Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1049
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:01:10 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Sunday 13 February 2005
 Number  1049
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Subjects for today
 
1   ADSL setup : Kev <kdownes at tpg dot com dot au>
2  Re:  Terminology & requests : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
3  Re:  Terminology & requests : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
4  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
5  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
6  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
7  Re:  Router setup : Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
8  Re:  Fonts and Printing : Paul Smedley <paul at smedley.info>
9  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
10  Re:  Fwd: Re:  Ethernet adapters : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
11  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
12  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
13  Re:  Terminology & requests : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
14   Warp 4 Installation : Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
15  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
16  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
17  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
18  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
19  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
20  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
21  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
22  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
23  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
24  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
25  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
26  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
27  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
28  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : nickl at pacific dot net dot au
29  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
30  Re:  Warp 4 Installation : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
31  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
32  Re:  Fonts and Printing : David Shearer <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>
33  Re:  Ethernet adapters : Peter Pigott" <peterp at tac dot com dot au>
34   Router setup : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>

**= Email   1 ==========================**

Date:  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:19:05 +0800
From:  Kev <kdownes at tpg dot com dot au>
Subject:   ADSL setup

Hello all

Alan's ADSL setup thread has now split into several threads (in my 
Mozilla Mail at least).  This is my attempt to bring it all back under a 
common thread to keep all the suggestions etc linear.  My pea brain 
needs this.  Here's a re-post of my last message, which I see has been 
seconded by Gavin Miller.

Hi Alan

Alan Duval wrote:

 >
 > At one stage this morning I was able to get into this address. This
 > occurred after reinstalling eCS from an image and then going through
 > the procedure that Ed gave. I rebooted and a message came up saying
 > the Ethernet adapter cable was not connected? As my NIC card was in
 > place and the router connected I checked the MPTS configuration and
 > noted that in the Adapter and Protocol Configuration window in the
 > Review current configuration section it showed:
 >
 > No Network Adapter
 >
 > 0 - IBM TCP/IP
 >
 > SURECOMP-320X-R 100/10 MPCI Adapter
 >
 > 1 - IBM TCP/IP
 >
 > I deleted the second line 0 - IBM TCP/IP and then deleted "No Network
 > Adapter", exited and rebooted.

Please note:  This (below) is what should be in the "Stage 3 - Review 
Current Configuration" in the "Adapter and Protocol Configuration" 
window.  If you have only 1 NIC installed, it is NIC number 0 (zero), 
and it must have 1 (or more - but only 1 for now please) corresponding 
protocols installed.  Hence the ZERO in front of the line ...
0 - IBM TCP/IP

SURECOMP-320X-R 100/10 MPCI Adapter
     0 - IBM TCP/IP

There should be NO OTHER LINES in that window.

Kev
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Date:  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:05:26 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  Terminology & requests

Alan Duval schreef:

>Hi,
>
>When a NIC card is installed and a Router connected to connect to an ISP where do the Host IP and 
>Destination IP address belong to?
>
You shouldn't have and you don't have to bother about that. It's not 
important, and most of all, you are now at step 7 whereas step 3 isn't 
braught to a good end yet.

>  Im confused as to which is the host. I think I am going to have to enter the 
>Host and destination addresses and NIC card address in the TCPCFG2 and MPTS configuration to get any 
>  
>
You don't and you shouldn't have to bother about IP addresses, other 
than the IP address of your router.

>What should be put in these boxes ?
>  
>
You shouldn't even look at it.

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:16:05 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  Terminology & requests

Kev schreef:

> Alan
>
> I apologize. I see that I'm becoming a little exasperated. If all else 
> fails contact me. I did EXACTLY this install <3 months ago.
>
Well, what I was afraid for happened. Alan couldn't wait a bit, and 
applied at random all sorts of correct and incorrect advises the one 
trough the other (mailed him pivately already.

Allow me to sum up:

- The router is set to DHCP by default indeed (why don't the 
knowledgebles don't know that??)
- he already entered in the browser-setup pages of the router. So 
hardware and everything is OK.
- but forgot to backup to good settings which were lostfor one reason or 
another after reboot.

So it sounds very obvious to me he redo the step (step 3) and recreate 
the circomstances where it worked OK. Wouldn't you say so too?

Problem is, instead of recreating the good environment he has applied 
tons of undue advises meanwhile, making it extremely difficult to 
recreate to good envirenment.

And it could have been so easy ...<sigh>

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:46:06 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Mike O'Connor schreef:

>
> Hi Alan,
>
> On the [cover] page of TCP/IP Configuration Notebook, untick the DHCP 
> [automatic] setting and tick [Manually] and enter above dotted I.P. 
> numbers in there with netmask of 255.255.255.0.
>
Oh boy, you really want to knock him down, don't you (((-:

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:52:01 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Kris Steenhaut wrote:

> Mike O'Connor schreef:
>
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> On the [cover] page of TCP/IP Configuration Notebook, untick the DHCP 
>> [automatic] setting and tick [Manually] and enter above dotted I.P. 
>> numbers in there with netmask of 255.255.255.0.
>
> Oh boy, you really want to knock him down, don't you (((-:

Kris,

Read the question/request before you read the answer and give a stupid 
response!

