From: "Mark Henigan" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:53:44 -0800
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To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: Seeking help understanding networking
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Hello everyone:

Since I first attempted to build small home
networks and later to connect to a DSL "modem"
I have been frustrated by an inability to
fully grasp the essentials of networking,
especially how to set up connections based on
the most important standard, TCP/IP.  I'm
fairly good at math and think I understand
how TCP/IP is intended to map signal paths
using IP addresses but find myself unable to
turn this into a practical ability to connect
my various PCs and notebooks to the Internet
as well as through a wireless router I
purchased a couple of years ago and have
never gotten to work.

What I've done over the past few years is to
simply copy files from successful networking
configurations to new ones and adjust a few
parameters to fit the new situation.

I bought a copy of "Networking for Dummies"
only to learn that is really was written for
dummies, i.e., discussed nothing at all about
more technical issues.  Does anyone know of
resources that might help me to fill in the
gaps in my understanding?  Also, does the
TCP/IP configuration notebook in OS2-eCS
do nothing more than to enter parameters in
setup.cmd?   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.  The one thing
I definitely follow protocol on is using MPTS
to install adapters and protocols initially.

Thank you in advance!

- Mark

Mark Henigan
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