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["Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:34:40 -0800 (PST), pcdos2k <pcdos2k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> it's been i while since i used arachne on a dial-up
> isp. i need help setting up arachne for wireless
> broadband. i have a router to connect 4 pc's to the
> internet.

> the arachnepc is using a 3com 3c905tx pci lan card. i
> have already loaded the packet driver for my lancard
> but arachne does not see it.

> LH 3c90xpd.com /I=60

> by the way, i have two lan cards installed (both
> 3c905tx) but only one is connected to the router.

What type of error message are you getting when you start-up Arachne ?

Since you have two of the same card in that computer.....

Has the packet driver loaded and accessed the correct one which is
connected to the router ?

By default....
packet drivers will load and access the first card they find.

If it's the second one that's connected to the router, you'll need to
manually specify that second card on the command line that loads the
packet driver.

For my card.....

LH c:\lne100tx\lne100tx.com -1 -a -f -s 0x60
____'-1' for the first card ^^ ... '-2' for the second

In addition..... try loading the packet driver into conv memory instead
of upper by not using the 'LH' command.

Once you're sure the packet driver is loaded and accessing the correct
card..... these are the settings you'll need in Arachne.cfg

[profile]
Profile ara-rtr.ACF
Connection READY
Hangup NULL

[tcp/ip]
IP_Address 192.168.1.100 <-- IP assigned to thuis machine by the router
IP_Grab IP address set to
NameServer 192.168.0.1   <-- IP of modem
                      (same as gateway if it's a modem/router all-in-one)
AltNameServer
Gateway 192.168.1.1      <-- IP of router
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 255.255.255.0
TCPconfig PPPRTR.CFG

---- in ppprtr.cfg ---

my_ip = 192.168.1.100
netmask = 255.255.255.0
gateway = 192.168.1.1
sockdelay=60
hostname=arachne
mss=1600

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Alteranately, try using DHCP

[profile]
Profile ara-net.ACF
Connection READY
Hangup NULL

[tcp/ip]
IP_Address WATTCP   <-- 'WATTCP' here causes Arachne to ignore the rest
                          of the settings and use only those settings
                          found in the file pointed to by 'TCPconfig'
IP_Grab IP address set to
NameServer
AltNameServer
Gateway 0.0.0.0
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 0.0.0.0
TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG

--- in ppptcp.cfg ---

my_ip = dhcp
netmask = 255.255.255.0
gateway = 192.168.1.1   #<-- IP of router
sockdelay=60
hostname=arachne
mss=1600
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