--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1X00007 Date: 01/27/97 From: CHUCK SADOIAN Time: 11:53am \/To: BILL PATTERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: OS/2 as a router Bill, -> * In a message originally to Chuck Sadoian, All writes: -> -> Just a quick guess, but you'll need the IP that connects to your ISP -> configured in your system as the default route, then you'll need all the -> addresses on your internal LAN (Intranet, stupid name) configured in your -> ARP table. There must be a quick way to add a range of IP's to the ARP -> table. Just a guess from a Warp 3 user but that's where I'd start. Perhaps -> entering "help IPGATE at the command line might give some clues. Maybe t. I think I've tried that with no help, but I'll run through it again just to be sure. At this point I really think the problem is my ISP and his inability to configure his portmaster properly. It's been about 3 months since I got my domain name and I *STILL* cannot attach my subnet to the internet, and it's getting *VERY* frustrating! I event went so far as to upgrade to Merlin because someone said the V2 TCP/IP could not do what I was wanting to do, but Merlin didn't help, I still have the same problem. Thanks for the suggestion .... Chuck --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0154 * Origin: MicroLink BBS * Dinuba, CA 209-591-8753 (1:214/80) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Y00000 Date: 01/28/97 From: DARRELL SALTER Time: 09:24am \/To: ALEC HERRMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: peer to peer? Alec Herrmann wrote in a message to Gerry Britton: GB> I'm amazed at the "net" speed. It's more like having another GB> set of drives in either system. AH> Yes - each network drive should be running at up to 10Mbps or AH> roughly 1.2Mbytes per second; the usual network access ends up AH> around 300Kbytes to 500Kbytes per second so a megabyte file transfer AH> should take about 3 to 5 seconds. I just now timed a 3Mbyte AH> transfer from a network drive on a 486DX25 to a 486DX33 on my system AH> and it took about 15 seconds - that is about 1Mbyte in 5 seconds - AH> and my machines are not anywhere as fast as a Pentium. Then something is wrong here. I have 5 machines all connected by RG58 10mb ethernet adapters and the system is very slow. When I boot Win95 on the same machine transfer speeds jump dramatically. Any ideas on how to boost performance? Warp Connect, DX4-100s, netbeui/tcp/ip. I'll be glad to offer more information should you need it. Cheers, Darrell darrells@idirect.com Yeah, I'm WARPed! --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Sparky's BBS/2 - What, another downlink! (1:229/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Y00001 Date: 01/27/97 From: JOHN ANGELICO Time: 10:48am \/To: TONY LANGDON (Read 0 times) Subj: Net Messaging While teleporting back from the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, I heard Tony say about Net Messaging: TL> JA> Messsaging.. I find it too slow and (seemingly) single threaded, so TL> JA> it's a pain at the moment. TL> TL> If you're running TCP/IP, then something like Gibbon Talk might be TL> more useful. :-) TL> I only have that on one machine for my dial up I'net access. Am I right in thinking that isn't enought for what you are suggesting? TL> ... Jesus, Protect me from your followers! TL> As one of them, may I ask what you have against them? Ciao, John Angelico alias talldad@pobox.com.au ___ X KWQ/2 1.2i X Grammarians never die-they fall into a comma. --- * Origin: Melbourne PC User Group BBS (3:632/309) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Y00002 Date: 01/28/97 From: PETER REUMANN Time: 02:56pm \/To: BILL PATTERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: OS/2 as a router Bill Patterson@1:374/2528.0 meinte zum Thema Re: OS/2 as a router: > Just a quick guess, but you'll need the IP that connects to your ISP > configured in your system as the default route, then you'll need all the > addresses on your internal LAN (Intranet, stupid name) configured in your I think, the ISP does not know any IPs of your internal LAN (and should not). To connect your LAN to the internet, you should use a proxy server like the IBM Internet Connection Server (ICS), a free tool availible at ftp.ibm.net. In my case, my second PC connects to