It is beyond the scope of this document to even give an introduction about the correct installation of the TCP/IP networking system. You must do this yourself or seek assistance elsewhere. It is only possible to say here that a PC working well in a TCP/IP based LAN network will also work with XFree86/OS2 (when all other prerequisites are matched as well).
With IAK, there is a special configuration necessary, unless you want to use XFree86/OS2 only during a hot link to your Internet provider, the so called ``localhost'' or ``loopback'' configuration. This is a local network interface which ``loops'' back to the same host. The following settings are necessary for this:
\tcpip\etc\hosts
with the
following content:
127.0.0.1 localhost
\tcpip\bin\tcpstart.cmd
:
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
If you don't have such a tcpstart.cmd file (Warp 4 calls this file
\MPTN\BIN\MPTSTART.CMD
), create one, and add a line
like the following to your config.sys file:
CALL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C C:\tcpip\bin\tcpstart.cmd >NUL
:
(implying that your bootdrive is C:).localhost
as described
in the last section.
SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1
[C:\] ping localhost
You don't need this ``loopback'' interface if your PC is connected to a LAN (either directly or through SLIP/PPP).
In case of a SLIP/PPP line, you have to establish this connection BEFORE you start XFree86.
The checkinstall.cmd
script coming with XFree86/OS2 gives some advice
on the configuration as well.
If you have problems to get this or other basic networking things running, seek assistance elsewhere.