Does anyone have some good general reference links on TCP/IP DOS networking?

I am having to reacquaint myself with MS DOS clients as Novell servers slowly vanish from the IT landscape.

I have had good luck with Workgroup Add-On for MS DOS, version 3.11. It seems a better product than MS DOS Client 3.0. 3.11 has fewer memory "challenges," and it has a server component. It does not come with a TCP/IP protocol stack, though, but it is possible to tease the stack out of Client 3.0 and get it working with Add-On 3.11. I have had success with NDIS2 (DOS) and NDIS3 (WFW) drivers for most basic networking things.

Where I run into problems is with third party applications that require packet drivers. The packet drivers seem to knock out TCP/IP bindings with a resulting loss of connectivity. Arachne (a fun item, not actually required for any work-related stuff) is a good case in point. I have TCP/IP configured and working with DNS and Sockets, all the basic bells and whistles. But the packet driver required for Arachne (both the native drivers and the drivers supplied with NICs) end all connectivity when they load. Does Arachne require and ODI interface rather than an NDIS one? Does it have its own TCP/IP protocol software? Is it incompatible with with the MS client software and its TCP/IP protocol stack?

Sorry for the above rambling, but my understanding/memory of this all is so hazy at the moment that I am not able ask any coherent/focused/specific questions.

General remedial educuational guidance here woud be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.