FWIW, I had problems with my computers also. The original DSL modem I had (provided by the phone company) worked fine, but it eventually went belly up. I bought a new one (made by ActionTec), but for some unknown reason DOS WATTCP doesn't like the DHCP server provided by the new modem. In Windows, everything works fine. I was never able to figure out why WATTCP doesn't like the DHCP server, but managed to work around the issue by using static IP's.
BTW, static IP's are also very useful sometimes even in Windows for things like network printers, because print driver software often expects the IP address of a printer to never change. If you add or remove devices from the network every once in awhile, or don't turn your network-attached printers on for days or weeks at a time, the IP addresses can change, and Windows may not be able to "find" the printer any more. Very annoying. I don't know if this will fix your particular problem or not, but here's what I did. First of all, I got into the DSL modem DHCP configuration to set up a range of static IP addresses I could use. In the DHCP configuration, I set up the range of DHCP assigned addresses to 192.168.1.240 -> .254. This lets me use 192.168.0.1 -> .239 for static IP's for DOS, printers, and other situations where a static IP is preferable to DHCP. Obviously, I need to keep track of what static IP is assigned to what so I don't end up having conflicts. Then, in WATTCP.CFG (for my main computer) I have the following: my_ip=192.168.0.2 host_name="Bret_Desktop" netmask=255.255.255.0 nameserver=8.8.8.8 nameserver=8.8.4.4 gateway=192.168.0.1 domain.suffix=domain.bretnet.com I have similar things in my WATTCP.CFG for the other computers also, with the my_ip and host_name changed as appropriate. This fixed the problems with both Arachne and Dillo. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Arachne-Troubles-tp33653764p33657954.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
