Best way to get back online again?

[RTID75]

Although I've used my Amiga on and off since, I've not kept up with the world of Online and Amiga since the mid 2000s, when I moved onto PC and broadband as my daily driver.

My towered A1200 was online via dialup back then and I still have the bought and paid for software from back then (Miami deluxe & IBrowse in the main).

To stop me having to keep burning CDs on my PC if I want to transfer stuff off the Internet, what's the best/easiest way of connecting my Amiga to my WiFi (I can't do wired)? I'd love to get her back online again.

As mentioned, it is towered (Power Tower / original Elbox tower) but I do have a right angled PCMCIA adapter in the case and nothing using the port, but obviously the insides are enclosed in metal once the case cover is on.

Thanks to anyone who can advise!

[RTID75]

Thanks for the replies.

I've just bought a Netgear wireless card off eBay. The description said has been tested and works with various Amiga software.

I'm sure I'll need more help when it arrives.

[RTID75]

OK, so I've got Prism2, I've got the Netgear PCMCIA wifi adapter (upgraded with the WPA2/AES capable firmware) plugged in and the light is lit on the card, my router says it's running WPA2, but I'm not getting much further.

I'm not even sure that I'm filling in the options correctly when installing Prism2...

I'm not hugely clued up on the technical details of internet and wifi settings.  From my understanding SSID is your wireless network name, but then I'm unsure what password I'm supposed to put in next.

Does anyone have the patience to walk me through what I need to do?

[RTID75]

Tried reinstalling Prism2.

SSID is from my router. I've split the 2.4 & 5ghz channels and given that the PCMCIA card is not new I chose the 2.4 SSID. Typed exactly as my router displays it - upper case, lower case and numbers.

Then the driver asks for 'WPA/WPA2 passphrase'. I assume this is the password to access the WiFi signal. Again, typed exactly. It's 11 digits and has upper case, lower case and numbers.

Prism 2 generates a key code. All seems good to this point.


Now I know that the Amiga is talking to the card, as the light comes on when it is accessed by the Prism2 driver from the user-startup.

Is the WPA2 router security too much? I can drop it to WPA (Automatic) from my router options.

Am I missing anything else before I try MiamiInit from MiamiDX?

If I try to set up with MiamiInit, choosing Ethernet, Cable/ADSL modem then entering Prism2.device, Unit 0 that's about as far as I get. Init does a 'Contacting RArp server' and moves on to ADHC (or something similar) scanny thing, then fails and asks me for my local IP address.

At that point, I'm to all intents and purposes lost...

[RTID75]

Sussed it!!

The fault was with my three installations of Prism2. Each installation added another layer of lines and keys to the configuration file and it was obviously reading the first entry from the first installation which had an incorrect password.

Deleted out the first and second entries, quick run through with MiamiInit, import config into Miami and Bingo! Back online for the first time in probably 16 years!

Now I need some new software. Is Ibrowse the only browser still going? I have full versions of Ibrowse, Aweb and Voyager from back in the day,  but obviously none of them will play with modern websites.

[RTID75]

I've submitted my Ibrowse 2.3 key and should be getting my hands on 2.5 for £10 in the very near future. 

[RTID75]

Great service from the IBrowse devs. Got the new 2.5 key quickly (and as an old user cheaply!). I've just burnt the files to CD and I'll be back on the Amiga later.

It'll be great to be able to get onto Aminet / others directly again. It's been a bit of pain to keep having to burn CD's with files for my Amiga on my PC for many years!