Hi could some one point me in the right direction to connect a warp 4 box to a win nt wan from the command line.(need to be able to run a batch file to connect to the network). just to make it a bit more dificult I can't use the dhcp server because I require a static ip address. just a quick info on the network: |--------------| |authenication | | sever | |______________|-------|-------------| |local sever | |data storage | | only | |_____________| / / |-------------| |os2 warp 4 | |running an | |acticve voice| |voicemail | |_____________| I have set up the following file: "C:\netlogon.cmd" net start requester logon username /p:password /d:domain net use x: \\sever\directory "C:\mptn\bin\setup.cmd" route -fh arp -f ifconfig lan0 192.xxx.xx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 0 mtu 1500 rem ifconfig lan1 rem ifconfig lan2 rem ifconfig lan3 rem ifconfig lan4 rem ifconfig lan5 rem ifconfig lan6 rem ifconfig lan7 rem ifconfig sl inetcfg keepalive=30s route add default 192.xxx.xx.2 1 rem(192.xxx.xx.2 is router ip) route add net 192.xxx.xx 192.xxx.xx.2 1 rem (192.xxx.xx is router broadcast) netmask 255.255.255.0 if you can see what is wrong with my cmd file of have any suggestions as to why this won't authenicate (e.g can't get in the network)I would greatly apreciate it

Does your logon command wait for the net start requester to go through and finish. You can make the requester start at boot up without running the command. You can go to network and then there is a check box somewhere (don't remember right now) that says "start sharing at startup". This is the same place where you can define network shares and accounts. Your cmd file looks fine. Are there any err msgs?

Justin, if your OS/2 box is on a different IP-subnet than the server it needs NETBIOS name resolution. Have a look at: http://www.flash.net/~roknrob/sea.htm Chapter 3 will tell you what to change in your present setup. 3.1.1 is my preffered choice, since it will need no future maintenance :-)

Armin, thanks heaps found it very useful, haven't tried it out yet it sound exactly like the issue I'm having thanks Justin