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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:35:03 PDT7
From:	Jerry Garren <jzlists@gtdneo.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Connecting to SBC/yahoo DSL with OS/2-eCS

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Harry Motin wrote:
> Jerry,
> I'm not sure this answers your question, but I also have SBC Yahoo DSL. I use eCS 1.14
> and a hardware router between my machine and the DSL modem. Your network setup
> is done primarily by 2 applications:
>
> Application Executable
> 1. Adapters and Protocols ?\IBMCOM\MPTS.EXE
>
> 2. TCP/IP Configuration Notebook ?\TCPIP\BIN\TCPCFG2.CMD
>
> Above, "?", represents your boot drive. You will find both applications in the "Local
> System\System Setup\Network" folder on your eCS destop.
>
> The "Adapters and Protocols" deals primarily with attaching the desired drivers and
> protocols to your network adapter card(s). I assume that you've done that correctly,
> probably through the eCS installation.
>
> The "TCP/IP Configuration Notebook" application sets up your Network interface from
> your computer to the outside. It has several text files that configure it. The primary one is
> the "?\MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD" file. You can configure the notebook manually by
> individually changing each of its configuration files. But my guess is that all you need to
> do is set the "LAN0 interface" to "automatically uses DHCP". That's what I have on my
> system.
>
> On my system my router acts to provide my eCS computer with a dynamic IP address. If
> you do not have a hardware router and you connect to SBC directly, my guess is that
> SBC supplies you with a dynamic IP address each time you connect. Therefore if so,
> you can configure the "TCP/IP Configuration Notebook" to "automatically uses DHCP"
> and the DHCP component on your machine will pick up the IP address that SBC is
> sending out. If you manually change the SETUP.CMD file, it will look something like this:
>
> route -fh
> REM ifconfig lan0
> dhcpstrt -i lan0
>
> There will be other entries in that file, but the ones involving LAN0 are the ones you
> want.
> HCM
>
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:11:28 PDT7, jzlists wrote:
>
>
>>Can anyone point me to info about connecting Os/2 (Warp4
>>FP15) and eCS (v1.2) to the Internet using
>>SBC Yahoo DSL?
>>TIA
>>Jerry
>>
>>=====================================================
Thanks for your rapid reply.
I am digesting your information.

I had hoped to install SBC/Yahoo DSL without using Windows
but have now resigned myself to installing W98 for the
initial install.
I am happy to hear that at some I can connect later using
eCS.
The left hand of SBC has not the faintest concept of what
the right hand is doing. Nor do they seem to care.

Thanks again.
Jerry

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