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
--------------------
MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
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[ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, * dot com, *.bat, *.reg attachments]
[Please use zipped versions of above]

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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:38:19 +1100
From:  Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Mike O'Connor wrote:

> Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>
>> Mike O'Connor schreef:
>>
>>> Hi Alan,
>>>
>>> On the [cover] page of TCP/IP Configuration Notebook, untick the 
>>> DHCP [automatic] setting and tick [Manually] and enter above dotted 
>>> I.P. numbers in there with netmask of 255.255.255.0.
>>
>>
>> Oh boy, you really want to knock him down, don't you (((-:
>
>
> Kris,
>
> Read the question/request before you read the answer and give a stupid 
> response!
>
Also Kris, remember the reason for doing what was suggested.
There is no DHCPMON.INI file created and this suggests that the DHCP 
monitor program is not running or not getting a response from the 
router. Hence, setting up without DHCP.

This is the third day, everyone has been saying do this , do that, do 
something else. Unless Alan is truly unlucky, by now, this should have 
been sorted out.
To me this indicates that there may be a problem with the router

Also in eCS 1.2 there seems to be support for USB Ethernet, in 
IBMCOM\MACS are files USBETHER.NIF & USBETHER.OS2, I have never used 
them, but maybe one weekend when I'm feeling particularly maschocistic 
I'll give it a try.

Regards
Dennis.

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**= Email   7 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:12:23 +1100
From:  Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Router setup

Alan
I thought that previously you reported that the adapter was working

Alan Duval wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:22:53 +1100, Dennis Nolan wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Alan
>>From memory Resolve2 gives the results of the resolve process, so if it 
>>is blank it means that you are connected to nothing
>>
>>But I could be wrong
>>
>>Also from memory your MIC should be adapter 0 not 1
>>
>>however in C:\ibmcom\LanTran.log you should find the configuration of 
>>the adapter
>>Specificly you should get something like
>>
>>TCPBEUI: Logical adapter 0 is bound to TCP/IP interface lan0.
>>Adapter 1 is using node address 00051C169DD0.  The Token-Ring format is 
>>00A03868B90B.
>>    
>>
>
>
>This is all I get:
>LT00073: FFST/2 is installed but is not started.  LANTRAN.LOG is being created.
>IBM OS/2 LANMSGDD [05/21/04] 6.00 is loaded and operational.
>IBM OS/2 LAN Netbind
>
>  
>
This confirms that the adapter is not initialising

This is what I have in my lantrans.log

LT00073: FFST/2 is installed but is not started.  LANTRAN.LOG is being 
created.
IBM OS/2 LANMSGDD [05/21/04] 6.00 is loaded and operational.
IBM - OS/2 Socket/MPTS Common Transport Semantics
IBM OS/2 NETBEUI 6.00.0
NETBEUI: Using a 32-bit data segment.
IBM OS/2 TCPBEUI 6.00.0
TCPBEUI: Using a 32-bit data segment.
Installing NETWKSTA.200 Version 6.0. IBM LAN Redirector ( Oct 10, 2001)

IBM OS/2 NETBIOS 4.0
Adapter 0 has 123 NCBs, 96 sessions, and 6 names available to NETBIOS 
applications.
Adapter 1 has 123 NCBs, 96 sessions, and 6 names available to NETBIOS 
applications.
NETBIOS 4.0 is loaded and operational.

Loading Realtek Fast Ethernet Network Adapter driver (3.23vk) [2004-07-28] 
Vendor=10EC,10EC Dev.=8139,8139 Bus/Dev/Func-No=  0/11/0 
EtherID= at 00051C169DD0 
The chip is RTL8100B/8139D. 
Network Line Speed is 100 Mbps / Full-Duplex Mode. 
Link configuration: Auto Negotiation enabled. 
Flow Control: Transmit:Disabled, Receive:Disabled. 
Parameters: IOBase           = 0xD800
            Interrupt Level  = 10       
IBM LANVDD is loaded and operational.
IBM OS/2 LAN Netbind
IBM - OS/2 Socket/MPTS NetBios Service Driver
TCPBEUI: Logical adapter 0 is bound to TCP/IP interface lan0.
Adapter 1 is using node address 00051C169DD0.  The Token-Ring format is 
00A03868B90B.

Until you get the lantran.log reporting successful initialisation of the 
NIC nothing has a hope of working.

I think we need to see what is in the MPTS configuration
So
 From the desktop:
Local System - System Setup - Networks - Adapters and Protocols
Select Configure MPTS, check that LAN Adapter Protocols is still 
selected and click on the Configure button.
This will bring up the Configuration dialog
Copy and report what is in the two bottom windows,  that is the stage 2 
and stage 3 windows.

To get out of the configuration dialog without altering anything click 
cancel  - cancel  - and then Close.

Also just to save time can you send a copy of your config.sys too. Send 
it all, better too much than missing  the important line through ignorance.

Regards

Dennis.

Regards
Dennis.

