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Wireless Networking in DOS

52 points by eaguyhn 7y ago

ant6n 7y ago
the first part is better: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/wireless-networking-in-dos/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/wireless-networking-in-dos/
- dang 7y ago
  Ok, since that one hasn't been discussed here, we'll change the URL to that from http://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-wireless-networking-continued/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-wireless-networking-continue.... Thanks!
tracker1 7y ago
While I appreciate those that do.. I simply can't imagine trying to keep some older hardware alive and running like this... I have reached for emulation time and again, and while there have been headaches and hiccups, it still seams easier than physical hardware to me. In this case, I'd probably just try to do wired to a wireless ap/bridge. Especially since fast data isn't needed, a cheap $20 AP would probably do well enough (though wouldn't be integrated into the laptop itself.
bitwize 7y ago
Meh, I would get a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4, configure it as a wifi bridge, and connect the laptop to it via wired Ethernet. It means you can't carry the machine around while playing DOS games from the network, you'd have to keep it in a fixed location. But other than that it seems way less hacky. I currently have my desktop PC (and a couple other machines) configured this way except using an Intel NUC as the bridge.
- pantalaimon 7y ago
  No need for an entire Raspberry Pi and Linux, a esp32 with an ethernet interface is enough https://github.com/espressif/esp-iot-solution/tree/master/examples/eth2wifi https://github.com/espressif/esp-iot-solution/tree/master/ex...
  - zozbot234 7y ago
    There are also bridges from serial/modem/RS232 port to wifi that can be used on all sorts of hardware. The Wifi232 is one of those.
pkorzeniewski 7y ago
Now that's a coincidence, just yesterday I was thinking if it would be possible to use WLAN in FreeDOS on my 1998 Toshiba Libretto xD I found one of the PCMCIA cards mentioned in the article for sell and immediately ordered it, can't wait to try it :-)

52 points by eaguyhn 7y ago

the first part is better: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/wireless-networking-in-dos/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/wireless-networking-in-dos/

dang 7y ago
Ok, since that one hasn't been discussed here, we'll change the URL to that from http://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-wireless-networking-continued/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-wireless-networking-continue.... Thanks!

tracker1 7y ago

While I appreciate those that do.. I simply can't imagine trying to keep some older hardware alive and running like this... I have reached for emulation time and again, and while there have been headaches and hiccups, it still seams easier than physical hardware to me. In this case, I'd probably just try to do wired to a wireless ap/bridge. Especially since fast data isn't needed, a cheap $20 AP would probably do well enough (though wouldn't be integrated into the laptop itself.

bitwize 7y ago

Meh, I would get a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4, configure it as a wifi bridge, and connect the laptop to it via wired Ethernet. It means you can't carry the machine around while playing DOS games from the network, you'd have to keep it in a fixed location. But other than that it seems way less hacky. I currently have my desktop PC (and a couple other machines) configured this way except using an Intel NUC as the bridge.

pantalaimon 7y ago
No need for an entire Raspberry Pi and Linux, a esp32 with an ethernet interface is enough https://github.com/espressif/esp-iot-solution/tree/master/examples/eth2wifi https://github.com/espressif/esp-iot-solution/tree/master/ex...
- zozbot234 7y ago
  There are also bridges from serial/modem/RS232 port to wifi that can be used on all sorts of hardware. The Wifi232 is one of those.

pkorzeniewski 7y ago

Now that's a coincidence, just yesterday I was thinking if it would be possible to use WLAN in FreeDOS on my 1998 Toshiba Libretto xD I found one of the PCMCIA cards mentioned in the article for sell and immediately ordered it, can't wait to try it :-)