>Restarted te guest afterwards.
>I have checked the network config through using the following path:
>- doubleclick the "OS/2 system" icon
>- doubleclick the "System Setup" icon
>- doubleclick the "MPTS Network Adapters and protocol services"
>- Click OK and then "Configure"
>- Select TCP/IP configuration and click Configure
>- Select Network interface parameters and click Configure
>Now the list shows 4 LAN adapters and the #0 is ACTIVE
>IP address is 192.168.0.7
>So I guess that the guest runs on this IP address, right?
>- Cancel/exit all the way out.
>Is not the Local Only setting supposed to make simultaneously running
>guests able to communicate with each other?
>In both guests I can ping its own IP address and get a reply, but as
>soon as the other guest's IP is used there is no reply whatsoever. :-(
>On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:57:09 +0200, Bo Berglund
><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>I have created a new guest for OS/2 and pointed it towards the VHD
>>file I was given. I adjusted the RAM to 128 Mb and I have set the
>>network card to use the Broadcom NIC on the laptop I use.
>>
>... snip
>>
>>I have looked in the System Setup window for something related to
>>networking but with no success...
>
>Anyone????
>This is what I have done so far concerning networking:
>
>I have modified the OS/2 guest to use "Local only" networking.
>Restarted te guest afterwards.
>I have checked the network config through using the following path:
>- doubleclick the "OS/2 system" icon
>- doubleclick the "System Setup" icon
>- doubleclick the "MPTS Network Adapters and protocol services"
>- Click OK and then "Configure"
>- Select TCP/IP configuration and click Configure
>- Select Network interface parameters and click Configure
>Now the list shows 4 LAN adapters and the #0 is ACTIVE
>IP address is 192.168.0.7
>So I guess that the guest runs on this IP address, right?
>- Cancel/exit all the way out.
>
>I have also created an XP-Pro SP1 guest on "Local only" with IP
>address 192.168.0.10.
>
>Now, when I try pinging these two from the other *nothing* happens!
>There is no reply at all, only timeout in XP and nothing in OS/2 until
>I do Ctrl-C....
>
>Is not the Local Only setting supposed to make simultaneously running
>guests able to communicate with each other?
>In both guests I can ping its own IP address and get a reply, but as
>soon as the other guest's IP is used there is no reply whatsoever. :-(
>
>How am I supposed to use the Local Only setting to communicate between
>two guests running at the same time????

>I have created a new guest for OS/2 and pointed it towards the VHD
>file I was given. I adjusted the RAM to 128 Mb and I have set the
>network card to use the Broadcom NIC on the laptop I use.
>
>
>I have looked in the System Setup window for something related to
>networking but with no success...

>fixed IP with the same addresses as above. Now I have the IP directly
>on the mainTCP/IP config.
>From the OS/2 guest I can ping the two XP guests as well, but *only*
>using the IP address. When I try ping XP1 I get a "host unknown" error
>in OS/2.
>Question:
>Is there a hosts file on OS/2 so that I can enter the name - IP
>translation into OS/2?
>My next step will be to try to map the XP1 Public share to a drive
>letter on OS/2, but then I need to use the \\XP1\Public syntax and I
>think it will fail if OS/2 cannot resolve XP1 to the correct IP
>address....
>On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:46:50 -0400, Robert Comer
><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>>I have modified the OS/2 guest to use "Local only" networking.
>>>Restarted te guest afterwards.
>>>I have checked the network config through using the following path:
>>>- doubleclick the "OS/2 system" icon
>>>- doubleclick the "System Setup" icon
>>>- doubleclick the "MPTS Network Adapters and protocol services"
>>>- Click OK and then "Configure"
>>>- Select TCP/IP configuration and click Configure
>>>- Select Network interface parameters and click Configure
>>>Now the list shows 4 LAN adapters and the #0 is ACTIVE
>>>IP address is 192.168.0.7
>>>So I guess that the guest runs on this IP address, right?
>>>- Cancel/exit all the way out.
>>
>>That all looks okay, it's been so long since I've seen it, though it
>>should be 1 adapter and maybe 3 protocol lines in the configuration. I
>>have an OS/2 VM at home I can fire up later and check.
>
>Thanks, that would be great!
>
>>Do you have another Windows VM you can try and se if your local only
>>connection is okay? (talking between two XP vm's to see if it might
>>not be OS/2 that's the problem.)
>
>Did that (see below)
>
>>>Is not the Local Only setting supposed to make simultaneously running
>>>guests able to communicate with each other?
>>>In both guests I can ping its own IP address and get a reply, but as
>>>soon as the other guest's IP is used there is no reply whatsoever. :-(
>>
>>As long as it's on the same machine, that's my understanding of it. I
>>very rarely have used local only, and only for one machine to make it
>>think it had an active LAN connection rather than communicating
>>between two VM's...
>
>I discarded my XP guest and created two new ones. This time I used
>differencing disks for them to keep my disk footprint lower.
>I also configured the NIC on each to have a fixed IP address
>(192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.20). The NIC was set to Local Only as
>before of course.
>Previously I had DHCP enabled with the alternate config being the
>fixed IP with the same addresses as above. Now I have the IP directly
>on the mainTCP/IP config.
>
>Now I can ping the XP guests from one to the other using either the
>guest names (XP1 and XP2 respectively) or their IP addresses.
>So this proves that Local Only actually works.
>I can also ping the OS/2 guest at 192.168.0.7 from each XP guest. :-)
>
>From the OS/2 guest I can ping the two XP guests as well, but *only*
>using the IP address. When I try ping XP1 I get a "host unknown" error
>in OS/2.
>
>Question:
>Is there a hosts file on OS/2 so that I can enter the name - IP
>translation into OS/2?
>
>My next step will be to try to map the XP1 Public share to a drive
>letter on OS/2, but then I need to use the \\XP1\Public syntax and I
>think it will fail if OS/2 cannot resolve XP1 to the correct IP
>address....

