--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2G00004 Date: 02/09/97 From: RICHARD JACOX Time: 10:46pm \/To: DARRELL SALTER (Read 0 times) Subj: Conecting lan to dial-up? DS> Hello All! DS> I have a network here at home with 2 machines running DS> OS/2 WARP CONNECT, and 3 others running WFWG. I would DS> like to be able to have one of the WARP machines dial- DS> up my ISP via PPP, and let all machines on this network DS> have access to Web Browsing. Is this possible without DS> 3rd party software? Currently all machines are You can do what you want by using IBM's ICS which can be downloaded from IBM's web site. Also, InJoy which is a PPP/SLIP dialer and tcpip replacement for OS/2 can provide IP masquerading. That's what you need to do what you want. Rich Jacox VP Mis-Atlantic OS/2 User's Group. --- Maximus/2 3.00 * Origin: Mid-Atlantic OS/2 BBS (1:275/12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2H00000 Date: 02/11/97 From: ALEC HERRMANN Time: 10:08pm \/To: DAVID A. BEISEL (Read 0 times) Subj: OS/2 to WIN95 Hello David, Replying to a message of David A. Beisel to ALL: DAB> How do I connect a WIN95 machine to an OS/2 Warp Connect Network DAB> using NETBEUI? Do I need a special Client for the Win95 machine? The supplied Microsoft Networking software in Win95 will work just fine. Use Netbeui/Netbios on both the Warp Connect machine and the Win95 machine. Set up both machines so they have the same DOMAIN/WORKGROUP name. Make sure you have different WORKSTATION names. For ease of setup, use the same USERID/PASSWORD on both machines with full privileges on both. Don't use USER level security on the Win95 machine - use SHARE level security. In the properties for the File/Print Sharing item under Networking on the Win95 machine, turn on BrowseMaster and LM Announce. You should now be able to connect resources from one machine to another. For example, MACHINE1 has its C drive shared as 'C' (the default for Win95) - you do this by opening up 'My Computer', and open the properties for Drive C - there is a 'Sharing' section; don't use a password for now. You then can type the following at the command line on the Warp Connect machine to give it an X: drive that is the same as drive C on the Win95 machine: NET USE X: \\MACHINE1\C Hope this helps. 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: E2H00001 Date: 02/11/97 From: ALEC HERRMANN Time: 10:14pm \/To: FRANK SEXTON (Read 0 times) Subj: Requester Woes Hello Frank, Replying to a message of Frank Sexton to Nicky Morrow: NM>> 2) Modem support needed to be set to 9600 baud or less NM>> or about what you describe happens...of course I set NM>> modem support as high as it would go initially. FS> I left mine at the default 9600 too. But I never did FS> understand why or what was going on. What is this 9600 This allows one to make the ethernet card give up interrupt control long enough for a modem to be used at the same time; this was mainly for slower machines, and sometimes causes things network-related to not work at all on OS/2 machines. I turn mine off completely (ie no modem selected). 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: E2I00000 Date: 02/11/97 From: NEIL CROFT Time: 08:50pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: IP Addresses Hiya All, Could someone please refresh my memory with a couple of IP addresses and a subnet mask for use in my private network that won't clash with any "real" internet addresses I might see over my ISP? 2 addresses will do. 3 at a push. =o) /| / neil.croft@pillarbox.coracle.com / |/eil =o) 2:250/410 @ fidonet http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/~ca5cru/fido/pbox.html --- * Origin: The Pillarbox BBS +44-1709-517224 (2:250/410) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2I00001 Date: 02/13/97 From: DARRELL SALTER Time: 07:26am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: IP Masquerading Hello All! Many thanks to all that offered help with setting up my intranet here. I have it working nicely now, using Injoy to Masq for 4 other machines in my house. Cheers, Darrell darrells@idirect.com Yeah, I'm WARPed! --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Net229 - Home of NetX.org! (1:229/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2J00000 Date: 02/14/97 From: PHIL PATTENGALE Time: 11:49am \/To: CHARLES GAEFKE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: IPX Protocol? -> Any idea exactly where I could find this? I looked at -> http://www.microsoft.com and had no luck finding anything. Yes and no. At MS's site, do a search for the actual filenames, DSK3-1.exe and DSK3-2.exe. Or, if you prefer, you can access my BBS via telnet at bbs.ts-inc.com and download them there. Hope that's helpful. Phil --- GOMail v2.0 [94-0279] * Origin: The Graphics Shop - Graphics & DOOM (v.34+) (1:2201/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2J00001 Date: 02/13/97 From: FRANK SEXTON Time: 06:09am \/To: MICHAEL MCBROOM (Read 0 times) Subj: Warp4 books -=> /* Quoting Michael McBroom to Frank Sexton */ <=- FS> I also have a favorite book to promote. It's a generic FS> "network" book designed for folks new to networking. But FS> it is very