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Installing VIA DOS LAN drivers?

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First post, by DECtape

Posted on 2016-01-23, 19:00

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So according to VIA's driver download portal there are DOS drivers for the integrated lan on my DOS computer's motherboard, VIA M1000 (VT 6103 PHY LAN). When I downloaded the driver package I was given three folders, DOSodi, Ndis2, and packet. What of these should I install and how do I go about doing it?

the Ndis2 folder contains the folders
LANSRVR.DOS
LANTASTI
MSLANMAN.DOS
PCNFS
Wfw311
and a rar file called LANSRVR.DOS

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Reply 1 of 7, by collector

Posted on 2016-01-23, 23:57

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Ask in Marvin. This is the DOS games forum.

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Reply 2 of 7, by Malvineous

Posted on 2016-01-23, 23:59

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What sort of DOS network interface do you want? ODI, packet, NDIS, Netware, IPX, TCP/IP, etc?

The files you need will depend on what interface you are trying to provide. If you pick one and look up the procedure for setting that interface up, at some point in the process it will tell you to get a certain set of files from your card manufacturer, and that's when you'll know which files you need from the VIA package.

Reply 3 of 7, by Stiletto

Posted on 2016-01-24, 01:19

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Moved.

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Reply 4 of 7, by DECtape

Posted on 2016-01-24, 02:31

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Stiletto wrote:
Moved.

sorry about that, I wasn't sure I should put this here since its software help and not hardware.

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Reply 5 of 7, by konc

Posted on 2016-01-24, 11:43

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If you just want to connect the DOS pc to a modern LAN (let's say that of your router) and do some browsing/file transfers, use the packet driver.

Reply 6 of 7, by Stiletto

Posted on 2016-01-24, 15:26

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DECtape wrote:
Stiletto wrote:
Moved.

sorry about that, I wasn't sure I should put this here since its software help and not hardware.

As collector says, "DOS" is for DOS games only. Specifically, it's for old DOS games on new operating systems. It's not for DOS software generically. 😀

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Reply 7 of 7, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2016-01-24, 18:36

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I recommend the packet driver as well. It allows you to use some valuable tools like Arachne, wget, and the mTCP suite for file transfers. You can use the ODI driver if you feel like putting together a vintage Netware network, and you can use NDIS if you feel like using vintage Microsoft networking software.

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