20-Feb-1998: added reference to DEC Pathworks client.
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14-Feb-2003: added reference to Lantastic.
20-Feb-1998: added reference to DEC Pathworks client.
13-oct-1997: included instructions on how to add server capabilitiesto the MS Client for DOS. Click here.
MS-DOS 5.00.224 Beta was document in MS-DOS 5.0 Beta User Guild part 1 and part 2. MS-DOS 5.00.224 Beta also is a Beta 1 Build of MS-DOS 5.00. MS-DOS 5.00.224 Beta was release by same time that Windows 3.0 Beta was release in 1990. MS-DOS 5 Program Manager and File Manager was talk about in MS-DOS 5.0 Beta User Guild.
Back to 'Using Samba with DOS or OS/2'In the following, I'll discuss the various clients.
Although the IBM LAN Client requires much less conventional memory,you do need at least 4 MB RAM and extended memory must be available (mustbe configured by EMM386 or your other memory manager).
Under DOS, you can use the IBM LAN Client connect to machines runningWindows for Workgroups, Windows 95, OS/2 Warp etc. as long as those machineshave the NetBEUI protocol installed.
However, the TCP/IP stack included with the IBM LAN Client cannot beused under DOS. It only works under Windows 3.x. This is because the TCP/IPmakes use of the network driver in protected mode. This means you cannotconnect to a Samba server with IBM LAN Client under pure DOS, you needto boot Win 3.x first.
I tried to install the IBM LAN Client but failed because I don't havean IBM network card. It seems straightforward though, it even has a nicegraphical user interface.
This DLS client does not seem to be the same as the IBM LAN Client mentionedabove (confusing, eh?). However, perhaps with the 'LAN Support Program'as an add-on to the IBM LAN Client you get the same features as DLS (i.e.being able to use non-IBM network cards as well). I also found out thatthis client is on my Warp Server demo CD.
DLS can be a peer-to-peer server, but it is restricted to one user ata time. Enough for some incidental file copying. DLS searches specificallyfor a domain server. I haven't tried it with Samba nor NT yet. (Lower)memory usage seems to be comparable to the LanMan client.
However, the TCP/IPstack you installed in Windows for Workgroup does NOT run underDOS. That means you cannot connect to a Samba server with a DOS machinerunning the Windows for Workgroups networking stuff.
Microsoft also seems to have an olderversion of the TCP/IP stack for Windows for Workgroups, based on NDIS-2network card drivers (= real-mode?). It might work under DOS so that youcan access Samba, but I haven't tried that. Does anyone know?
The Windows for Workgroups Add-On for DOS is very similar to theMicrosoftNetwork Client for DOS but with a couple of extra features: the Add-Onis a server too and an MS Mail client is included. That means that otherpeople can have access to the resources on your DOS machine, and vice versa.
Microsoft still sells the Add-On for DOS but it might be hard to find.On the other hand, you might be able to pick up a copy in a garage saleor so. Some companies on the Internet still sell it (try clicking here).MarkValiukas mailed me the following:
I work for an on-campuscomputer reseller, and have access to up-to-date pricing and availabilityinformation from two Microsoft distributors. Both list it as current, butI don't know what Microsoft have planned for it for the future. One hasa small amount of stock, the other has a small amount on order to fulfillback-orders. The price is $89 Australian.Latest news: server capabilities can be added to the MS Client so thatyou don't have to buy the Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for DOS (sorry, Mark;not so sorry, Bill G.:-). See below.
The DOS machine can only see the machines which are in the same WORKGROUP.To make sure that you are in the same WORKGROUP as that of the other machine(s)you want to access, just run SETUP from the Add-On directory and make surethat you type in the right WORKGROUP name - which is same as that of theother machine(s). Also make sure that, you click on the right WORKGROUPname and the right Computer name in the Network Neighbourhood of the othermachine(s). To get the names, run NET CONFIG at the command prompt of theDOS Add-On machine. Now, you should be able to see the DOS machine fromother machine(s) and vice versa.
