[aclug-L] Re: WFW 3.11 Networking

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I checked the Samba page, and found this link for a WFW 3.11 client <
> > ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/Clients/WFW/ >.  Hopefully this will
> > help.
> 
> IIRC, there are two ways to go here.  1) use the above named files.  This
> provides connectivity from inside WFW 3.11 only.  2) use the LANMAN drivers.
> This provides connectivity from DOS without needing WFW running.
> 
> It's been nearly a year since I set up a DOS/WFW machine, but it will work.
> At the time I last checked, both drivers were available *free* from
> Microsoft.  If you don't find what you need, drop me a note and I'll check
> my archives.

Neither of these were required at work on the WFWG machine I set up to
access our Samba server (on FreeBSD).  Once I installed the TCP/IP protocol
(mentioned in the previous e-mail), it worked fine.


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