At Mon, 26 Apr 2004 9:59am +0100, Bart Oldeman wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Steve Nickolas - Using Windoze wrote: > > > I only wish we had ADSL and cable-modem dialers. :( > > these are *way* too complicated with the limited resources we have. > > My ADSL modem alone needs more firmware downloaded (770K) into it > everytime it starts than what DOS was designed for. Then the driver needs > to support USB *and* ATM *and* PPP over ATM *and* the > (non-standard) protocol to talk to the modem. > > Completely different from external serial modems which just need Hayes > commands sent to them via COMX. > > You'd be better off using a (as simple as possible, say ISA NE2000 > style) network card and an ethernet cable to an ADSL hub or a > Linux/Windows PC with IP Forwarding. > > Bart
That's what I was afraid of. (But my ADSL modem is ethernet and uses PPPoE, and I can easily connect from Linux using the Roaring Penguin, that's why I was hoping a DOS version wouldn't be too hard to pull off... Pity. ;__; oh well) -uso. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