Most people will choose MS Client over LanMan because Microsoft tellsthem so: 'Microsoft has optimized this client to work with Windows NTversion 3.5 servers, and will be the focus of future development effortsfor MS-DOS - based clients for Windows NT'. You've got to take thiswith a grain of salt: do you honestly believe Microsoft is going to updatetheir DOS software? Didn't they say numerous times that 'DOS is dead'?The MS Client hasn't been updated since June 1995.
MS Client needs a Browse Master on the network. This means that in orderto 'browse' the network (see which computers are connected to it) at leastone computer running Samba, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 or WindowsNT must be on the network and belong to the same workgroup as the computerrunning MS Client. LanMan on the other hand detects machines on the networkby the broadcast messages they generate (you may need to switch on the'LM Announce' option on these machines). Conclusion: if you have Windowsmachines on your network, I recommend using MS Client, and if you haveOS/2 machines on your network I recommend the LanMan client. Samba serversshould work with either one, although for LanMan clients you need to installthe 'LM Announce' patch (see below).
One thing Microsoft forgot(?) to mention is that MS Client does notsupport sending network messages ('WinPopup') using the NET SENDcommand. LanMan does. Network messages are very useful e.g. for a homenetwork where the kids are using a DOS machine to run games located ona machine elsewhere, and you want to send them a message ('Dinner's ready!')..
If you install the 'Basic' version (valid for both clients), e.g. toreduce memory usage, you can only access Samba if it is running in 'sharelevel' mode. Not in 'user level' mode. This limits the security a lot.See the Samba documentation.
MS Client does not provide drivers for a Windows 3.x network clientgraphical user interface. However, in Configuration -> Network you canfind support for LanManager (namely a graphical Windows shell for it) whichcan also be used for the MS Client. The GUI client can be used to browseand (dis)connect resources (disks, printers) from within File and PrintManager, similar to Windows for Workgroups.
MS Client implements the same SMB dialects as Windows for Workgroups(except that it cannot be a server, officially). This makes it probablymore compatible than LanMan.
Please note that when you want to enter static IP addresses in the configurationof the MS Client, you must use blanks (spaces) within these addresses.LanMan on the other hand needs dots.
MSClient seems to be able to auto-detect your network card while LanMancannot. Still, it isn't plug and plug because you will need to edit itsPROTOCOL.INI and enter the required Interupt, base I/O port, DMA port etc.
Note that LanMan only appends a couple of lines consisting ofdrivers and commands to the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. It doesn't figureout what the correct locations are. Especially if you have a DOS multi-configbootmenu, it could mean you have to do some tweaking to get the new configurationworking. MSClient on the other hand writes seperate files with changesand leaves it to the user to add these lines at the right place in theCONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Extract with DSK3-1.EXE -D and DSK3-2.EXE -D to 2floppies. Speedup installation by extracting to a temp directory insteadof floppies, install with SETUP.EXE and then delete the installationfiles in the temp directory.
Installation of the MS Client is very similar to the installation ofthe LAN Manager Client (see below) so look therefor some tips. I only have instructions on the LanMan installation so far,because 1) I already had written them for the OS/2 version of LanMan and2) Andrew DePaula had also written something for the DOS version. If youhave instructions for installing the MS Client, please forward them tome.
Joel Schneider brought 2articles in Microsoft's Knowledge Base to my attention. Especiallythis articleis very important. You need to manually copy a file when youwant to use the MS Client's WinSock support with the real-mode (DOS) TCP/IPdrivers. The other article deals with a documentation bug. Thanks Joel!
If you use static IP addresses (i.e. no BOOTP/DHCP), you need to change'Don't use auto config' from 0 to 1. Confusing, eh? Also be sure to notuse dots when specificying IP addresses: MSClient wants spaces insteadof dots.
François Visagie wrotethe rest of this section:
MS Client works very well from the command line. It is not documented,but I did manage to find out more about its tunable parameters. These didnot seem to have too much effect on performance, however. For what it'sworth, here is the information.