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**= Email   8 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:27:03 +1030
From:  Paul Smedley <paul at smedley.info>
Subject:  Re:  Fonts and Printing

Hi David,

David Shearer wrote:
> I have an Epson C61 USB Printer which works fine under eCs - using EPNOMI drivers.  However I have 
> been trying to print with different fonts selected in a word processing document (eg wordpro).  However I do 
> not get the results I expect when I print the page.
> 
> What is the trick with printing? -  I have installed True Type fonts in addition to PS Fonts etc.  They come up 
> in Wordpro but when printed they all resemble Times new roman or courier.
> 
> Anyone got anyideas?

I know that this isn't particularly helpful, but my USB connected C61 
prints any fonts thrown at it.  Got a particular document/font that's 
giving you grief?

Cheers,

Paul.
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**= Email   9 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:57:32 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Alan Duval wrote:
>
>>
>>Might I suggest the first thing is that at boot up a message is 
>>displayed indicating that no DHCP server is found. Once this message 
>>goes away, i would expect things to work "straight away".
> 
> 
> Don't see any message " no DHCP server found"  only the message:
> DHCPSTART: DHCP client did not get parameters. DHCPSTART: Continuing to try in background.. Press 
> Enter to continue"
> 
>

   If you read what I said again - you'll see I said "indicating that no 
DHCP server is found" - The message yoy have is what I am referring too.

> 
>>One thing to clarify, is this an ADSL MOdem or a router ??
> 
> 
> It's a BIPAC 5100 ADSL Router with 4-port Switch
> 

OK - so a "straight" cat-5 UTP-UTP cable from your ethernet card in your 
PC to any one of the 4 LAN ports on the router, should be in place (was 
this cable supplied with the "box" ? If you've used another cable, 
please make sure it is NOT a cross-over cable - to do this look at both 
plugs and check that the same coloured wires are going to each pin at 
both ends.

> 
>>Also to check if indeed an address has been assigned to the card the 
>>command:
>>
>>IFCONFIG LAN0
>>
>>can be typed at the command line.
> 
> 
> 
> Says:
> 
> lan0  flags=108843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOOPBRD>
>            inet  0.0.0.0   netmask  0xffffffff
> 
> What does that mean?
> 

This means the card has no IP address assigned (inet 0.0.0.0 will change 
to a valid IP address once your system can talk to the DHCP server). 
Which we know it still isn't by the message you are getting when the 
system boots.

> 
> Alan
> 
> 

OK what we can do, to test, is go into TCPCFG2 again from the 
commandline again and click on the "manually using" button and enter in 
the IP Address Field an address in the correct range - we'll use 
192.168.1.100 now in the field subnet mask, type 255.255.255.0  Now 
click the Routing tab of the notebook and you will be taken to another 
page. On this page click ADD and then click on the Default raidio button 
in the Route Type section and enter in the Router Address field 
192.168.1.254   Click OK three times to return to the command line.

Now restart your PC. The DHCPSTART: DHCP client did not get parameters. 
DHCPSTART: Continuing to try in background.. Press
 > Enter to continue" message should not be displayed this time.

What we have done now is set a "static IP" address on this machine, from 
which we should be able to get to the ADSL router to check its 
configuration. NOTE HOWEVER, as we have not entered any DNS (Domain Name 
Server) addresses, once ADSL is connected, you wont be able to go to 
websites by simply typing their name using this configuration, s the 
system doesn't know where the "index" is to find out IP Addresses. We're 
only setting up this configuration so that we can check that everything 
is set ready for when the ADSL is connected.

Once the system has fully rebooted, go to your web browser and type in 
192.168.1.254 as the address and hopefully you'll either get a prompt to 
log in or be taken directly to the configuration page.

Let us all know if/when you get this far.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:01:19 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Fwd: Re:  Ethernet adapters

Kev wrote:
> Kris, Alan or any other interested parties,
> 
> Should Alan have a look in his HOSTS file and his RESOLV2 file.  Below 
> are copy/pastes of mine.
> 
> HOSTS file ...
> 
> 127.0.0.1             localhost
> 
> 
> RESOLV2 file ...
> 
> domain
> nameserver 192.168.1.254
> 
> If I'm on the wrong track stop me now.
> 
> Kev
> 
>
Thanks for the suggestion Kev, but not relevant at this stage.

As you will have seen in another reply, I've instructed Alan how to set 
up in static IP mode, so we can check if indeed the ONLY problem is the 
DHCP server.

We should all remember that this router is not yet attached to ADSL and 
hence may operate differently to those who have one already fully connected.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   11 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:07:12 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Gavin Miller wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> What Kev sugessted should work, but seeing as it didn't, allow me to 
> offer this suggestion.  I don't mean to be critical or condecending so 
> forgive me if it sounds so, but...
> 
> Go into MPTS and check everything there.  If you have two NIC entries; 
> one being 0 the other 1, make sure the entry that describes the NIC card 
> has TCP/IP as a protocol and the other does not.  It may well be that 
> adapter 0 may be NULL and have TCP/IP as it's protocol and confusing.  
> It might even be worth removing the NULL adapter and renumbering your 
> NIC adapter to 0 or even removing all adapters and reinstall them.  It's 
> a long shot here as OS/2 is supposed to handle multiple NIC's quite 
> well, but we have to get you going ;-)
> 
> Another thing that just hit me as I write this.  If you NIC is adapter 1 
> then enableing adapter 0 in TCP/IP config is no good.  It needs to 
> match.  ( see waht I mean about condecending.  Sorry ).
> 
> Cheers
> G
> 
>>  

Hi Gavin, if that was the case, I think he'd have other error messages 
during system boot, which he doesn't have.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   12 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:27:44 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Hi Alan,

  I think Kev's comments earlier about having only one connection 
defined (or at least ensuring we are configuring the SAM connection in 
MPTS and TCPCFG2) is the base of the problems.