my first PC with the ICS. If I want to connect to somewhere in the Internet, the ICS rings my ISP. You must have a dialer with autodial. I use ISDNPM, a dialer for ISDN. For a modem, you can use INJOY. Both programs are shareware and can be found via ftp. If you don't want to use IBM's ICS and you have ISDN, ISDNPM will be the product of your choice. It is able to do ip-masquerding. > entering "help IPGATE at the command line might give some clues. Maybe not. IMHO IPGATE is for routing IP-pakets from one LAN-Adapter to another. If you don't have another LAN adapter, IPGATE is useless. hope, it helps a bit ciao, Peter --- CrossPoint v3.1 * Origin: The same procedure as _every_ year! (2:240/5216.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Y00003 Date: 01/28/97 From: JIM MCLAUGHLIN Time: 11:14pm \/To: RICHIE MOLINELLI (Read 0 times) Subj: Lantastic For os/2 -=> Quoting Richie Molinelli to All <=- RM> I just installed an NEC 4x4 EIDE changer. The problem I have is the RM> network ( LANtastic for OS/2 ) constantly scans all 4 platters thereby RM> constantly changing disks and slowing the system down. Is there a RM> setting I'm missing? Running Warp 3 red box on a Shuttle 557 MB with when you set them up for sharing, did you mark them as cdroms? ... A cat is the visible soul of a home. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 * Origin: The Funny Papers * Lodi, NJ * (201)478-8476 (1:2604/104) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Z00000 Date: 01/28/97 From: REIN DE JONG Time: 05:38pm \/To: ALEC HERRMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: peer to peer? Hello Alec, On 27 Jan 97 you wrote to Gerry Britton: AH> just now timed a 3Mbyte transfer from a network drive on a AH> 486DX25 to a 486DX33 on my system and it took about 15 AH> seconds - that is about 1Mbyte in 5 seconds - and my AH> machines are not anywhere as fast as a Pentium. I 've a P133 with 48Mb as a Server running TRN 16Mb. I have the same values. 12.7Mb in 62 seconds. Greetings/ /Rein. --- MBM v4.12 * Origin: 't leven is een zandkasteel, geen vosseberg (2:282/10.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Z00001 Date: 01/29/97 From: ALEC HERRMANN Time: 01:04am \/To: CORIDON HENSHAW (Read 0 times) Subj: How to network Merlin system with a DOS 01:04:0101/29/97 Hello Coridon, Replying to a message of Coridon Henshaw to Alec Herrmann: CH> I have MSCLIENT, which I downloaded from Microsoft's FTP site. I CH> heard from other sources that it works with OS/2's networking CH> features. Yes, it will connect to an OS/2 Warp 4 or Warp Connect machine. AH>> You will obviously need some cabling as well - this depends on the AH>> type of connections that your NICs use. 10BaseT cabling uses RJ45 AH>> twisted pair wiring and a hub (or a null-type TP cable if only 2 AH>> machines are connected). CH> I'm planning on using 10BaseT because I only have two systems to CH> connect and I don't intend to buy a hub or add more systems in the CH> near future. 10Base2 (coax) would be easier, however, it will require the presence of BNC connectors on your NICs. 10BaseT (RJ45) cable alone (no hub) will work between 2 machines (only 2), however, you will require a cable wired as follows, and you will likely have to make it yourself using aa RJ45 crimp tool (or get someone to make it for you - if necessary, send me netmail and I can make one for you): ---cut here--- This is a back view of the network card showing the TP connector. If yours is upsidedown compared to this, simply turn this message around. :) ------------ 8 |-- | 7 |-- |--| 6 |-- | 5 |-- --| 4 |-- --| 3 |-- | 2 |-- |--| 1 |-- | ------------ Even though there are 8 pins, the pins actually used are 1,2,3, and 6, and are TD+, TD-, RD+, and RD- in that order. What you want to do is connect TD+ on one card to RD+ on the other card, and so on. Pin 1 goes to pin 3 on the other card. Pin 2 goes to pin 6 on the other card. Pin 3 goes to pin 1 on the other card. Pin 6 goes to pin 2 on the other card. ---cut here--- CH> What brand(s) would you recommend for ISA NICs? Speed isn't all that CH> important, but cost and reliability are important. I'd like to keep CH> the total cost for NICs and cable under $100 CDN if possible. I would recommend 3COM cards since they have a lifetime warranty. The 3C509 Combo ISA card has both BNC and RJ45 