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These parameters appear in MSClient's 'system.ini' in the section indicated.Each parameter is preceded by a comment indicating minimum and maximumvalues, where available. Default values are given in parentheses. To seta parameter to its default value, you could either specify the value directly,omit the parameter, or leave it empty as in the examples. When the installationsuggestion of tuning for increased performance is accepted, 'sizworkbuf'is set to 1498 as in the example, otherwise it's left at the default byomission:If you would like to see a description of the parameters, refer to LANManager 2.xx documentation - the same parameters are used there.
The 'Microsoft LAN Manager (version 2.0 Enhanced)' Windows 3.x networkclient graphical user interface works with MSClient and SAMBA 1.9.16p11.This client is distributed with Windows 3.x. For those interested, thefollowing are the relevant configuration file entries and driver files:It may be a good idea to incorporate the [386Enh] settings from MSClient'sown 'system.ini' into your Windows one (normally C:WINDOWSSYSTEM.INI).
(more to come)
The trick to turn the MS Client into a server is as follows. Microsofthas made a bugfix for the Workgroup Add-On, and this bugfix is freely availableon their FTP site. However, it turns out that when this bugfix is appliedto the MS Client instead on the intended Workgroup Add-On, you will gainserver capabilities! The back side is that you won't have the same comfortableinterface with which you can start sharing your resources -- you will haveto use command line options -- but such an interface is available elsewhere.
But beware! If you use the freely available bugfix to add server capabilitiesto the freely available client it would probably be illegal or at leastunsupported by Microsoft. That's because the bugfix is probably only intendedfor registered users of the Workgroup Add-On. However, there is no licenceinformation included with this bugfix, and both the bugfix and the MS Clientare up for grabs on Microsoft's FTP server. You'll have to decide for yourselfif you can live with this or not.
Saved Usenetarticles with more information
The WorkgroupAdd-On for DOS bugfix
Theoptional user interface
The 'Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c for MS-DOS' software provides much thesame functionality as MSClient + 'Microsoft LAN Manager (version 2.0 Enhanced)'.
You need 'NetBIOS over TCP/IP' (often called TCPBEUI or RFC/NetBIOS)only if you need to access a server that is located across an IP basedrouter. Or if the server runs Samba, because Samba only supports 'NetBIOSover TCP/IP'.
In short, here's what you'll have to do:
If you've tried installing LanMan already, and failed, remove the abortedinstallation completely before proceeding. That is, edit your CONFIG.SYSand remove the two lines REM LANMAN DO NOT MODIFY andeverything between them. Remove all references to the LAN Manager directoryin the paths. Then reboot and delete the LAN Manager directory.
Make sure that you aren't loading any other network drivers or programsin your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and that no network servicesand/or network drivers are currently running on the machine
Before you continue, please make a safety backup of the DOS versionsof your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. An error in the CONFIG.SYS shouldnot keep the system from booting. In most cases, you will be able to pressEnter and then the boot process continues. However, it's better to be safethan sorry. So, should you not be able to boot normally, you can restorethe backup copy of your CONFIG.SYS.
Before we actually go and install the LanMan software, you needa driver for your network card. What good is it when you're halfway downthe installation process and then you realize you need to reboot becauseyou forgot to download a driver?
Ok, an NDIS driver is a piece of software which provides a standardinterface to network cards. This means that makers of networking softwarecan write to the NDIS standard and do not have to worry about each andevery network card.
You can use the DOS NDIS driver which was supplied with your networkcard (if you're lucky to still have the disk). You can recognize the driverby its *.SYS extension. In most cases, it is located in the directoryMSLANMAN.DOS(or one of its subdirectories) on the driver disk supplied with your networkcard. Or if you downloaded a zipfile with drivers from the Internet, lookin that zipfile. If you can't find a driver, you may look for one in ftp://ftp.cdrom.comor elsewhere.
/paw-patrol-season-1-download.html. Before you install LanMan, please read the licence agreement includedwith it: see ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/README.NOW.It isn't a bad idea to browse through these installation instructions abit. Not everything is interesting but if you are not familiar with networkclients in general you might want to have a look. I have tried to makethe instructions below as self-contained as possible, i.e. they shouldbe sufficient.
