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"Sam Lewis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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Re: [OS2Wireless] Seeking help understanding networking |
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Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:34:49 -0600 |
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Mark Henigan wrote:
Hello everyone:
Does anyone know of
resources that might help me to fill in the
gaps in my understanding?
Mark,
Your a little vague on what it is you want to learn. Do you want to learn TCP/IP networking in general or do you want to learn the specifics of TCP/IP networking with OS/2? There is probably a good book to read to introduce you to TCP/IP but anything that I have read on the subject is probably really dated by now.
Cisco's web site has a series of TCP/IP training articles. When I get to work later I'll try to remember to send you the link I have stored. Also you probably will want to learn something about the OSI model as well.
Also, does the
TCP/IP configuration notebook in OS2-eCS
do nothing more than to enter parameters in
setup.cmd?
The basic TCP/IP settings are done from the TCPCFG2.CMD. If you truly don't understand networking then you probably don't want to edit that file manually because you would need to understand OS/2's implementation of ifconfig, route and other commands. Also the help screens in the TCPCFG2 applet are very good and that is probably your best source of information. I use those help screens to configure networking in OS/9 and Linux embedded devices since that is the best source of info I have on hand. When I ask our programmers how to configure and item in our device they usually tell me to read the applicable RFC.
If so, I'd rather work directly
with setup.cmd. I get crazed with so many
different utilities to configure what appear
to be a relatively few files.
What other utilities are there besides tcpcfg2 and mpts?
The one thing
I definitely follow protocol on is using MPTS
to install adapters and protocols initially.
A little more detail on what you want to know and what problems you are having would help us to help you better. It sounds like you have a genuine desire to learn and I really appreciate that.
Happy to try and help,
Sam
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