feb@gumby.dsd.TRW.COM (Frank Bien) (05/23/91)
I recently picked up a copy of DIS_PKT.DOS from usu via anon ftp. It looks like something which can solve (at least in part) my problems. I could use some advise. I have a Zenith 286 machine (3 mb RAM) windows 3.0, etc. I am trying to run a variety of networking programs over a single Western Digital Ethernet Card (WD8003e), but am having little luck running them all without rebooting when I change between them. Running (or at least trying to): NCSA Telnet 2.3 beta something -- uses its own internal packet drivers qvtnet (new May 91 version) which may replace ncsa_telnet -- uses clarkson packet driver XVISION X-windows for windows -- uses FTP Software packet driver FTP Software -- use some of their utils, but no TNVT or FTP -- uses FTP Sofware drivers IBM's pc local area network (v1.3) -- uses Western Digital's netbios driver The object is to have a package to log into various hosts (XWindows), a package to use when I don't want to wait for XWindows on my slow pc and to FTP back to my pc (qvtnet or ncsa_telnet), and a package to network 5 or 6 pc's together (preferably each as servers) -- IBM's LAN package (hey, it was free -- we had several extra packages). Right now, I start my machine and default to the clarkson packet drivers so I can run qvtnet. If I want to run XWindows or IBM LAN i have to modify the config.sys and autoexec, shutting of the old driver and turning on the new, and then reboot (what a pain in the ass). Any advise or assistance on how to run these packages in "peace and harmony" would be greatly appreciated. I couldn't get dis_pkt to work, will it do what I want? If so what would the config.sys and protocol.ini look like? thanks for any help, Frank Bien feb@gumby.dsd.trw.com (213) 812-5072 e-mail please
vamg6792@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Vincent A Mazzarella) (05/23/91)
feb@gumby.dsd.TRW.COM (Frank Bien) writes: >I recently picked up a copy of DIS_PKT.DOS from usu via >anon ftp. It looks like something which can solve (at least in >part) my problems. I could use some advise. >I have a Zenith 286 machine (3 mb RAM) windows 3.0, etc. >I am trying to run a variety of networking programs over a single >Western Digital Ethernet Card (WD8003e), but am having little luck >running them all without rebooting when I change between them. >Running (or at least trying to): > NCSA Telnet 2.3 beta something > -- uses its own internal packet drivers > qvtnet (new May 91 version) which may replace ncsa_telnet > -- uses clarkson packet driver > XVISION X-windows for windows > -- uses FTP Software packet driver > FTP Software -- use some of their utils, but no TNVT or FTP > -- uses FTP Sofware drivers > IBM's pc local area network (v1.3) > -- uses Western Digital's netbios driver >The object is to have a package to log into various hosts >(XWindows), a package to use when I don't want to wait for >XWindows on my slow pc and to FTP back to my pc (qvtnet or >ncsa_telnet), and a package to network 5 or 6 pc's together >(preferably each as servers) -- IBM's LAN package (hey, it was >free -- we had several extra packages). >Right now, I start my machine and default to the clarkson packet >drivers so I can run qvtnet. If I want to run XWindows or IBM LAN >i have to modify the config.sys and autoexec, shutting of the old >driver and turning on the new, and then reboot (what a pain in the >ass). >Any advise or assistance on how to run these packages in "peace >and harmony" would be greatly appreciated. I couldn't get dis_pkt >to work, will it do what I want? If so what would the config.sys >and protocol.ini look like? >thanks for any help, >Frank Bien >feb@gumby.dsd.trw.com >(213) 812-5072 >e-mail please I do the same thing as you do. I run all my programs from a batch file. Before I put any external drivers or interfaces (such as is needed for WinQVTNet), I use a memory marker (such as MARK.EXE). Then I run the programs. When the program is finished and control returns to the batch file, I use RELEASE.EXE to remove the drivers, etc., from memory. For Windows, I place the marker, load the TCP/IP driver and the WINQVTNET interface module before running Windows. The batch file continues to load Windows. After exiting Windows, the modules are released. MARK/RELEASE are shareware utilities available almost anywhere. Cheers. -- Vincent Mazzarella College of Medicine, Neuroscience Program University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign e-mail: mazz@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
jrd@cc.usu.edu (06/01/91)
In article <1991May22.171543.1404@gumby.dsd.TRW.COM>, feb@gumby.dsd.TRW.COM (Frank Bien) writes: > I recently picked up a copy of DIS_PKT.DOS from usu via > anon ftp. It looks like something which can solve (at least in > part) my problems. I could use some advise. > > I have a Zenith 286 machine (3 mb RAM) windows 3.0, etc. > > I am trying to run a variety of networking programs over a single > Western Digital Ethernet Card (WD8003e), but am having little luck > running them all without rebooting when I change between them. > > Running (or at least trying to): > NCSA Telnet 2.3 beta something > -- uses its own internal packet drivers > qvtnet (new May 91 version) which may replace ncsa_telnet > -- uses clarkson packet driver > XVISION X-windows for windows > -- uses FTP Software packet driver > FTP Software -- use some of their utils, but no TNVT or FTP > -- uses FTP Sofware drivers > IBM's pc local area network (v1.3) > -- uses Western Digital's netbios driver > > The object is to have a package to log into various hosts > (XWindows), a package to use when I don't want to wait for > XWindows on my slow pc and to FTP back to my pc (qvtnet or > ncsa_telnet), and a package to network 5 or 6 pc's together > (preferably each as servers) -- IBM's LAN package (hey, it was > free -- we had several extra packages). > > Right now, I start my machine and default to the clarkson packet > drivers so I can run qvtnet. If I want to run XWindows or IBM LAN > i have to modify the config.sys and autoexec, shutting of the old > driver and turning on the new, and then reboot (what a pain in the > ass). > > Any advise or assistance on how to run these packages in "peace > and harmony" would be greatly appreciated. I couldn't get dis_pkt > to work, will it do what I want? If so what would the config.sys > and protocol.ini look like? > > thanks for any help, > > Frank Bien > feb@gumby.dsd.trw.com > (213) 812-5072 > e-mail please --------------------------------------- Frank, Two points on your troubles. 1. You need a more recent version of DIS_PKT. v1.07 is available from NETLAB.USU.EDU 129.123.1.11 in directory [.NETWATCH]. Then you won't need a full Packet Driver per se. 2. Windows plays havoc with just about all communications programs, particularly those using a local area network board. You will have to do some experimenting to find a workable combination (hint: load all the networking stuff before starting Windows, or load everything in a single window and don't let other windows use those pieces). Joe D.