Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:17:12 +0100 From: Richard Tetley <richard@tetley.demon.co.uk> To: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Free BSD installation at Lichfield Cathedral, England Message-ID: <3jFbLIAYHEf5EwAy@tetley.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <397B939A.90A535CF@gmx.de> References: <397B5B89.9EE1A720@tetley.demon.co.uk> <397B939A.90A535CF@gmx.de>
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Marvellous! Thanks very much indeed. Richard Tetley In message <397B939A.90A535CF@gmx.de>, Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> writes >> In addition there are 2 - DOS-based tills for the Cathedral bookshop >> whose daily files we want to send to the bookshop server over the >> network. Putting Windows 95 on the tills would I suppose be feasible, >> but I bet there is a way of transferring files directly via the server >> without Windows! > >So you are looking for a possibility to establish a TCP/IP-network with >plain DOS? >There are two candidates: both from Microsoft and (astonishing) both >freely available. > >MS-client from ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/WG1049.EXE >LAN-Manager from ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN/ >You will find MS-client also on the CD of NT-Server in the >client-directory. > >Your NIC must have NDIS2 drivers (every old ne2000-compatible NIC will >work out of the box, some others are also included but I don't remember >which ones). >This is enough to establish SMB-connects (Windows-Networking, for >FreeBSD you will have to install the Samba-package). >If you want to use "normal" internet-services like telnet, ftp, or www , >you must add a DOS-packet-driver, for example >DISPKT9 from ftp.cabletron.com/pub/unsupported/dispkt9.zip > >Hope this helps >Siegbert -- Richard Tetley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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