Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:56:28 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > Now..... you must assign a 'static IP' to the WinXP machine. > I have never done it on WinXP > so I'm not sure if it will be the same as Win98 Probably not. But it may have enough similarities for me to work it out... I hope <GGG> > But hopefully this screen-cap & Win98 description will be of some help. > http://www.glennmcc.org/staticip.gif Saved! > In control panel, double-click 'network'. > I the 'configuration' tab, click the TCP/IP line for your NIC card > and click the properties button. > In the 'IP address' tab, change the setting from > 'Obtain an IP address automatically' to 'specify an IP address' > Since EZNOS2 on the DOS machine is setup to use 192.168.1.100 ..... > let's use 192.168.1.101 for the WinXP machine. > Also set the subnetmask as shown to 255.255.255.0 > Save these new settings and reboot the WinXP machine to be sure that the > new settings get uised. > You _should_ now be able to access EZNOS2 running on the DOS machine > via both HTTP & FTP Yes, I understand exactly what you are saying. Let us hope that XP isn't too much different from W98 to set up. I will report on progress, but it may not be before tomorrow afternoon, as I have a hospital session later today, and a fair amount of other stuff to do before then. Stay tuned for more exciting adventures in the tale of Greg and his Ethernet <GGGG> Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. "Desiderata", Max Ehrmann, copyright 1952. ,-./\ / \ From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia \_,-*_/ "Queen City of The South" 35d 01'44"S 138d 32'13"E v Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --
