Windows 3.11 adds a statement:
net start
to the autoexec.bat file. The network connection must be made before Windows starts. Windows also provides a DOS access program which will allow you to connect to a Network at DOS. It does not provide the ability to be a server at DOS. You would need another program for that.

     To connect to a Network at DOS type:
net start
(if it hasn't been run), then:
net or net Logon

If the Network card ins installed right and connected to the Network, you should get a Log on then the following menu:

Disk Connections	[Show Printers]
Drive: D: [   Connect   ]   Path:            [  ]  Reconnect at startup [    Browse   ]      Current Connections [ Disconnect ]  N: is \\pcname\drvname       [       Exit      ]  [     Help      ]

     To disconnect a drive already logged, move to that drive in the Connections Box. Press ALT N to get there. Then press ALT and D (or TAB to Disconnect). You can do this to change the drive letter you assigned the Network connection or to free up drive letters to connect another Network Drive.

Network On A Disk!       When you set up a Network connection on Windows For Workgroups 3.11, the connection is made before Windows starts. The following files are used and can be incorporated onto a boot disk to provide DOS access to a network. If you were to set these up on a boot disk. you must change the paths in the SYSTEM.INI file from C:\WINDOWS\ to A:\.       Although Windows 95 does not "support" a DOS network, most of the files are there. What is missing are the CONNECT.DAT and WFWSYS.CFG files. If you have those files, you can network from a FAT32 partition at DOS.       This would allow you to copy installation files through a network to a FAT32 partition on a computer that doesn't have a working CDROM. Or, as I like to do, PKZIP the drive as a backup and store that ZIP file(s) on a network drive. LAN NET Boot Disk FILENAME SOURCE PROVIDER ndishlp.sys Windows dir Windows 95/Windows 3.11 net.exe Windows dir Windows 95/Windows 3.11 net.msg Windows dir Windows 95/Windows 3.11 neth.msg Windows dir Windows 95/Windows 3.11 protman.dos Windows dir Windows 95/Windows 3.11 protman.exe Windows dir Windows 95/Windows 3.11 system.ini Windows dir Set up by Windows 95/Windows 3.11 share.pwl Windows dir Set up by Windows 95/Windows 3.11 (user Password) protocol.ini Windows dir Set up by Windows 95/Windows 3.11 connect.dat Windows dir Set up by Windows 3.11 wfwsys.cfg Windows dir Set up by Windows 3.11 dlkfet.dos Windows dir Card software ipxodi.com Windows dir Card software         I have successfully used the Windows 3.11 files with a Windows 95b Boot and had no problems. Windows 95 files lack some of the features as DOS use is discouraged by Windows 95.

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