Using TCPIP programs that need a packet driver

J. Solomon Kostelnik
2002-12-04T04:58:57Z

Hello,

I can't seem to figure out how to use programs that need a packet driver
in DOSEMU, even though I've searched all the docs, and the mailing list
archives.

I'd like to try the various telnet, ftp, www programs available for DOS,
but they all report that I have no packet driver installed. I thought
that putting $_netdev = "eth0" was supposed to install a packet driver
linked to the Linux eth0 device--is that incorrect? Do I need to enable
other options in order to get this to work?

I don't need virtual IPs, I just want to use DOS programs using the same
network interface that Linux uses, so I can try out some DOS WWW
browsers, etc. For example, Arachne has its own TCPIP stack (AFAIK), so
it should work as long as there is a packet driver installed. I thought
that DOSEMU had one...?

I'm using the latest 1.1.3.7 with all the experimental patches applied,
with MS-DOS 6.22. This is on a laptop with Mandrake-Linux 8.2, and a
PCMCIA network card, which works great for the Internet in Linux. So I
know this is a DOSEMU specific problem.

How can I get this to work? Thanks!

Solomon