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Need to ping router from a DOS boot

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Lifer
I am testing an imaging station we have to mass image multiple identical computers via an ethernet connection.

We are testing a new device with a Agere ET-1310 ethernet chipset. I have the NDIS and ODI drivers that our process needs, but I cannot get the new device to work with our old process.

In Windows, I can connect via the ethernet connection to our company network no problem. I would like to test the connection in a pure DOS environment. I figure the easiest way to do this is to ping the router.

Does anyone know of a way to:
1. load the ethernet drivers in DOS
2. ping a router from a DOS boot floppy

Thanks!
 
Good luck with that, you'll need to find a TCP/IP stack for DOS since it doesn't come with any. Is there any reason why your process can't be run from a Windows machine?
 
your best bet is to use a BART's PE boot device instead of pure DOS. It will give you a Windows GUI interface and allow you to use windows based drivers and command line utilies. Since it is not booted from the hard drive you are still free to run your imaging software and image the hard drive.

Link: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
 
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