As far as dos networking goes, there's several network apis/programs
that can be used. ka9q is an excellent example of what dos can do,
and it works on nearly anything. (I had it running on an xt at one
point, and it handled multiple users just fine).
There's the krin tcp packet drivers, which seem to have drivers for
just about any kind of card you'd like to support (since most that
aren't supported can emulate one of those that is), and there's also
packages (at the application level) that can turn any comm program
into a tcp/ip capable application, such as 1fossil, or (I think)
rlfossil. I used to use rlfossil to log into shell accounts, bbses,
and other telnet servers using {commo} as my comm program under dos.
I'd simply use ka9q to make my initial tcp/ip connection, drop out of
it, load rlfossil, load commo, then adtd<ip address> and poof, I'm
connected just as if I'd used commo to dial the phone and connect
directly to the system in question.
So, there's all kinds of ways to handle networking under dos, though a
single entry-point supported directly by freedos would certainly
provide simplicity for those looking, and if some method was developed
to allow freedos to use ftp, telnet, rlogin, ... directly from the dos
prompt with no additional drivers, that would be even better.
hth
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