well personally I come from a Unix and windows, NT, dos background.
1 windows 3.11 and 3.1 can be configured for TCP/IP networking
2 the TCP/IP protcol supplied with M$ windows (3.1,3.11,NT,95) has a
static route program. (from the dos prompt type route add <static ip>
<gateway>), and it is theroretically able to route networks and
subnets.
3 there is a suppliment disk for tcp/ip networking for early
dos/windows systems
> The key thing to remember about PC's is that traditionally the OS did not
> provide any communications services at all, or even manage the com ports for
> that matter. (This has changed slightly with Windows 95 and Windows NT).
as I said...there is a basic routing protocol.
NT can be configured quite easily, 95 sux. but it is still routable
(esp using some freeware available over the net), and dos/3.1/3.11
while a REAL pain is also configurable.
I can route traffic from a modem to the LAN to a WAN. I do it now,
but outside the trusted network. If you want details on how to do
this, with only the native OS, mail me personally
(doshai @
pip .
com .
au). The problem is that it is more of a
nucense...you need individual static routes for alot of points. Very
time consuming.
most users will not know of the M$ route add command (a rip off of
the Unix one, but some will).
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