From wa5cab at cs.com Mon Apr 30 18:27:22 2018 From: wa5cab at cs.com (Robert Downs) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:27:22 -0500 Subject: [Ham-Computers] 8-Port Router-Switch Recommendation Needed Message-ID: <001b01d3e0d2$69081e10$3b185a30$@com> Group, I need to buy a new Ethernet Router/Switch to replace the decade+ old one that is currently in service. Aside from all the usual bells and whistles, it needs to be able to be told to assign a specific IP Address (IPv4) to a specific computer, not just the next one up in the bank of 50. Reason for the requirement is that my Xerox 7855 when scanning to file has to know the IP address of the computer where the file repository is located. The trick that worked for years up through Windows XP of setting the network card temporarily to static with the known address and then setting it back to dynamic whereupon the DNS server in the router gave the workstation back the same address that I had temporarily written does not work with Windows 10. Robert Downs From wa5cab at cs.com Mon Apr 30 19:18:34 2018 From: wa5cab at cs.com (Robert Downs) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:18:34 -0500 Subject: [Ham-Computers] The NET USE Construct Message-ID: <002c01d3e0d9$902d76a0$b08863e0$@com> When my company was bought out many years ago, I inherited the dBase for DOS commercial accounting package that I had bought for the company to use. It has been extensively modified and optimized to keep up with the vintage US military radios that were my hobby and then my business after the new owner laid off me and most of my people. I have literally hundreds of hours invested in customizing it and no wish to get by with anything commercially available. Under or in Windows NT up through XP I used the Net Use construct to reassign the DOS LPT1 and LPT2 printer outputs (recognized by the dBase software) to a USB printer for checks and a network printer for everything else. And we all lived happily for 19 years. Then either the system board or the CPU failed in my last XP machine and I was forced to bite the bullet and buy a Windows 10 machine. Fortunately, knowing that this was going to happen someday, I already had a DOS Virtual Machine optimized for dBase For DOS on hand. However, I had never until now needed to use it and it does not seem to have been written to handle two (or more) network printers. I never knew (and it didn't matter before) whether the NET USE functions were a part of the Windows OS or part of the MSDOS subsystem. But in any case, the commands don't appear to work with the new system, which I think calls the start-up batch file after the Virtual Machine starts. And the VM doesn't know what to do with them. So can anyone tell me whether or not the function still exists in WIN 10 or not? It apparently doesn't exist in the VM. Robert Downs From ka4inm at gmail.com Mon Apr 30 20:43:51 2018 From: ka4inm at gmail.com (Ron Youvan) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:43:51 -0400 Subject: [Ham-Computers] The NET USE Construct In-Reply-To: <002c01d3e0d9$902d76a0$b08863e0$@com> References: <002c01d3e0d9$902d76a0$b08863e0$@com> Message-ID: Robert Downs wrote: > When my company was bought out many years ago, I inherited the dBase for DOS > commercial accounting package that I had bought for the company to use. It > has been extensively modified and optimized to keep up with the vintage US > military radios that were my hobby and then my business after the new owner > laid off me and most of my people. I have literally hundreds of hours > invested in customizing it and no wish to get by with anything commercially > available. Under or in Windows NT up through XP I used the Net Use > construct to reassign the DOS LPT1 and LPT2 printer outputs (recognized by > the dBase software) to a USB printer for checks and a network printer for > everything else. And we all lived happily for 19 years. Then either the > system board or the CPU failed in my last XP machine and I was forced to > bite the bullet and buy a Windows 10 machine. Fortunately, knowing that > this was going to happen someday, I already had a DOS Virtual Machine > optimized for dBase For DOS on hand. However, I had never until now needed > to use it and it does not seem to have been written to handle two (or more) > network printers. > I never knew (and it didn't matter before) whether the NET USE functions > were a part of the Windows OS or part of the MSDOS subsystem. But in any > case, the commands don't appear to work with the new system, which I think > calls the start-up batch file after the Virtual Machine starts. And the VM > doesn't know what to do with them. > So can anyone tell me whether or not the function still exists in WIN 10 or > not? It apparently doesn't exist in the VM. No, but "Open Office" and or "Libre Office" are both freeware programs that MAY import dBase files. (and save them in the new format/s) Used computers with M$ XP and even older versions of that one M$ product are for sale everyday at amazon.com and your local computer repair stores. Used DOS CDR-disks may be available that might work on these older computers should be available if you look around. google.com can be your friend. -- Ron KA4INM - Youvan's corollary: Every action results in unwanted side effects. From stpatrick2 at twlakes.net Mon Apr 30 20:47:12 2018 From: stpatrick2 at twlakes.net (Dale Miller) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:47:12 -0500 Subject: [Ham-Computers] 8-Port Router-Switch Recommendation Needed In-Reply-To: <001b01d3e0d2$69081e10$3b185a30$@com> References: <001b01d3e0d2$69081e10$3b185a30$@com> Message-ID: On 4/30/2018 5:27 PM, Robert Downs via Ham-Computers wrote: > Group, > > > > I need to buy a new Ethernet Router/Switch to replace the decade+ old one > that is currently in service. Aside from all the usual bells and whistles, > it needs to be able to be told to assign a specific IP Address (IPv4) to a > specific computer, not just the next one up in the bank of 50. Reason for > the requirement is that my Xerox 7855 when scanning to file has to know the > IP address of the computer where the file repository is located. The trick > that worked for years up through Windows XP of setting the network card > temporarily to static with the known address and then setting it back to > dynamic whereupon the DNS server in the router gave the workstation back the > same address that I had temporarily written does not work with Windows 10. > > > > Robert Downs > > Robert most routers can assign static IP addresses via MAC address. Can you not do it that way? -- All the Best & 73 Dale Miller, KC2CBD Cookeville, Tennessee Putnam County TN ARES Emergency Coordinator Vice President Cookeville Repeater Association Ham Operator since 1997 (Extra) stpatrick2 at twlakes.net Registered Linux User: #317401 Linux since June 2003 Registered Ubuntu User #26423 --