Get the Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c Client for DOS by downloadingall files in ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.DOS/.Note that even though the version is 2.2c, you can see version 2.2a mentionedhere and there in the documentation and the software..
You can install from floppies or from hard disk. If you choose to installfrom floppies, get 4 blank disks and extract each of the 4 archive filesto a disk. Installing from hard disk is much faster. Disk 4 contains manysmall files which makes the disk drive grind like crazy. Create a temporarydirectory on the hard disk and extract each of the 4 archive files to thatdirectory. The archive files contain a couple of duplicate files so whenyou get a message that the file already exists, just say yes. Or no. Doesn'tmatter.
You unpack the archive files by executing them directly:DSK3-1.EXE-D etc. Or use Info-Zip's UNZIPor PKWare's PKUNZIP: UNZIP DSK3-1.EXEetc. Don't forget to specify the -D parameter if you execute themdirectly because otherwise the files will be extracted without their paths.
Goto A: or the temporary directory on the harddisk and executeSETUP.EXE.Follow the instructions on the screen. I won't explain here each and everyscreen you get. It is reasonably straightforward. You can use the mousebut you can also get around with the keyboard. Press Alt to get the menu.Navigate using the cursor keys and by pressing Tab, Return and Esc. Youselect choices with the spacebar.
Follow the instructions until it asks you to choose between the Basicor Enhanced Client installation. See the README.NOWmentioned above, under section III A (Planning for Lan Manager Instalationand Configuration on MS-DOS (R) Computers). If you want to run Sambain user level or server level security (which is normally the case; seealso security_levelin the Samba docs directory), you need to install the Enhanced Client.For share level security (= less secure but good enough for home use),you can do with the Basic Client (costs less conventional memory).
In the screen 'Network Adapter Drivers' you get a list of drivers includedwith LanMan. Be warned that the list is very limited and that the driversdate from 1995, so they are quite old. You might want/need to use a (newer)driver from the disk supplied with your network card. In that case, goto 'Other Driver' and press Enter. Specify the directory in which you canfind the MSLANMAN.DOS directory. But if you have another driver located,say, in the directory MSLANMAN.DOS which can be found inC:TEMP,select 'Other Driver' and specify the path C:TEMP.
The default domain/workgroup name used by Samba, WfWg and Win95 is WORKGROUP.For the English version of Warp 4 and Warp Connect is IBMPEERS.Use the name STANDALONE if you don't connect to big time serverssuch as NT, LAN Server, Warp Server. LanMan searches for these serversand it will timeout faster if you use STANDALONE.
NetBEUI ('NetBIOS over NetBEUI') is one of the supported protocols.The other one, 'NetBIOS over TCP/IP' (TCPBEUI), is required is you wantto connect to Samba servers. You can select it by checkboxing TCP/IP.If you enable both options, you get both 'NetBIOS over NetBEUI' and 'NetBIOSover TCP/IP'. I have no idea what NetBIOS 3.0 is and what it is for. Idon't change the other default settings.
At this point you'll need to provide the instalation program with allthe IP information it needs. If there is a DHCP server on your network,the client can retrieve all its configuration information from this server.In this case, you can forget about all the entries in this dialog box exceptto make sure that automatic DHCP configuration is enabled and click OKat the bottom of the dialog box. If DHCP is not supported on your network,here's what to put in the first three fields of the dialog box:If you have a WINS server on your network (this can be a Samba server,if it is specifically configured as such!), enter the appropriate IP address(es)in the last two fields of the dialog box and click OK at the bottom. Ifyou want to use a DNS server, then leave the WINS server fields blank andclick Advanced at the bottom of the dialog box. This brings up a dialogbox where you can configure Domain Name Resolution, and Socket Settings.Enter your username and hostname at the top. Enable use DNR for hostnameresolution, and fill in the remaining fields as follows:Enable windows sockets at the bottom so that the DNR service gets loadedin the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (??? JdL) and click OK. Click OK againto exit the TCP/IP settings dialog box. Enter your computer name, username,and domain again in the workstation settings dialog box and click ok. Followthe rest of the instructions until installation is complete. Exit the installationprogram. Do not reboot yet.
