Not anymore, the tabletop PC has a Kingston EtheRx PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter (KNE110TX) which been chosen after its performance was compared with that of multiple other candidates at hand exactly. While there's just no choice to reconfigure the laptop's internal hardware at all.
Nice memories!
Well, actually this reminds me of what happens in case of problems affecting the input-file which mTCP relies on. If it's absent the file 'C:\FreeDOS\Bin\WATTCP.CFG' simply ain't created and we get this moot warning:
« Error opening mTCP config file C:\FreeDOS\mTCP.CFG »
Or worse, if it IS present but somehow inaccurate then its contents are swiftly transferred with this rewarding message, nonetheless:
« WATTCP.CFG updated successfully. »
E.G. No error trap here...
So when i questionned Google's IA this afternoon, relatively to such matter of validating this DOS network configuration, it suggested the following procedure as part of my preferred solution:
Place all three files (FIND_PKT.ASM, FIND_PKT.BAT, and FIND_PKT.TXT) in the same directory. Run FIND_PKT.BAT. The batch file will first create FIND_PKT.COM from FIND_PKT.ASM and then execute it to find the interrupt vector. The result (the interrupt number) will be displayed in the console. If no driver is found, it will display "Packet driver not found.".
The 3 files are archived as an attached file called 'Find_Pkt.ZIP', in case other readers would be curious too.
My solution for MSKermit worked fine in 2001, still did in 2005 after a minor update and then again 20 years later. Thanks for your concern anyway! Besides, i did state those issues were reported since the thread was about « gathering ideas » i think, presumably to help improve mTCP's conveniency. Hence my apologies as the intent wasn't to interfere with anyone's own priority list. Please rest assured i'll deal with those critical IP numbers effectively and possibly even validate them further in the process, hopefully using the interrupt vector as it would also enable the use of 'Termin.COM', etc.
Good day, have fun!!