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Dave Yeo:
Hi Carl, there's both the Xworkplace widget and a standalone program. I use the Widget.
Xworkplace is here, https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-13-full-en.exe for the full version, or the light version, https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-13-lite-en.exe, a handy extension to the WPS. It is supplied with ArcaOS (and previously eCS) as a rebranded version
The dhcp client is available as a zip here, http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/dhcp-3_1-3_oc00.zip, not sure if it has dependencies.
The newest libc is here, http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/libc-0_6_6-40_oc00.zip.
Be careful with it as it includes forwarder DLLs. Make sure they are the only ones on LIBPATH. You may have older ones already installed which will need moving out of the way.
Hopefully that is all the dependencies. To be honest, I've never installed it on 4.52, it has always been installed with eCS or ArcaOS while installing.

Dave Yeo:
You also might need Warpin to install XWorkplace and will likely need it for installing other stuff. https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/archiver/warpin-1-0-22.zip

Carl Miller:

--- Quote from: Dave Yeo on July 07, 2020, 12:07:58 am ---Hi Carl, there's both the Xworkplace widget and a standalone program. I use the Widget.
Xworkplace is here, https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-13-full-en.exe for the full version, or the light version, https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-13-lite-en.exe, a handy extension to the WPS. It is supplied with ArcaOS (and previously eCS) as a rebranded version
The dhcp client is available as a zip here, http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/dhcp-3_1-3_oc00.zip, not sure if it has dependencies.
The newest libc is here, http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/libc-0_6_6-40_oc00.zip.
Be careful with it as it includes forwarder DLLs. Make sure they are the only ones on LIBPATH. You may have older ones already installed which will need moving out of the way.
Hopefully that is all the dependencies. To be honest, I've never installed it on 4.52, it has always been installed with eCS or ArcaOS while installing.

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LOL, well Dave that's kind of an important oversight there! Just kidding, I'm sure it'll be fine. If not then I'll just go in a different direction.

Thanks for your help,

Carl

Andi B.:
I know installing xwlan (package includes the xcenter widget and wlanstat.exe the stand alone application) which needs dhcpclient and wpa_supplicant, isn't that easy. Especially without internet access.

That's the reason I suggested to check the basics first. Only if you're sure your card supports WPA2 (which I doubt) or only if you're really sure you would like to change your whole wireless network to the insecure WEP standard, then it's worth to start looking at xwlan.

Carl Miller:

--- Quote from: Andi B. on July 07, 2020, 08:51:51 am ---I know installing xwlan (package includes the xcenter widget and wlanstat.exe the stand alone application) which needs dhcpclient and wpa_supplicant, isn't that easy. Especially without internet access.

That's the reason I suggested to check the basics first. Only if you're sure your card supports WPA2 (which I doubt) or only if you're really sure you would like to change your whole wireless network to the insecure WEP standard, then it's worth to start looking at xwlan.

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Hi Andi,

My card doesn't support WPA2. So, I guess xwlan isn't going to help in this instance right?

My other option was to use the wifi hotspot feature on my wireless router. I'm not sure if that uses any kind of encryption or not. Since I'm not going to use internet access to buy stuff online or pass any personal info I think it will be fine for that if I can access it. This feature is separate from the secure access on my normal wifi access.

What do you guys think??

Thanks,

Carl

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