   If you have now made your ethernet card device 0 in MPTS and have the 
TCPIP protocol (only for the time being) assigned to it, then the first 
interface in TCPCFG2 relates to this. If you have your ethernet card 
still as device 1 in MPTS, then within TCPCFG2 you need to configure the 
second interface, not the first.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   13 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:28:31 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Terminology & requests

Alan Duval wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When a NIC card is installed and a Router connected to connect to an ISP where do the Host IP and 
> Destination IP address belong to?  Im confused as to which is the host. I think I am going to have to enter the 
> Host and destination addresses and NIC card address in the TCPCFG2 and MPTS configuration to get any 
> further.
> 
> In MPTS I note that in the Adapter and Protocol Configuration window when IBM TCP/IP is highlighted  and 
> edit button pressed a window comes up asking for a network Interface Type which has to be a decimal 
> number. When the SURECOM driver is highlighted and edit pressed a window comes up asking for:
> 
> Medium Type   ( _AUTO is in this box at present)
> Network adapter address
> Node address
> Bus number
> Device number
> Early Tx Threshold FIFO:
> 
> What should be put in these boxes ?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Alan

Leave them all as is
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**= Email   14 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:47:20 +1100
From:  Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
Subject:   Warp 4 Installation

Hi all,

I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent III 
450 with a 38gb hard drive. 

I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 98SE 
is on the first partition taking up about 4gb. 

Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins forever 
& a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.

The pc originally had a 6.4gb hard drive & Warp 4 installed no problems 
at all.   98SE was on first partition on that drive too.

I've never ever had this problem before, not on a pent III 550 with a 
30gb hard drive either.

Btw, I use System Commander 7 with which I've never had any problems.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Peter Calman

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**= Email   15 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:59:48 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

Ed Durrant wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
>  I think Kev's comments earlier about having only one connection defined 
> (or at least ensuring we are configuring the SAM connection in MPTS and 
> TCPCFG2) is the base of the problems.
> 

To avoid confusion "SAM" is not some new networking term... This should 
have said SAME.

>   If you have now made your ethernet card device 0 in MPTS and have the 
> TCPIP protocol (only for the time being) assigned to it, then the first 
> interface in TCPCFG2 relates to this. If you have your ethernet card 
> still as device 1 in MPTS, then within TCPCFG2 you need to configure the 
> second interface, not the first.
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.
 
> 
> 

> 

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**= Email   16 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:05:32 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent III 
> 450 with a 38gb hard drive.
> I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 98SE 
> is on the first partition taking up about 4gb.
> Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins forever 
> & a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.

   Are you sure that the C: drive being addressed from your DOS floppy 
is the OS/2 Warp 4 partition, not that C: is point at the Win98 partition ??

   Also WHY are you trying to reset OS/2 video to VGA if you're only at 
the install stage ??

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   17 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:06:57 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Ed Durrant wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent III 
>> 450 with a 38gb hard drive.
>> I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 98SE 
>> is on the first partition taking up about 4gb.
>> Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins 
>> forever & a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.
> 
> 
>   Are you sure that the C: drive being addressed from your DOS floppy is 
> the OS/2 Warp 4 partition, not that C: is point at the Win98 partition ??
>
    That should read OS/2 floppy, not DOS floppy of course.

>   Also WHY are you trying to reset OS/2 video to VGA if you're only at 
> the install stage ??
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.
 
> 
> 

> 

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**= Email   18 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:18:19 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent III 
> 450 with a 38gb hard drive.
> I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 98SE 
> is on the first partition taking up about 4gb.
> Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins 
> forever & a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.
>
> The pc originally had a 6.4gb hard drive & Warp 4 installed no 
> problems at all.   98SE was on first partition on that drive too.
>
> I've never ever had this problem before, not on a pent III 550 with a 
> 30gb hard drive either.
>
> Btw, I use System Commander 7 with which I've never had any problems. [

Same here!

>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Peter Calman

Hi Peter,

Am a little bit confused -- unfamiliar with any OS/2 program "fixvga"! =-O
Were you getting it confused with the "setvga.cmd"?

What does fixvga on the floppy actually do?

Did you boot through SC7.0x for the installation? I.E. have SC7 active 
at first reboot?
As long as you don't let LVM/MCPx get at the MBR and insert the I13X 
code there for large drives, SC7 can handle that OK, but overwriting the 
MBR with current generation IBM BM will cause SC7 to fail!

Some motherboard BIOSes can't see past 32GB and require you to 
artificially limit the drive with a jumper to that figure! Once you have 
the OS/2 W4 [FP?] installed, you can use DANIS506.ADD tosee the balance 
of the drive!

What HDD *.ADD driver are you using DANIS506 or IBM1S506?

Is that any assistance?