connectors. They are available as RJ45-only cards (3C509TP or 3C509TPO). They cost about $100 each though. IBM, SMC, and Intel also make good cards. If cost is a factor, you may have to settle for some NE2000 clone type cards - they are not all the same, and you may have to try various drivers before finding one that works. Try calling 1-800-NET-3COM and ask if they have an evaluation package on the 3C509 series of cards. Can you use PCI type cards? If so, then also ask about the 3C590 and/or 3C905 series. Regards, Alec --- FleetStreet 1.12 NR * Origin: The Nibble's Roost, Richmond BC 604-540-8048 (1:153/8086) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Z00002 Date: 01/29/97 From: ALEC HERRMANN Time: 01:17am \/To: DARRELL SALTER (Read 0 times) Subj: peer to peer? Hello Darrell, Replying to a message of Darrell Salter to Alec Herrmann: AH>> and it took about 15 seconds - that is about 1Mbyte in 5 seconds - AH>> and my machines are not anywhere as fast as a Pentium. DS> Then something is wrong here. I have 5 machines all connected by RG58 DS> 10mb ethernet adapters and the system is very slow. When I boot DS> Win95 on the same machine transfer speeds jump dramatically. Any DS> ideas on how to boost performance? Warp Connect, DX4-100s, DS> netbeui/tcp/ip. I'll be glad to offer more information should you DS> need it. I would suspect the OS/2 driver implementation or the driver itself, or that you are using different software settings such as IRQ (if applicable) in the OS/2 PROTOCOL.INI file as compared to the Win95 implementation. What cards are you using, and what are the IRQ/address/DMA/etc settings? What is in the PROTOCOL.INI file? What are the dates of the driver files? What transfer rates have you measured under Win95 and OS/2? It would help if you measured rates from an OS/2 box to another OS/2 box (both ways), change one to Win95, and do the same measurement both ways, and then change both to Win95 and do the same again. How about if you use Netbeui/Netbios only (take out TCP/IP) ? Regards, Alec --- FleetStreet 1.12 NR * Origin: The Nibble's Roost, Richmond BC 604-540-8048 (1:153/8086) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Z00003 Date: 01/27/97 From: TONY LANGDON Time: 03:28am \/To: WILL HONEA (Read 0 times) Subj: Warp 3 and TCP/IP It's 24 Jan 97 11:50:00, We'll return to Will Honea and Tony Langdon's discussion of Warp 3 and TCP/IP WH> Tony, you mentioned a couple of differences in NE2000 cards. I WH> collected a handful a while back that give me a problem I can't figure WH> out - maybe you can steer me right. These cards use a NSC DP83901 WH> chip and work fine under DOS but they hang every system I've tried them WH> on when booting OS/2. I doubt it's the sniffer since the hang occurs WH> before the little white box appears in the upper left. Any pearls to WH> cast? I'd hate to just pitch them if there is some secret to getting WH> booted. I'm not familiar with these cards, especially since you mention shared RAM below (most NE2000 clones I've seen don't used shared RAM). WH> One other clue: when I try to install PC Lan on the DOS boxes I have WH> to run the install program with the cards removed, then plug them in WH> when I re-boot. I get a very predictable demand load error if they WH> are in the machine while the install program is testing the system, WH> even if I exclude the RAM area in the EMM386.sys config line. Sounds WH> like a similar crash, but how do you beat it? I seem to remember a WH> discussion of this a while back, but can't rmemeber the details. Start by checking the usuals, like IRQ's, I/O addresses, etc. Also, check that the shared RAM isn't conflicting with anything or being trampled on by something else in the system. :-) ... As Popeye says, I yam what I yam... --- FMail/386 1.02 * Origin: The Bridge - Remote Sysop. (3:635/728.18) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E1Z00004 Date: 01/29/97 From: TERRY COLLINS Time: 03:44am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Linking Netware to Samba on Linux Hello All Am looking for some tips from anyone who has linked a Netware 3.12 server to linux using Samba. I'm not opposed to other no-cost options either, but really can not justify the Netware TCP/IP option. --- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Sydney PC Users Group Mail Exchange (3:712/505)