From: "Sam Lewis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Seeking help understanding networking
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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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