#WINDOWS 3.11 DOSBOX NETWORK DRIVERS INSTALL#
#WINDOWS 3.11 DOSBOX NETWORK DRIVERS DRIVERS#

This executable file will extract the files of the TCP/IP stack to its working directory. For now, letвЂ™s finish the installation and then boot into Windows.

#WINDOWS 3.11 DOSBOX NETWORK DRIVERS INSTALL#

Windows Setup will automatically install two protocols: IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS and Microsoft NetBEUI, with the latter being the default protocol.

#WINDOWS 3.11 DOSBOX NETWORK DRIVERS DRIVERS#

Fortunately, WfW 3.11 already supported CD drives, so you can directly install the drivers during Windows Setup: In case of RTL8029AS, the required driver files are:ДЇb655ce0b2a7b128f9e7c2d956dce44d55f90183 WFW311/OEMSETUP.INFДЈ33d973d37e5a5b667ad392a0cdab43a6478ce30 WFW311/PCIND.386ДЇb6f7d513e844c1d8266c3ce76701445fc703ec9 WFW311/PCIND.DOSДҐ5de10883353edde83738ec4a390e3ec32d3bb9b WFW311/PCIODI.COMДЄs Parallels does not offer any integration tools for this version of Windows, I had to create an ISO image containing those files and connect this to the virtual machine. Therefore, you will first need to install a driver for this NIC (or the NIC of your VM solution or actual 386-compatible PC, respectively). The legacy NIC of Parallels emulates a RealTek 8029 network card.

If you use the setup wizard of Parallels Desktop and choose Windows 3.11 as the installation template, it will automatically add and connect a legacy NIC to your virtual machine. I used Parallels Desktop to virtually execute WfW 3.11. Maybe you can find those files somewhere in the World Wide Web. However, I will publish the file names and SHA-1 hashes of the required files.

Note: I wonвЂ™t offer any download links here. In 1993, the Internet and its protocols were invented for a long time and the World Wide Web (Luckily, this stack is available as a separate download which will allow us to connect to the Internet using WfW 3.11 even today. This however was restricted to a local network. This included centralized authentication, file and printer sharing based on Microsoft NetBEUI or NetBIOS (transported for example over NovellвЂ™s IPX/SPX protocols).

As the name suggests, WfW was designed for networking in workgroups of a few people and workstations. Microsoft Windows for Workgroups (WfW) 3.11, released back in 1993, was the first operating system I ever used.

Windows 3.11 dosbox network drivers