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From: klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: OS/2 DOS BOX support of IPX and NETBIOS?
Message-ID: <3457.27ca9cfd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 26 Feb 91 22:38:05 GMT
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We have been using Advanced NETWARE 2.15 C with OS/2 Extended Edition rev 1.2
with relatively few problems however our system is complicated by the need for
users to access some of the programs that come with the RACAL/INTERLAN TCP/IP
Gateway product.  The gateway is installed and actively providing TCP/IP
access to NOVELL from the outside and providing DOS users tied into the NOVELL
system with TELNET and FTP access to other systems.

We have a situation where we want to run a TCP/IP program in the OS/2 DOS box
that requires NETBIOS & IPX.  The program runs without trouble in standard DOS
but under OS/2's DOS BOX, the NETBIOS program complains about the lack of IPX
(even though it is actually loaded at OS/2 boot time via the config.sys file).
Loading the IPX program in the OS/2 DOS BOX causes a conflict with existing
OS/2 owned interrupts and OS/2 complains.

Are there any wise old owls out there that can offer some insight about
either a NETBIOS or IPX workaround that would permit us to properly load
IPX and NETBIOS into the OS/2 DOS BOX for the gateway software?
 


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