>>I have modified the OS/2 guest to use "Local only" networking.
>>Restarted te guest afterwards.
>>I have checked the network config through using the following path:
>>- doubleclick the "OS/2 system" icon
>>- doubleclick the "System Setup" icon
>>- doubleclick the "MPTS Network Adapters and protocol services"
>>- Click OK and then "Configure"
>>- Select TCP/IP configuration and click Configure
>>- Select Network interface parameters and click Configure
>>Now the list shows 4 LAN adapters and the #0 is ACTIVE
>>IP address is 192.168.0.7
>>So I guess that the guest runs on this IP address, right?
>>- Cancel/exit all the way out.
>
>That all looks okay, it's been so long since I've seen it, though it
>should be 1 adapter and maybe 3 protocol lines in the configuration. I
>have an OS/2 VM at home I can fire up later and check.
>Do you have another Windows VM you can try and se if your local only
>connection is okay? (talking between two XP vm's to see if it might
>not be OS/2 that's the problem.)
>>Is not the Local Only setting supposed to make simultaneously running
>>guests able to communicate with each other?
>>In both guests I can ping its own IP address and get a reply, but as
>>soon as the other guest's IP is used there is no reply whatsoever. :-(
>
>As long as it's on the same machine, that's my understanding of it. I
>very rarely have used local only, and only for one machine to make it
>think it had an active LAN connection rather than communicating
>between two VM's...

>On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:18:14 +0200, Bo Berglund
><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:52:50 -0400, Robert Comer
>><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>>>Question:
>>>>Is there a hosts file on OS/2 so that I can enter the name - IP
>>>>translation into OS/2?
>>>
>>>Yes, it's in: C:\tcpip\dos\etc
>>
>>Well, my OS/2 install does not even have a C:\tcpip directory....
>>I have tried looking elsewhere but with no success.
>>There is also no c:\dos directory...
>>
>>I did find an etc dir c:\mptn\etc, but it does not contain a hosts
>>file.
>
>UPDATE:
>After I consulted Wikipedia on the hosts file and got a different hint
>I found a file in c:\mptn\etc named resolv2, which I opened.
>It contained:
>nameserver <ip address> (this is an unreachable address)
>nameserver <ip address> (this is an unreachable address)
>so I added
>XP1 192.168.0.10
>XP2 192.168.0.20
>
>saved it and then also copied it to another file named hosts
>
>Then restarted OS/2 and tried ping XP1.
>But the same unknown host message appeared, unfortunately :-(

>>Question:
>>Is there a hosts file on OS/2 so that I can enter the name - IP
>>translation into OS/2?
>
>Yes, it's in: C:\tcpip\dos\etc
>But you can put it in the second page of the hostnames tab in the
>TCP/IP configuration dialog. If you use the hosts file, you have to
>checkmark the use hosts file before nameservers on the second page of
>the hostnames tab.
>

>On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:52:50 -0400, Robert Comer
><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>>Question:
>>>Is there a hosts file on OS/2 so that I can enter the name - IP
>>>translation into OS/2?
>>
>>Yes, it's in: C:\tcpip\dos\etc
>
>Well, my OS/2 install does not even have a C:\tcpip directory....
>I have tried looking elsewhere but with no success.
>There is also no c:\dos directory...
>
>I did find an etc dir c:\mptn\etc, but it does not contain a hosts
>file.