You have to configure some settings (interrupt, DMA, I/O address etc.)for your network card in C:LANMANPROTOCOL.INI. There shouldbe an entry ('section') for that network card in the PROTOCOL.INI.
Now edit the section for your network card in C:LANMANPROTOCOL.INI.If you have an NE2000 clone for example, you'll need to specifify the Interrupt(IRQ) and the I/O base address. Of course, they have to agree with thesettings of your network card. In many cases, you set the IRQ and I/O basewith jumpers on the card. Newer cards do not have jumpers on them, youhave to use a DOS configuration program to change settings.
If you have an EtherLink III however, generally you don't have to editthe [ELNK3_NIF] section since this card is 'self-configuring'. It findsthe IRQ and I/O base on its own.
The example PROTOCOL.INI on your network card's driver disk usuallycontains a description of all the 'keywords' you can use for the networkcard's section. You can change the settings if it is needed. Since everynetwork card is different, I can't really tell what to do, but in manycases the default settings should work.
If you are using a CD-ROM, you probably have a line for MSCDEX.EXE inthe AUTOEXEC.BAT. Move this line after the LanMan stuff.Somehow, LanMan's network drivers won't load if MSCDEX.EXE is already loaded.(This one got me puzzled for a long time!).
..and watch any errors you get.
If you got this far, don't you sit there waiting! Try it out! Startwith a simple case. For instance, if you installed the TCP/IP stack includedwith LanMan, try using its PING.EXE on the command prompt. Pingyour gateway machine or your Domain Name Server (DNS) for example, usingtheir numerical IP addresses. If that works, it means the software andthe network card are working. Next, try to ping a machine using is alphanumericalname. If that works, it means that LanMan can find the DNS and it is workingOK. Also try to access resources of a machine near you. See if NETVIEW works. Etc. etc.
Back to installation overview
You can issue many commands from the command line but if you start NETwithout any parameters you get a text window where you can perform mostof these actions through a menu.
2) These operating systems can (optionally) 'mangle' a LFNinto a valid 8.3 filename so that DOS clients can access these files. Example:'MyGraduation Thesis.DOC' is turned into 'MY_GR~01.DOC'. Otherclients who do support LFNs can still access the file by its full name.
LONGFILENAMES=1
When you then connect with the Win3.x filemanager through the 'Network'menu option to a server which supports long filenames, the Filemanagerwill show those long filenames! Of course, when you copy such a file toyour local harddisk, a requester pops up asking you to rename the fileto 8.3. That is because the FAT filesystem on which your DOS/Win3.1 wasinstalled does not support long filenames. The LONGFILENAMES=1trick works only with the FileManager, not with other Win3.x apps. Dependingon the server the files are located on, these apps just don't show thosefiles, or with with mangled names (Samba).
There is a HOSTS file in C:LANMANETCHOSTS. A HOSTS fileis a simple set of lines. Each line contains a numerical IP address fora host and a alphanumerical hostname under which this host is known toyour PC. There is also a file called LMHOSTS in the same directory.This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to computer (NetBIOS) names.If your Samba server is across a router from the DOS machine you are configuring,you must add a line similar to the following to the LMHOSTS file in theLANMAN.DOSETCdirectory:
www.xxx.yyy.zzz SRV_NAME # SRV_NAME is my Samba server
(where www.xxx.yyy.zzz is the numerical IP address of the Samba server)
You need to add an entry for other machines to the HOSTS file if youwant to bypass the DNS. For instance, if you don't have a DNS because you'reon a simple network at home. The same goes up for the LMHOSTS if thereis no big time server on the network.
Please note: the last line of the HOSTS and LMHOSTS files need to endwith a Carriage Return/Line Feed, otherwise that line will not be recognized.And that can lead to strange errors which are difficult to trace.