On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 12:54:16PM -0400, RiverWind wrote: > > How would you good gentles go about putting such a plan as mine > into action? In other words, how would you go about accessing a > Linux machine with a DOS system? Is there any special software? > Would I have to use a USB port? If I am not mistaken, DOS doesn't > work with USB ports??? Even more desirable would be the ability to > use the terminal emulator "Commo" as my means of establishing > contact between the respective systems.
If you can install an ethernet card in your DOS machine, you can have full internet access from it, through the Linux box. The modem goes on your Linux box. Run ppp to connect to your ISP. The ethernet port on your Linux box connects via a crossover ethernet cable to the ethernet port on the DOS box. Alternatively, you can use straight cables to connect them both to an ethernet switch. The Linux machine runs IP masquerading, or NAT, to extend the IP connection to the ethernet. Let's assume you call the Linux ethernet interface 192.168.0.1, and your DOS box 192.168.0.5. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr iptables -t nat -A postrouting -o ppp0 -s 192.168.0.5 -j MASQUERADE And on your DOS box, you want to set up the Crynwr packet driver appropriate for your ethernet card -- see http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm for packet drivers. DOS apps which use packet drivers are listed at http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FAQs/dos-apps.html Good luck, -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't fight for freedom by taking away rights. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110906165639.gp2...@tao.merseine.nu