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**= Email   19 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:26:39 +1100
From:  Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Ed Durrant wrote:

> Peter wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent III 
>> 450 with a 38gb hard drive.
>> I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 
>> 98SE is on the first partition taking up about 4gb.
>> Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins 
>> forever & a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.
>
>
>   Are you sure that the C: drive being addressed from your DOS floppy 
> is the OS/2 Warp 4 partition, not that C: is point at the Win98 
> partition ??
>

See my answer to your question below in relation to the answer here.  
After typing a:/fixvga c:, the files copied from the floppy dont appear 
in 98SE's c: drive.  But unfortunately, viewing via Windows Explorer, i 
cant see if the files are on the supposed Warp drive becasue HPFS isnt 
viewable whereas if it was installed as FAT16, it would be.

>   Also WHY are you trying to reset OS/2 video to VGA if you're only at 
> the install stage ??
>
Because its in the instructions (which I've used all the time) for the 
updated installation disks - excerpt as follows:

4. Continue installing OS/2 Warp 4 until you are prompted to restart 
your computer for the first time.

5. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do not proceed.

6. Press F3 key to go to the command prompt screen.

7. At the command prompt screen, type the following command to run the 
batch file (the batch file is available on Install Disk2 update):
            A:\FIXVGA.CMD x:
where, x: denotes the boot drive of OS/2 Warp 4 and press ENTER.  In 
other words, the drive letter to which you are installing OS/2 Warp 4.

8. Type EXIT, then press Enter key to go back to the previous screen.

9. Remove the diskette from the floppy drive.

10. Press Enter key to restart your computer.

11. Continue installing OS/2 Warp 4.

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Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:31:53 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:
> 
> 
> Ed Durrant wrote:
> 
>> Peter wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent III 
>>> 450 with a 38gb hard drive.
>>> I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 
>>> 98SE is on the first partition taking up about 4gb.
>>> Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins 
>>> forever & a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Are you sure that the C: drive being addressed from your DOS floppy 
>> is the OS/2 Warp 4 partition, not that C: is point at the Win98 
>> partition ??
>>
> 
> See my answer to your question below in relation to the answer here.  
> After typing a:/fixvga c:, the files copied from the floppy dont appear 
> in 98SE's c: drive.  But unfortunately, viewing via Windows Explorer, i 
> cant see if the files are on the supposed Warp drive becasue HPFS isnt 
> viewable whereas if it was installed as FAT16, it would be.
> 
>>   Also WHY are you trying to reset OS/2 video to VGA if you're only at 
>> the install stage ??
>>
> Because its in the instructions (which I've used all the time) for the 
> updated installation disks - excerpt as follows:
> 
> 
> 4. Continue installing OS/2 Warp 4 until you are prompted to restart 
> your computer for the first time.
> 
> 5. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do not proceed.
> 
> 6. Press F3 key to go to the command prompt screen.
> 
> 7. At the command prompt screen, type the following command to run the 
> batch file (the batch file is available on Install Disk2 update):
>            A:\FIXVGA.CMD x:
> where, x: denotes the boot drive of OS/2 Warp 4 and press ENTER.  In 
> other words, the drive letter to which you are installing OS/2 Warp 4.
> 
> 8. Type EXIT, then press Enter key to go back to the previous screen.
> 
> 9. Remove the diskette from the floppy drive.
> 
> 10. Press Enter key to restart your computer.
> 
> 11. Continue installing OS/2 Warp 4.
> 
>

So you're installing the old Warp 4, not Convience pack. I never had to 
use FIXVGA back then. The only FIXVGA I can think of,was one to address 
a problem on Thinkpad systems.

I would try proceding without running FIXVGA at all.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   21 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:39:17 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:

> Ed Durrant wrote:
>
>> Peter wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to install Warp 4 HPFS on an old pc: a Dell pent 
>>> III 450 with a 38gb hard drive.
>>> I want to put it on the second c: partition (about 2gb).  Windows 
>>> 98SE is on the first partition taking up about 4gb.
>>> Upon reboot the first time, after typing a:/fixvga c:, it spins 
>>> forever & a day.  Its at 563 cylinders.
>>
>>   Are you sure that the C: drive being addressed from your DOS floppy 
>> is the OS/2 Warp 4 partition, not that C: is point at the Win98 
>> partition ??
>
> See my answer to your question below in relation to the answer here.  
> After typing a:/fixvga c:, the files copied from the floppy dont 
> appear in 98SE's c: drive.  But unfortunately, viewing via Windows 
> Explorer, i cant see if the files are on the supposed Warp drive 
> becasue HPFS isnt viewable whereas if it was installed as FAT16, it 
> would be.
>
>>   Also WHY are you trying to reset OS/2 video to VGA if you're only 
>> at the install stage ??
>
> Because its in the instructions (which I've used all the time) for the 
> updated installation disks - excerpt as follows:
>
> 4. Continue installing OS/2 Warp 4 until you are prompted to restart 
> your computer for the first time.
>
> 5. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do not proceed.
>
> 6. Press F3 key to go to the command prompt screen.
>
> 7. At the command prompt screen, type the following command to run the 
> batch file (the batch file is available on Install Disk2 update):
>            A:\FIXVGA.CMD x:
> where, x: denotes the boot drive of OS/2 Warp 4 and press ENTER.  In 
> other words, the drive letter to which you are installing OS/2 Warp 4.
>
> 8. Type EXIT, then press Enter key to go back to the previous screen.
>
> 9. Remove the diskette from the floppy drive.
>
> 10. Press Enter key to restart your computer.
>
> 11. Continue installing OS/2 Warp 4.