comprehensive and has plenty of technical stuff FS> in it as well as "how-to" and "why" stuff. It's the best FS> overall networking book I've ever seen. FS> I got it at our local (famous) book store here in Denver FS> called "The Tattered Cover". It's got 856 pages. Title is FS> "PC Networking Handbook". Written by Ed Tittel. Copyright FS> 1996 by Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0-12-691398-6. MM> Thanks for this little gem of info, Frank. What's it sell for? Oops, forgot to say:-). It is marked $39.95 on the back. I think I paid $37.95. -Frank (fsexton@xpert.net - http://www.concentric.net/~fsexton) --- Blue Wave/OS2 v2.30 * Origin: Wildcard BBS,Thornton,CO HST/V34+ +1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2J00002 Date: 02/13/97 From: FRANK SEXTON Time: 06:05pm \/To: ALEC HERRMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: Requester Woes -=> /* Quoting Alec Herrmann to Frank Sexton */ <=- FS> I left mine at the default 9600 too. But I never did FS> understand why or what was going on. What is this 9600 AH> This allows one to make the ethernet card give up AH> interrupt control long enough for a modem to be used AH> at the same time; this was mainly for slower machines, AH> and sometimes causes things network-related to not AH> work at all on OS/2 machines. I turn mine off AH> completely (ie no modem selected). Sorry, still a little confused:-). So, I do also have a Dial Up Internet connection that I use (not over the LAN as of now). Would it be best for me to turn mine off too (for performance)? Is this something I would need to have turned on in order to "share" a modem over the LAN? Color me confused:-). -Frank (fsexton@xpert.net - http://www.concentric.net/~fsexton) --- Blue Wave/OS2 v2.30 * Origin: Wildcard BBS,Thornton,CO HST/V34+ +1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2J00003 Date: 02/14/97 From: CHARLES GAEFKE Time: 12:02am \/To: PHIL PATTENGALE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: IPX Protocol? PP> If you want to play things like Duke Nukem 3d or others from a DOS boot, PP> you'll want to hit Microsoft's www site. Download their FREE DOS PP> network CLIENT software program (two files). That'll install and give PP> you TCP/IP, NETBIOS and IPX support from DOS between the two machines. PP> Course, since both sides are client only, you can't share PP> drives/printers with this from DOS. But, DN3d likes it's NETBIOS PP> implementation and that's about all I dual boot for anymore. Any idea exactly where I could find this? I looked at http://www.microsoft.com and had no luck finding anything. C. Gaefke [lotl2@telerama.lm.com] [CDRMail Author] --- RG0511/CDRMAIL 1.06b * Origin: LOTL/2 * 412 746 3592 * lotl2.slip.lm.com * USofA (1:129/230) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 207 OS2 LAN Ref: E2J00004 Date: 02/14/97 From: CRAIG CLARK Time: 01:09pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Disappointing 100-Mbps performance * Crossposted from: FidoNet - OS/2 BBS'ing - SYSOPS ONLY I recently upgraded the BBS LAN to 100-Mbps to get greater network performance, but the results were disappointing. I'm running Maximus/2 3.01; the file server is a dedicated pentium 120 with 32-MB running Netware 3.12. It has three SCSI drives totalling 4-GB running off an Adaptec PCI controller (2940). Network card is an Intel Etherexpress Pro 100 TX PCI. The BBS runs under Warp 4.0 on a pentium 60 with 24-MB, with the same Intel PCI network card as above. All message and file areas are located on the Netware server. Prior to upgrading to 100-Mbps, the total time to check for new mail through ~1000 message areas was approximately 6 - 7 minutes. After upgrading to 100-Mbps, the time is nearly the same, maybe 5 - 6 minutes. Message tossing speed with Squish/2 increased by perhaps 15% (the Warp machine controls all tossing as a separate task). Once upon a time, all the message areas were on a local disk in the Warp box. Then, time to check for new mail through all areas took under 90 seconds. After the Netware server was setup and the message areas moved to it, the time increased to around 6 - 7 minutes. The network cards are definitely operating in 100-Mbps mode according to their status lights. I've tried both full-duplex and half-duplex settings as well, with no significant variation. Running TimEd/2 from the Warp machine shows a slight performance increase compared to before with 10-Mbps, but no where near what I expected to see. During a full mail check, utilisation on the Netware machine averages 5%, with only 1 or 2 outstanding disk requests at a time. It does not appear that the disk subsystem on the server is at fault. It almost appears that there is some performance limitation in the OS/2 Netware client (most recent available from their web site), or another part of the protocol stack. Utilisation on the Warp machine for one Maximus/2 session performing a full mail check averages over 70%. Anyone have any words of wisdom, similar experiences, advice, etc?? ... I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere! --- Blue Wave/OS2 v2.20 [NR] * Origin: -={ Christian Deliverance BBS, Devonshire BERMUDA }=- (1:3658/1)