I can ping a computer on my network, but how can I access it directly through dos?

Answer 1

DOS doesn't generally like to access a network computer directly. However if you use the command "net use z: \\computer\share" (where "z:" is any unused drive letter, "computer" is the network name of the computer and "share" is the share name), you can access its share as a local drive. When you're done, just do a "net use z: /delete" to get rid of it.

Answer 2

If you want to use just DOS as your NOS (Network Operating System) you need to get ahold of MSClient that shipped with older version of Windows. If you have WindowsNT v4.0 you can find a copy of it in the \clients\msclients\netsetup folder on the CD.