DOS and Windows Networking

[Ben Clark]

Does anyone know how, or already have a way of setting
up a DOS box that can be accessed from a Windows box
as if it were just another file server.
I would like to setup a couple of old computers as file
servers that would be running DOS.
I searched through the forumns but didn't find anything.
Any code snippets would be appreciated.

Thanks



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[Mel Bishop]

i have exactly the same problem you have, ben. i have two windows
machines and one dos 6.2 machine networked together for the same
purpose as you stated. the two windows machines (1 16-bit isa and
the other is a pci) are happy with each other but the dos machine
is another story.

the dos machine can see the two windows machines but neither
windows machine can see the dos machine. i am losing a lot of
hair over this one.

for my original post: http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=26290

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[this message has been edited by mel bishop (edited april 17, 2002).]

[Matthew Berg]

It is possible for a DOS machine to participate in a Windows network as a client using the Microsoft Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS, which is, or was, available for free from Microsoft (and also included on the Windows NT CD).

I don't think Microsoft ever made available any software that would allow a DOS machine to act as a file server for Windows clients. There was the INTERSRV utility, but I don't think that was "Windows aware".

[Ty Sopko]

I never had two computers to test it, but if memory serves correctly:

intersrv.exe and interlnk.exe are both DOS 6.2/6.22 executables which allow
file synchronization between two computers through a parallel or serial port.
As far as working with a LAN adapter or otherwise, I couldn't tell you. Both
utilities should be available on the Win95 and Win98 CD's. Hope this helps!

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[keith shelton]

You will have to use something like lantastic to make a dos machine a server.
KS

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[Lance Edmonds]

It is possible to do it with just Windows 3.11 and a free download from MS -- I've done it myself using a 286 acting as a printer and file server running on a Windows 9x network!

You'll need the NET.EXE update for Win3.11 that includes a SERVER option. (the file has the meaningful name of WG1049.EXE and can be found somewhere on the MS FTP site).

I cheated a little to set it up though... I installed Win3.11 on a 386 or 486 machine (since 3.11 does not run on a 286) and configured the network card & network settings, etc. The I moved the HD and network card to a 286 and added in the NET update... that way there was no hassle setting up the PROTOCOL.INI and other network card-related settings necessary to boot to a real-mode DOS+network setup.

Good luck!

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[Buck Huffman]

I have successfully set up a dos computer as a server for a windows
98 machine client. You just run intersvr.exe on the DOS based server
(make sure you have the latest version from your win95 or win98 CD)
then after placing a line in your config.sys to load interlnk like
this:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\INTERLNK.EXE

you simply restart your computer, and interlnk should configure
itself, if I remember correctly.
also make sure that interlnk.exe actually exists in the directory
pointed to in the device= line in config.sys.

keep in mind that interlnk/intersvr are extremely limited in their
functionality, but I have found them to be somewhat useful for some
things.

hope this helps.


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[Gerhard Zugarek]

I think that's what you are looking for :

Network Client V3.0 for MSDOS or MSDOS Workgroup-Add-On V3.11

For details see

http://www.wown.info/j_helmig/dosservr.htm
http://www.wown.info/j_helmig/dosclnt3.htm

--Gerhard



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[Ben Clark]

You guys are great!
Thanks for all of your help.
I will be using all of your answers this weekend.

Thanks



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