>function like ControlPanel/System on Windows where this can be viewed?
>I can bring up system setup all right. The icons available in this
>window are (in random placement on the window):
>Anyway,
>if I go to MPTS Network.... in System Setup I can select an item named
>"TCP/IP configuration" and use the Configure button.
>Then I can configure "Network interface parameters" where the IP
>address is listed (192.168.0.7).
>I also can ping the OS/2 guest on this address from the XP machines,
>so definitely TCP/IP is running.
>In LAN Adapter and Protocol Configuration there is a list of Protocols
>in the upper right of the dialogue. It lists (in this order):
>- NetWare NetBIOS Emulation over IPX
>- IBM IEE 802.1
>- IBM OS/2 NETBIOS
>- IBM Netware Requester Support
>- IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP
>- IBM TCP/IP
>In the "Current Configuration" ox in the lower left part it lists:
>- Digital Semcon. DC21X4-based Eternet Adapter....
>- 0 - IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP
>- 0 - IBM TCP/IP
>
>I have made a few screenshots of the dialogs and attached these, hope
>they will come through....
>And as far as I am concerned the Netware items are not needed, there
>is no Netware used where we will use our software...
>On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:26:11 -0400, Robert Comer
><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>I just don't know, but it sounds like it's not a full install or
>>something. You sure you have V4 and not V3 of OS/2?
>
>I am pretty sure it is Warp4, but how can one see this? Is there a
>function like ControlPanel/System on Windows where this can be viewed?
>>
>>Anyway, to get to the TCP/IP configuration dialog I was talking about,
>>you just right click on the desktop, select "system setup", and then
>>there should be an icon with a name of "TCP/IP Configuration (LAN)"
>
>I can bring up system setup all right. The icons available in this
>window are (in random placement on the window):
>- MPTS Network Adapters and Protocol Services
>- DDNS Configuration
>- DHCP Monitor
>- Scheme Palette
>- Solid Color Palette
>- Mixed Color Palette
>- Font Palette
>- Create Utility Diskettes
>- Power
>- Sound
>- Add Programs
>- Spooler
>- Country
>- System
>- Mouse
>- Keyboard
>- System Clock
>- UPM Services
>- Install/Remove
>- Hardware Manager
>
>>But without the /tcpip directory something is not right.
>>
>>When you configured MPTS for the adapter and that NETBIOS over TCP/IP,
>>did you also install the protocol TCP/IP?
>
>My dilemma is that I have not installed the OS/2 myself at all. I was
>given the VHD file with the OS/2 installation already done and I
>"just" want to complete it with the network share ability for testing
>some aoutomation software that has to run (on Windows) against the
>OS/2 target system. The interaction is via a shared folder on a
>Windows machine (drive letter in OS/2 and a UNC path in Windows).
>
>Anyway,
>if I go to MPTS Network.... in System Setup I can select an item named
>"TCP/IP configuration" and use the Configure button.
>Then I can configure "Network interface parameters" where the IP
>address is listed (192.168.0.7).
>I also can ping the OS/2 guest on this address from the XP machines,
>so definitely TCP/IP is running.
>
>In LAN Adapter and Protocol Configuration there is a list of Protocols
>in the upper right of the dialogue. It lists (in this order):
>- NetWare NetBIOS Emulation over IPX
>- IBM IEE 802.1
>- IBM OS/2 NETBIOS
>- IBM Netware Requester Support
>- IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP
>- IBM TCP/IP
>
>In the "Current Configuration" ox in the lower left part it lists:
>- Digital Semcon. DC21X4-based Eternet Adapter....
>- 0 - IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP
>- 0 - IBM TCP/IP
>
>I have made a few screenshots of the dialogs and attached these, hope
>they will come through....
>And as far as I am concerned the Netware items are not needed, there
>is no Netware used where we will use our software...

>I just don't know, but it sounds like it's not a full install or
>something. You sure you have V4 and not V3 of OS/2?
>
>Anyway, to get to the TCP/IP configuration dialog I was talking about,
>you just right click on the desktop, select "system setup", and then
>there should be an icon with a name of "TCP/IP Configuration (LAN)"
>But without the /tcpip directory something is not right.
>
>When you configured MPTS for the adapter and that NETBIOS over TCP/IP,
>did you also install the protocol TCP/IP?

>I just don't know, but it sounds like it's not a full install or
>something. You sure you have V4 and not V3 of OS/2?

>I need to use a VPC 2004 guest created using a preinstalled VHD file
>with OS/2 Warp 4 for some software testing.
>The VHD holds an OS/2 installation complete with the VPC 2004
>Additions (hence my use of VPC2004).
>
>- How to install network support on OS/2
>- How to install NIC driver for DEC 21140A in OS/2
>- How to enable TCP/IP networking in OS/2 with DHCP
>- How to create a mapped drive to a Windows Server share on OS/2