TCP/IP, FTP, and MSDOS?

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

joseph c lang wrote:
> On Thursday 07 December 2006 12:58, you wrote:
>   
>> Out of interest, what do I need in the way of TCP/IP software /
>> configuration and FTP client software so that I can connect to a remote FTP
>> server from MSDOS?
>>
>> I don't think I've ever set up such a config from scratch. I can live with
>> 10Mbps speeds if required (would DOS drivers even drive a card at anything
>> more anyway?)
>>
>> NIC cards I seem to have available:
>>
>>    Netgear FA310TX (PCI)
>>    HP 88809L (ISA)
>>    3Com Etherlink III (PCI)
>>    3Com Etherlink III (ISA)
>>    Asix NV100AM (PCI)
>>    'Network Everywhere' NC100 (PCI)
>>    3Com 3C905 (PCI)
>>
>> The ISA boards perhaps have the drawback that they're software
>> configurable, so I have no idea what settings they'll want to use (or which
>> interface), or how well they'll behave in the new-ish system I need to put
>> a card in. The PCI boards on the other hand are newer so maybe DOS drivers
>> don't even exist for them...
>>
>> (Etherlink III's were always reliable I seem to recall, but I never did
>> like the idea of them being software configurable; it was much nicer to
>> have jumpers on a card and *know* what it was configured as!)
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Jules
>>     
>
> Here's what I use.....
>
> Trumpet ABI (not winsock that's different) TCP/IP stack
> It includes FTP client, telnet and more...
> D-link ne-2000 clone ISA card and packet driver
> Tsoft NFS
> dos 7.0 (aka windows 95 kernel)
>   

Another option... though not 'free' (from vendor) is Sun's
PC NFS.  It works pretty nicely... provided you can find a copy.

I'm running either version 4 or 5 on a 386SX for my ISA based
EPROM programmer.  I am using a hard drive however.  Not sure
you could condense PCNFS to one boot floppy... but I haven't
looked at it in so long, you might be able to.

> I use this combination because:
>  it produced the smallest memory foot print (577K free)
>  it will fit on (and boot from) a single floppy
>  it has a documented interface, so I can write code
>  (I had to write my own LPR).
>
> The stacks I looked at were: 
> microsoft -  serious memory hog 
> novell - won't fit on a floppy and you can't remove the boot disk
> wattcp - this worked pretty well, but it wasn't a TSR so no ping response
> without an application running.
>
> I have the need to keep a DOS box running to support my prom/gal programmer
> and a couple of DOS CAD programs. I don't ever intend to buy the same 
> program more than once....
>
> I boot from a 1.4M floppy and NFS mount the "C:" drive.
>
> BTW I've also used an INTEL EE/PRO 100  (PCI) with the same setup (different 
> packet driver) and It works just fine.  DOS runs pretty good on an 800Mhz. 
> x86.
>
> joe lang
>
>   

-- Curt