Winsock Help

From Judy's Warped World

This setup will allow you to use Window clients in WIN-OS/2 with Warp 3.0, Warp 3.0 Connect and Warp 4.0, if you must. Warp 3.0 Connect will use the same instructions for *Warp 4.0.

1.- Check your config.sys. No statement that supports DOS can be REM'ed out.

2.- There can only be 1 active winsock.dll. The IAK (Internet Access Kit), included in the OS/2 Warp Bonus Pak, installs winsock.dll in the x:\tcpip\dos\bin subdirectory. (Unsure if you have more than 1? Do a find winsock.dll)

3.- Create a file and save as resolv (no it's not a typo, there's no e...just resolv) The file will consist of the following 2 lines: (your domain name ie. oeonline.com & nameserver IP address ie. 205.199.95.66) domain oeonline.com nameserver 205.199.95.66

4.- Copy the resolv file to the x:\tcpip\etc & x:\tcpip\dos\etc subdirectories.
 * Warp 4.0:


 * Copy resolv file to x:\mptn\etc

5.- Add the following statement to the autoexec.bat SET ETC= x:\tcpip\dos\etc
 * Warp 4.0:

SET ETC=x:\mptn\etc

6.- Add the following to the PATH= statement in autoexec.bat (this points to the winsock.dll) x:\tcpip\dos\bin;

Netscape Tips for Warp 3.0 and Warp 4.0
I've had success in running the 16bit versions of Netscape with Warp 3.0 and Warp 4.0.

1.- Obtain the Windows 16bit version only. OS/2 Warp will not run the 32bit version of Netscape. (32bit version is used with Windows 95 and Windows NT which have a 32bit TCP/IP stack)

2.- Run in standard mode - enhanced mode is not necessary, unless you install Real Audio, then you will need to run both Netscape and Real Audio in Enhanced mode.

3.- Obtain the file ic11173.zip. This file contains the files vdebug.exe, vdosctl.exe and vdostcp.vdd, Do not use the vdostcp.vdd from ic11173.zip, ic14468.zip contains a newer version that you will use.


 * ic11173.zip

4.- Unzip ic11173.zip into a temporary directory and reboot.

5.- When the white box appears in the left corner of the screen, hit alt+f1, then go to an OS/2 prompt.

6.- Go to the x:\tcpip\bin subdirectory and rename the files vdosctl.exe and vdebug.exe.

7.- Copy the replacement files that you unzipped in the temporary directory to the x:\tcpip\bin subdirectory.

8.- Type exit at the prompt and machine will reboot

9.- Download the file ic14468.zip
 * Warp 4.0:
 * Follow the instructions below.

10.- Rename the vdostcp.vdd in the x:\tcpip\bin subdirectory and replace with the new file.

11.- Rename the winsock.dll in x:\tcpip\dos\bin subdirectory and replace with the new file.

12.- A reboot isn't needed.

13.- May run in full-screen or windowed session. I prefer running in a seamless windowed session. Setup an object on the wps (workplace shell, OS/2's desktop), go into settings/session, select WIN/OS/2-window.

14.- If you are still having problems running Netscape after following the above Winsock Set-up, you may try changing the settings in the Netscape.ini: [Network] Use Async DNS=no Max Connections=1

Removing Win32s
1.- Remove the following line from the [386Enh] section in the SYSTEM.INI file device=\\win32s\w32s.386 where  and  are where the Windows and System directories are, respectively.

2.- Remove WINMM16.DLL from the following line from the [BOOT] section in the SYSTEM.INI file: DRIVERS=MMSYSTEM.DLL WINMM16.DLL

3.- Delete the following files from the \ subdirectory: 4.-Delete all the files in the \\WIN32S subdirectory. Then delete the subdirectory itself.
 * W32SYS.DLL
 * WIN32S16.DLL
 * WIN32S.INI

5.-Restart Windows.

If you have any problems, e-mail me with the specific problem and I will attempt to offer assistance. Or stop by the #os/2 irc channel, there's always lots of folks willing to help.