No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

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Name: Rohit A
Date: October 23, 2005 at 11:24:42 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)
OS: DOS
CPU/Ram: 192

Comment:

hi ya all,
I have a P3(731Mhz) system wit 192 MB of RAM and 20Gb HDD wit Dos as the os(Its a lil strange but i love DOS) and i used to use Arachne to browse the Net(Using Dialup) but now i jave got hbroadband(ADSL) and i am not able to get connected to the Net. I have a Realtek 8139 NIC Network card and i really dunno how to Configure Arachne to Use this Card.So please Help me!!
Thx
Rohit

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Response Number 1

Name: plainandsimple
Date: October 23, 2005 at 12:42:13 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

Reply: (edit)

http://83.67.55.228/page5.htm

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Response Number 2

Name: plainandsimple
Date: October 23, 2005 at 12:45:14 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

Reply: (edit)

The Packet Driver is here:
ftp://152.104.238.194/cn/nic/rtl8139abcd8130810xseries/oem-8139(500).zip

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Response Number 3

Name: Bicephale (by bicephale)
Date: October 23, 2005 at 21:34:16 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

Reply: (edit)

Hi,
RA> ...i have got broadband (ADSL) and i am not
RA> able to get connected... I have a Realtek...
RA> ...dunno how to Configure Arachne...
Loading the Packet-Driver is no challenge but mine
is `RTSPkt.COM v3.18' from the "600" package and i
won't be surprized if there's a newer release, the
trick is configuring the Waterloo TCP environment:
you'll find a link to it on page 6 of the DOS site
(www.smashco.com/wattcp.asp) mentioned above. The
Arachne Wizard can detect a pre-configured packet-
driver but i never even cared to check if it would
be able to install one itself and i use many other
pieces of Waterloo TCP compatible SoftWare anyway.

Salutations,
Michel Samson
a/s Bicéphale

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Response Number 4

Name: plainandsimple
Date: October 23, 2005 at 23:43:01 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

Reply: (edit)

WATTCP is not needed or required period, Arachne already has the IP Stacks.
You go to the link I posted download the and unpack the zip file and from this you copy over the Packet Driver as explained by following the first link. You can either manually load the PD or use AUTOEXEC.BAT to auto run.
Then Arachne needs to be reconfigured to accept a DHCP connection..............

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Response Number 5

Name: Bicephale (by bicephale)
Date: October 24, 2005 at 06:22:47 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

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Hi,
So, Arachne doesn't try to set WatTCP itself?
Salutations,
Michel Samson
a/s Bicéphale

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No Carrier with Arachne browser having DOS system in a LAN Aztech 2320, plays no sounds in Dos No sound in DOS no sound in dos :~~(	NO SOUND IN DOS?? help - no cdrom in 486 bios No sound in dos games No sound in DOS setting up ISA modem in DOS

Response Number 6

Name: plainandsimple
Date: October 24, 2005 at 09:11:22 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

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"So, Arachne doesn't try to set WatTCP itself?"
Arachne has wizards to take one thru the procedure of either using a LAN or Dial-up connection, to the end user it is hidden.
It searches for a Packet Driver at 0x60 for LAN, and a recognised compatible modem for dial-up, and configures the parameters accordingly.
Have you ever used Arachne v1.7x or later ???
http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/arachne/

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Response Number 7

Name: Bicephale (by bicephale)
Date: October 24, 2005 at 13:11:16 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

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Hi,
RA> ...i have got broadband (ADSL) and i am not
RA> able to get connected... I have a Realtek...
RA> ...dunno how to Configure Arachne...
PS> The Packet Driver is... ...oem-8139(500).zip
MS> ...no challenge... ...the trick is
MS> configuring the Waterloo TCP environment...
PS> WATTCP is not needed... ...load the PD...
PS> Then Arachne needs to be reconfigured to
PS> accept a DHCP connection.
MS> So, Arachne doesn't try to set WatTCP itself?
PS> Have you ever used Arachne v1.7x or later???
My answer to the last two questions is no and yes,
respectively. The statement isn't that a Waterloo
TCP environment is necessary but i intend to point
out that Arachne's GUI Wizard simply won't support
it and that's a shame because the newbies would be
better served if they could also have use of Lynx,
{Commo} or MS-Kermit + RLFossil, etc. Compared to
the default TelNet add-on in Arachne, MS-Kermit is
transfering .ZIP files at 30-45 Kcps (depending on
the interface used - e.g. internal vs RLFossil) if
running on a P1-200 Mhz while that Arachne default
TelNet application has no support for transfers at
all and Arachne itself crawls at a mere 8K5 cps!!!
This is only one example but i can be wrong when i
post pre-emptively, guessing that users appreciate
alternatives. I hardly resist my urge to share...
Pardon me for asking you if Arachne is able to set
WatTCP right, i wasn't trying to be competitive...
As for DHCP, i'm out of luck because i'm not using
it on my DOS-friendly ADSL MoDem/Router right now!

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Response Number 8

Name: plainandsimple
Date: October 24, 2005 at 14:08:31 Pacific
Subject: No Internet in Arachne(LAN)

Reply: (edit)

The poster is already using Arachne so trying to use what he is used to to reconfigure his settings.
Though it is feasible to configure Arachne from the command line without GUI Wizards, but not as easy.

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