Hi Peter,

Is this a non-CD W4 install [all * floppies?]
See my other questions posted previously .

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**= Email   22 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:54:19 +1100
From:  Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Mike O'Connor wrote:

>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Am a little bit confused -- unfamiliar with any OS/2 program "fixvga"! 
> =-O
> Were you getting it confused with the "setvga.cmd"?
>
No...see my reply to Ed's mail.

> What does fixvga on the floppy actually do?
>
You tell ME!  Wouldnt have the faintest.

> Did you boot through SC7.0x for the installation? I.E. have SC7 active 
> at first reboot?

Yes to both questions.

> As long as you don't let LVM/MCPx get at the MBR and insert the I13X 
> code there for large drives, SC7 can handle that OK, but overwriting 
> the MBR with current generation IBM BM will cause SC7 to fail!
>

You've lost me here.  SC7 doesnt deal with LVM/MCPx...well not that I 
know of.  And if it did, I've never seen anything about it at all.

> Some motherboard BIOSes can't see past 32GB and require you to 
> artificially limit the drive with a jumper to that figure! 

If that was the case, how come the BIOS auto-detected the new drive when 
I installed it?  Or that doesnt matter?

> Once you have the OS/2 W4 [FP?] installed, you can use DANIS506.ADD 
> tosee the balance of the drive!
>
Yes, ONCE i have it installed.  Thats the problem, getting it installed.

What HDD *.ADD driver are you using DANIS506 or IBM1S506?

Dont know.  All I know is that the updated install disks have always 
worked without any adding or deleting files whether on the floppies or 
hard drive.

> Is that any assistance?
>

In reply to your later mail:

"Is this a non-CD W4 install [all * floppies?] "

The genuine Real McCoy Warp 4 cd from IBM

Sorry if some of my answers seem to be on the defensive.  Read them as 
sarcastically humourous.

Thanks & cheers & regards
Peter

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**= Email   23 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:14:40 +1100
From:  Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

I'll try setvga & see what happens.

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**= Email   24 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:50:47 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:

> I'll try setvga & see what happens.

Hi Peter,

Having just looked through the original 3*W4 diskettes, I don't 
recollect seeing it on them, although they should have been eventually 
copied to your Warp C: drive.  It's so many years now since I did an 
actual Warp4 installation, I've forgotten just how many reboots there 
are starting from the [2nd?] floppy, until installation is finished.

How recent is that set of updated installation diskettes? So you will 
have a Warp4 GA installation without any Fixpacks, but some drivers 
updated as on the floppies.

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**= Email   25 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:02:18 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:

> Mike O'Connor wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Am a little bit confused -- unfamiliar with any OS/2 program 
>> "fixvga"! =-O
>> Were you getting it confused with the "setvga.cmd"?
>
> No...see my reply to Ed's mail.
>
>> What does fixvga on the floppy actually do?
>
> You tell ME!  Wouldnt have the faintest.

Have a look inside the fixvga.cmd file with Win98's Notepad!

> Did you boot through SC7.0x for the installation? I.E. have SC7 active 
> at first reboot?
>
> Yes to both questions.
>
OK!

>> As long as you don't let LVM/MCPx get at the MBR and insert the I13X 
>> code there for large drives, SC7 can handle that OK, but overwriting 
>> the MBR with current generation IBM BM will cause SC7 to fail!
>
>
> You've lost me here.  SC7 doesnt deal with LVM/MCPx...well not that I 
> know of.

Unfortunately I can confirm that from "talking" to Frank Van Gilluwe who 
wrote it.

>   And if it did, I've never seen anything about it at all.
>
>> Some motherboard BIOSes can't see past 32GB and require you to 
>> artificially limit the drive with a jumper to that figure! 
>
>
>
> If that was the case, how come the BIOS auto-detected the new drive 
> when I installed it?  Or that doesnt matter?

Well obviously the BIOS handles that 40x10^9 byte drive OK, so OS/2 
won't have any problems with its size either as long as the diskette 
updates are recent.

>
>> Once you have the OS/2 W4 [FP?] installed, you can use DANIS506.ADD 
>> tosee the balance of the drive!
>
> Yes, ONCE i have it installed.  Thats the problem, getting it installed.
>
> What HDD *.ADD driver are you using DANIS506 or IBM1S506?
>
> Dont know.

Stock is IBM1S506.ADD - - look inside the config.sys file on one of the 
diskettes in W98 Notepad.exe

> All I know is that the updated install disks have always worked 
> without any adding or deleting files whether on the floppies or hard 
> drive.
> In reply to your later mail:
>
> "Is this a non-CD W4 install [all * floppies?] "
>
> The genuine Real McCoy Warp 4 cd from IBM
>
>
> Sorry if some of my answers seem to be on the defensive.  Read them as 
> sarcastically humourous.

no problems :-)

Hi Peter,

Had to go dig out my W4 Box and check just what was on the Installation 
Diskette and Diskettes 1 and 2!

