Originally Posted by ShuttleBug
... But what I don't know is what the term "netmask" is or how to achieve it?
And last, is "ping" command from DOS or Windows? (I presume Windows, but since WIN 95 is interface running on DOS OS, I thought I would just check).
Netmask is one of the advanced/detail type settings on the network adapter's properties pages. If you poke around (starting from the control panel/networking) you should be able to find it. It probably means you will switch something from automatically configuring to manual/static values. Remember to write down any settings that work today, before you change them
The whole point of ping is to see if one PC can see another on a network, and in this case the 'ping' command is best run from a command window running within win95. This allows your computer to use your existing windows network drivers (re-boot into dos-mode is not the same), plus running it from within a command window allows you to see results/errors before they disappear. The command prompt should be a menu entry in 95 (and xp for that matter).
Adding NetBEUI happens in almost the same place as changing netmasks - on the control panel/Network 'configuration' tab you can 'Add' NetBEUI or change TCP/IP via the 'Properties' button.
Originally Posted by ScottC
Yuck? It works, it doesn't need configuring and it is simple to add to the network. You may think it is dirty, but it is quick, clean and simple.
Since this is not really a contest about protocol elegance, this has an added bonus of not messing up the OP's TCP/IP settings for routine internet use.
Good luck with either choice
