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Blonde Guy's OS/2 network page

I've been networking OS/2 computers for a long time. Some of these articles are no longer up to date, but I continue to present them to help people with old legacy networks. However, the new Samba for OS/2 article is up to date as of 2020.

I have more than one computer in my home. Even if I only had one, I would still need a network to use DSL or a Cable Modem. This section shows how I set up a home network. Instructions for the InJoy Firewall are also included. The wireless network page applies to networking notebook computers over 802.11b WiFi.

  1. Building a home network
    I have more than one computer in my home. Even if I only had one, I would still need a network to use DSL or a Cable Modem. This section shows how I set up a home network. Instructions for the InJoy Firewall are also included.

  2. InJoy Firewall
    I've produced a detailed user guides InJoy Firewall, standard edition, which I use to do Network Address Translation so all the machines on my home network can share one DSL connection.

  3. Wireless networking
    A description of my WiFi 802.11n networking setup under eComStation revised in July, 2014.

  4. Virtual Network Computing
    How to set up the VNC server and client under OS/2 for remote desktop control.

  5. Travel Routers for OS/2 Users
    How to set up a Travel Router to provide WiFi capability to an OS/2 computer that lacks WiFi drivers.

  6. Samba for OS/2 based systems
    Some of my customers are just staring out with computer networking, and this guide is intended to help them.