"Constant Brouerius van Nidek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > I have put an ethernet card in the XT and in each of the other > machines. Basiclinux and Suse can (sorry I broke something ;-()could > talk to each other but I cannot figure out how to get my wife's XT on > the net. What kind of program should I run. It should run on a batch > file to let my wife send her email to/ via the Pentium.
You could use the MS DOS client on the XT, and run Samba (Windows NT Server emulation) on the Linux system for basic file and print sharing. It doesn't sound like that's your primary concern though. The MS network client does provide a TCP/IP stack, but I don't know what DOS apps can use it. The packet drivers for DOS will also open up some alternatives, though again I'm no expert on them. Another alternative would be to configure the XT to connect via a serial connection to the Linux box, although this does limit distances they can be separated by. Although it's not very exciting, this does work, and would allow you to use existing packages that utilize serial (dial-up) connections, with a bit of work. Setting up PPP on Linux can be a hassle the first time through, but it is doable. Once you get the XT connected, either via ethernet or serial, you can use any of the Linux network daemons (servers), including sendmail, exim, or postfix to handle your e-mail locally. This is fairly straightforward. > The cards are connected with a thin coax and the ends are secured with > a 75 ohm cap. It sounds like your basic network is working, but thin ethernet (802.3 10Base-2) SHOULD use 50 ohm terminators at the ends of a segment. 75 ohm terminators were used on ARCnet, way back when. Probably not a big deal on a small network though. Sounds like a fun project. Good luck with it! - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
