From: "Michal H. Tyc" 

Hi Matthias, Hi all,

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:29:56 +0100, Matthias Paul wrote:

> In regard to packet drivers, I seem to remember, there was
> a special packet driver (like PKTMUX or MUXPKT?) to address
> this problem (originally for use with Windows 3.0), wasn't it?
> But I have to admit, that it's eons ago, that I have used
> packet drivers, so I guess, others will have much fresher
> memory in regard to the details here. Anyone?

This packet driver multiplexor is called PKTMUX and its
documentation says that it works with Windows 3 and with DESQView.
I tried once to use it under the DR-DOS multitasker, but without
success. Maybe someone else had better luck?

> For the multitasker you may have to add a line to the [Drivers]
> section of TASKMGR.INI in order to load the corresponding
> virtual device driver, for example a line like:

> vxd=c:\drdos.703\nwclient\vipx.386

In case it is unclear for anyone, the above virtual device driver is
for Netware IPX protocol (IPXODI.COM, included in 'full' DR-DOS
version with Personal Netware),

> vxd=c:\drdos.703\nwclient\vtcpip.386

this one is for LAN Workplace for DOS TCP/IP protocol (and isn't
included in DR-DOS),

> vxd=c:\drdos.703\nwclient\vncomx.386

and this is for NCOMX.COM serial port PPP/SLIP ODI driver (included
in DR-Webspyder).

A poor man's approach to using packet drivers in a multitasking
environment may be the '-w' switch of the packet driver program,
which I never tried.

I have a copy of PKTMUX if anyone wants to try it and cannot find
it anywhere.

Hope this helps,

Michal



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