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**= Email   26 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:31:02 +1100
From:  Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Hi Mike

Mike O'Connor wrote:

>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Having just looked through the original 3*W4 diskettes, I don't 
> recollect seeing it on them, although they should have been eventually 
> copied to your Warp C: drive.  It's so many years now since I did an 
> actual Warp4 installation, I've forgotten just how many reboots there 
> are starting from the [2nd?] floppy, until installation is finished.
>
> How recent is that set of updated installation diskettes? So you will 
> have a Warp4 GA installation without any Fixpacks, but some drivers 
> updated as on the floppies.
>
The updated ones from IBM's website so that Warp can be installed on > 
8.4gb hard drives.  They were warp4iu1.exe & warp4iu2.exe & were both 
run & copied onto 2 disks but the original (first) Installation disk 
could still be used.

I just looked at IBM's site & it seems to be talking about newer ID's 
using a utility program called UPDINST which i cant find there.  Then it 
talks about copying files onto 2mb disks & a file WARPINST.exe which i 
cant find either.
 
Maybe you can find out.

http://www-1.ibm dot com/support/docview.wss?rs=203&context=SWG00&q1=os%2f2&q2=updtinst&uid=swg21001827&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

Thanks again
Peter 

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Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:45:23 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:

> Hi Mike
>
> Mike O'Connor wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Having just looked through the original 3*W4 diskettes, I don't 
>> recollect seeing it on them, although they should have been 
>> eventually copied to your Warp C: drive.  It's so many years now 
>> since I did an actual Warp4 installation, I've forgotten just how 
>> many reboots there are starting from the [2nd?] floppy, until 
>> installation is finished.
>>
>> How recent is that set of updated installation diskettes? So you will 
>> have a Warp4 GA installation without any Fixpacks, but some drivers 
>> updated as on the floppies.
>
> The updated ones from IBM's website so that Warp can be installed on > 
> 8.4gb hard drives.  They were warp4iu1.exe & warp4iu2.exe & were both 
> run & copied onto 2 disks but the original (first) Installation disk 
> could still be used.

Those were the ones originally intended for ThinkPad updates, but they 
work just fine on desktops AFAIR.

> I just looked at IBM's site & it seems to be talking about newer ID's 
> using a utility program called UPDINST which i cant find there.  Then 
> it talks about copying files onto 2mb disks & a file WARPINST.exe 
> which i cant find either.

This sounds to me suspiciously like files for creating an updated 
bootable-Warp4-CD, and probably the diskette size was 2.88MB, as used 
for the CD-boot-images?

> Maybe you can find out.
>
> http://www-1.ibm dot com/support/docview.wss?rs=203&context=SWG00&q1=os%2f2&q2=updtinst&uid=swg21001827&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en 
>

Will go have a look for you. ;-)

> Thanks again
> Peter

Hi Peter,

Everything was in-line!

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**= Email   28 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:39:13 +0800
From:  nickl at pacific dot net dot au
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Hi Peter et al

In <420EBBE6.2000507 at sub dot net dot au>, on 02/13/2005 
   at 01:31 PM, Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au> said:

>Hi Mike

>Mike O'Connor wrote:

>>
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Having just looked through the original 3*W4 diskettes, I don't 
>> recollect seeing it on them, although they should have been eventually 
>> copied to your Warp C: drive.  It's so many years now since I did an 
>> actual Warp4 installation, I've forgotten just how many reboots there 
>> are starting from the [2nd?] floppy, until installation is finished.
>>
>> How recent is that set of updated installation diskettes? So you will 
>> have a Warp4 GA installation without any Fixpacks, but some drivers 
>> updated as on the floppies.
>>
>The updated ones from IBM's website so that Warp can be installed on > 
>8.4gb hard drives.  They were warp4iu1.exe & warp4iu2.exe & were both 
>run & copied onto 2 disks but the original (first) Installation disk 
>could still be used.

>I just looked at IBM's site & it seems to be talking about newer ID's 
>using a utility program called UPDINST which i cant find there.  Then it 
>talks about copying files onto 2mb disks & a file WARPINST.exe which i 
>cant find either.
> 
>Maybe you can find out.

>http://www-1.ibm dot com/support/docview.wss?rs=203&context=SWG00&q1=os%2f2&q2=updtinst&uid=swg21001827&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

>Thanks again
>Peter 

Sorry I'm a bit late on the scene. Yes...a definite. The Updated Warp4
(and 3) Diskettes are a must these days if you are going to re-install on
a Drive >4GiB. Does OS2Site or Hobbes have copies of the relevant images?
For me, I'm still lucky enough to have WARPUP, that not only has those
images, but the relevant Fixes to bring you up to Warp4.5. Not sure where
you would get that from, but it'd be worth it to have.

To summarise: You would be struggling with the original 3 diskettes that
come with, or can be made directly from, the original OS/2 Warp4 CD.

Hope this helps you.

Regards

NICK

> 

-----------------------------------------------------------
nickl at pacific dot net dot au
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**= Email   29 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:55:37 +1100
From:  Peter <pgc at sub dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Hi Mike & Nick,

I'm having (a late) lunch.  Will reply when finished.

