHCP servers for DOS Networking for many years.......

Hi Dosser, Do> I do not know where the idea came from that Do> DHCP Client is a no no in DOS Networking. I wonder how you came to write such a statement myself! As far as i know, DHCP makes life much simpler but many of my favourite programs often lack internal DHCP support, i'm afraid. Let me know which name i must look for in order to get a specific DOS DHCP client, please! Of course, there are a few cases where WatTCP.CFG might be required anyway and hence i'd need to do what i always done but a DHCP client would allow me to automate this task... So, i'm ready to ask you about the same DOS feature by starting a thread of my own if i must - i've been hoping for such a tool since i learned about DHCP, years ago!!! ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale

Both Arachne and DosLynx (FM's version) support DHCP period. The client is built into these apps which the OP was interested in, providing he has a Packet Driver at Vector 0x60. I am not talking generally I was specifically targeting the question. Actually I believe MS Network Client 3 also has a DHCP Client built in when using the TCP/IP add-on.

Hi again Dosser, I appreciate your reply. In other words, internal (built-in) DHCP support is a mandatory requirement unless the user would be willing to install a full WatTCP setup. I must confess i have a tendency to like inclusive/pre-emptive solutions but this user didn't ask for one which would allow him to define RLFossil/MS-Kermit as Arachne's TelNet client, for example... I see your point, thank you for making this effort; it would help to put a list of DHCP- enabled applications with their corresponding URLs together so that anyone looking for a quick fix is refered to it swiftly, IMHO! As for the MicroSoft scenario, i believe DHCP comes at the cost of high memory consumption, so high Arachne wouldn't begin to load even if it were NDIS-compatible, actually. In any case, please let me know if someone happens to create some stand-alone DOS WatTCP DHCP client, i'm hardly satisfied when i try to gather the data i need from multiple versions of TCPInfo (none has proven to be entirely acurate and i tried at least four so far). I welcome any input in this matter! ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale