Indeed, I have no problem with setting up pppd, but what port does it have to listen on? Does the dosbox.conf entry support providing an explicit port number? I just PM-ed you a question about the ne2000 patch a minute ago, as that would be my preferred solution. I'm running on a Linux host, BTW.

I'm booting a HDD image (for genuine DOS 6.22), but then I can't mount the CDs. How can I expose the CD-ROM drive (or an image) to DosBox so that it is available after booting an OS image? mount and imgmount are no longer available once the OS image is booted.

I have the ne2000 patched version of dosbox running, but since ifshlp.sys isn't loaded, "net start" doesn't work (Error 73: (null)). I tried devload.exe (locks up on ifshlp.sys) and device.com (no effect, causes instability), and that didn't help. So now I'm thinking along the lines of setting up …

Is there a way to get dosbox to run the x86 code natively, rather than run it in emulation, when the underlying hardware is x86?