Thanks
Peter
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**= Email   30 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:50:39 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warp 4 Installation

Peter wrote:

> Hi Mike & Nick,
>
> I'm having (a late) lunch.  Will reply when finished.
>
> Thanks
> Peter 

Hi Peter,

Having started at 04:03 on the 11th [Friday a.m. AEST], I'm about to go 
get some shut-eye. [13:49 Sunday]

The IBM-link doesn't have the mentioned WARPINST.EXE as you noted, but 
everything you need to update the installation diskettes is at :

http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/english/site_contents.html

Many post-installation updates also available there, same as on 
www.os2site dot com for PEER-TCP/IP etc. also.
Plus Fixpacks are available on both [the freely available ones - up to FP15!

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**= Email   31 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:13:35 +1100
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au <os2genau at os2 dot org dot au>
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:57
Subject: Re:  Ethernet adapters

>Alan Duval wrote:
>>
>OK - so a "straight" cat-5 UTP-UTP cable from your ethernet card in your
>PC to any one of the 4 LAN ports on the router, should be in place (was
>this cable supplied with the "box" ?

Yes

>
>OK what we can do, to test, is go into TCPCFG2 again from the
>commandline again and click on the "manually using" button and enter in
>the IP Address Field an address in the correct range - we'll use
>192.168.1.100 now in the field subnet mask, type 255.255.255.0  Now
>click the Routing tab of the notebook and you will be taken to another
>page. On this page click ADD and then click on the Default raidio button
>in the Route Type section and enter in the Router Address field
>192.168.1.254   Click OK three times to return to the command line.
>
>Now restart your PC. The DHCPSTART: DHCP client did not get parameters.
>DHCPSTART: Continuing to try in background.. Press
> > Enter to continue" message should not be displayed this time.
>
>What we have done now is set a "static IP" address on this machine, from
>which we should be able to get to the ADSL router to check its
>configuration. NOTE HOWEVER, as we have not entered any DNS (Domain Name
>Server) addresses, once ADSL is connected, you wont be able to go to
>websites by simply typing their name using this configuration, s the
>system doesn't know where the "index" is to find out IP Addresses. We're
>only setting up this configuration so that we can check that everything
>is set ready for when the ADSL is connected.
>
>Once the system has fully rebooted, go to your web browser and type in
>192.168.1.254 as the address and hopefully you'll either get a prompt to
>log in or be taken directly to the configuration page.
>
>Let us all know if/when you get this far.
>

Successful!  The browser takes me to the login window and after this to the
configuration. Backed out and tried it again and able to do the same.

Regards

Alan

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**= Email   32 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:44:50 +0000
From:  David Shearer <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Fonts and Printing

Paul Smedley wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> David Shearer wrote:
>
>> I have an Epson C61 USB Printer which works fine under eCs - using 
>> EPNOMI drivers.  However I have been trying to print with different 
>> fonts selected in a word processing document (eg wordpro).  However I 
>> do not get the results I expect when I print the page.
>>
>> What is the trick with printing? -  I have installed True Type fonts 
>> in addition to PS Fonts etc.  They come up in Wordpro but when 
>> printed they all resemble Times new roman or courier.
>>
>> Anyone got anyideas?
>
>
> I know that this isn't particularly helpful, but my USB connected C61 
> prints any fonts thrown at it.  Got a particular document/font that's 
> giving you grief?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
 
>
> 

>
Hi - I dont remember what I did but it seems to print most fonts now.  I 
think in the printer setup I selected use printer format or something 
and that seems to have done the trick?

Thanks anyway

David S
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Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:29:48 +1100
From:  "Peter Pigott" <peterp at tac dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Ethernet adapters

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
To: <os2genau at os2 dot org dot au>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re:  Ethernet adapters

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
> To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au <os2genau at os2 dot org dot au>
> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:57
> Subject: Re:  Ethernet adapters
>
snip
>
>>Alan Duval wrote:
>>Once the system has fully rebooted, go to your web browser and type in
>>192.168.1.254 as the address and hopefully you'll either get a prompt to
>>log in or be taken directly to the configuration page.
>>
>>Let us all know if/when you get this far.
>>
>
> Successful!  The browser takes me to the login window and after this to 
> the
> configuration. Backed out and tried it again and able to do the same.
>
> Regards
>
> Alan
>

> 

Alan,

I've come in late to this thread, but sympathise with you , "been there done 
that"!

Where you are now is how I ended up. Couldn't get DHCP to work on eCS 1.1, 
although it did on the kid's Win XP.
You can set the router as your gateway in TCPIP set-up and use a manual DNS 
from your ISP and disable DHCP server on the router. Works for me here.

I can't point you to the exact link, but  I have read on one of the mail 
lists of a fix for DHCP (maybe someone else's memory is better). Waiting to 
install eCS 1.2 here.

Regards,
Peter 

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Date:  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:46:48 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:   Router setup

Hi Ed,

Now that I have a static address and can access the Router's configuration page what is the next step?

Boy, this has been exhausting. Spent 17 hrs at this computer yesterday. Thank God I could go to church 
today to get spiritually refreshed.

I really do thank you all for your patience and help and the time you've taken to send articles to me.

Bless you all,

Alan Duval

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