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I'm migrating some DOS machines to VirtualBox. I use the common NetWare-style IPX stack. The problem is that VirtualBox doesn't emulate any of the network-adapters that I have drivers for. So, where do I find a driver for any of the network-adapters that VirtualBox can emulate?

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  • Doesn’t VirtualBox have Guest Additions for DOS?
    – Synetech
    Commented Sep 1, 2012 at 22:05
  • The folks over on Retrocomputing SE might have more hints. Though I added an answer here from my recent experience.
    – user609232
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 18:52
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    No, there are no Guest Additions for DOS.
    – user609232
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 18:55

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Since this Question is too old to migrate to Retro SE...

I got PC-DOS 2000 to work on VirtualBox by loading PCNTPK.COM on startup (a DEVICE line in CONFIG.SYS) and then running DHCP from mTCP (I just invoked it from AUTOEXEC.BAT, which means you can run it anytime you like). I didn't mess with any NDIS or IPX stuff at all (at least deliberately).

Oh, you should set networking to Bridged Adapter. NAT only works in one direction for DOS guests, I recall.

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  • Doesn't NAT in VirtualBox always just work in one direction for any guest? But I guess that is normally not a problem unless you run an ancient FTP client, but for DOS it might be a problem. But it doesn't matter for me since I'm using it for IPX and the VB NAT is only for TCP/IP. (Brigged Adapter works fine with IPX by the way.)
    – Fabel
    Commented Jun 26, 2016 at 22:28
  • I suppose Bridged is recommended by Oracle for full host networking, including sharing file via local services (because there are no guest additions).
    – user609232
    Commented Jun 27, 2016 at 2:13
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Ben Armstrong, Virtualization Program Manager, suggests

downloading

then running

  • LSL
  • DC21X4
  • IPXODI

in that order.

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    I cannot get it to work. The driver is for Intel 21x4 network-adapters. But VirtialBox (4.0.12) only supports Intel 8254 and PcNet 79c97x. I just get the message: "DC21X4-DOS-50: Board not found in system". Am I missing something?
    – Fabel
    Commented Oct 28, 2011 at 18:13

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