"Easy"net Networking Pains!

[Sutty100]

So... I have installed the drivers for my Amigakit PCMCIA Wireless networking card and installed Easynet. I have entered in my network details which I am fairly confident are correct. Turned off security on my router just to test...but nothing! I am unable to ping the router or my pc.

What makes me worried is that the green light on the card is solid until I connect then starts flashing but after to that never stops flashing even if I disconnect and close Easynet.

Any help would be appreciated spent ages last night getting nowhere!

[Sutty100]

My setting config help is:

Version =
File Size = 414792
badsocket.lobrary = 3.28

Network Settings

Your IP adddress = 192.168.0.2
Network Mask = 255.255.255.0
Router/Gateway IP = 192.168.0.1
Network Domainname = virgin.net

Domain Name Servers

Primary DNS = 194.168.4.100
Secondary DNS 194.168.0.100 (In use)
Tertiary DNS =

Network Interface

Device = prism2.device (version 1.7 Installed)
Unit Number = 0
Wireless Settings = C:SetPrism2Defaults SSID ":-)" (version 1.2 installed)
Library = pccard.library (version 1.1 installed)

TCPIP Settings

MBUF_CONF_MAXMEM = 256K
Use Loopback = YES
Debug SANA = No
Gateway Mode = Yes

Hosts

192.168.0.1 router myrouter

Assigns

Assign AmiTCP "Workbench:Programs/Easy Net/AmiTCP

END OF REPORT

[Sutty100]

Is this smiley really the SSID of your WLAN?

Yeah although I might change it to a :-( at this rate!

[Sutty100]

";-)" is not a valid SSID, though manufacturers vary on it a bit.

Google acceptable SSID characters/limits and come up with something different, see if that works.

An excerpt from RFC:

Also: The following six characters are not allowed: ?, ", $, [, \, ],
and +. In addition, the following three characters cannot be the first
character: !, #, and ;.

I did change it to amiga because I did wonder about it still didn't have any luck. I will try leaving it blank and see how I get on with that.

[Sutty100]

Ok so... I tried to leave teh ssid blank but then OK greys out so don't think I can do that. I am using classic workbench so I don't know if that comes with some files already there which might be conflicting?

Also quite often the amiga will lock up when connecting the light on the wifi card then stops flashing and goes solid.

[Sutty100]

Maybe you need to try the HARD way and install AmiTCP by hand.
Use this guide http://amigarealm.whdownload.com/archives/~patrikax/amiga/guides/AmiTCP_Install/
The author is using PCMCIA Ethernet card, so instead using CNET device, just use Prism device.
Use the Prism2V2 for the driver and edit the wireless config file by hand. Read the docs for the prism2v2 how to edit the config file.

Make sure that the Wireless manager command in user-startup goes first before TCPIP.

I can't find the config file the file path makes no sense to me! 'ENVARC:Sys/Wireless.prefs'

Where is my sys folder? And what is ENVARC?

[Sutty100]

Ok so I followed the guide and now I can't boot to workbench unless I comment out the AmiTCP stuff in the user startup.

I get an error openDevice: Device or unit failed to open

Any advice on that one!?

To use Miami will I need to remove AmiTCP? I believe classic workbench has the installer for miami already on it?

[Sutty100]

No luck with Miami either! Could it be to do with my Indivison ACA Mk2 accelerator card? I inserted the line Run <>NUL: C:WirelessManager prism2.device

and then after this Miami has inserted assign Miami.


In my wireless Manager file I have
network={
   key_mgmt=NONE
}

Which should search for an network which does not have security.

After the Amiga boots I run the Miami wizzard but it does not Detect the settings of the network and the wireless card just keeps blinking. It does not start blinking until Miami starts trying to detect settings.

Thinking of sending it back at the moment spent forever trying to get it working!

[Sutty100]

Hi,

Thanks for your help I have attached my files. I don't have a netDB-myhosts where did you place that file? Is it other computers on your network?

I have commented out the AmiTCP statements now but when I did have them uncommented they were in the format they are now.

[Sutty100]

In the interfaces file change the prism line to this:
prism dev=devs/networks/prism2.device

(I did it this way: prism dev=devs:networks/prism2.device and it did not work, I'm not sure why)
==============================
In the wireless.prefs do this:
network={
    key_mgmt=NONE
}
==============================
In startnet (in my startnet example ignore the wep key stuff it was copy paste stuff mistake):
remove: AmiTCP:bin/login -f amiga_user

works fine w/o it in my setup.
==============================
Create the file netdb-myhost, its should be in the amitcp/db folder, you can open the example file and add your settings. (Nameserver is your DNS server):

; This host
HOST 192.168.1.12 amiga.something.com amiga
; Domain names

; Name servers
NAMESERVER 156.154.70.1
NAMESERVER 156.154.71.1

==============================
In the user-startup:
Remove AmiTCP:bin/startnet
==============================
when your amiga starts, make sure that the wireless card is plugged in. during the statup watch the power led turn on, this is when this command starts in user-startup: Run <>NIL: C:WirelessManager prism2.device
The active light should blink once in awhile.
I like to start the Amitcp by hand not automaticly, and it's good to start it manually for troubleshooting. You can do that from CLI, just type startnet before using internet.
Before you do startnet try to do this in CLI: ifconfig prism0  192.168.0.11  netmask 255.255.255.0
If there is no error then the rest should work.

Ok so I have changed those files so they are the same as yours except things like IP address. So now I can boot into workbench. But if I try startnet I get an error that this file is not executable.

And if I try the ifconfig I get AmiTCP/IP version 3 or later should be started first!

Also the LED on the wireless card remains solid!

Still at least workbench now starts!

Cheers for all your help so far though! :-)

[Sutty100]

Ok so I have changed those files so they are the same as yours except things like IP address. So now I can boot into workbench. But if I try startnet I get an error that this file is not executable.

And if I try the ifconfig I get AmiTCP/IP version 3 or later should be started first!

Also the LED on the wireless card remains solid!

Still at least workbench now starts!

Cheers for all your help so far though! :-)

Didn't realise I had to vavigate to the directory startnet was in and type Execute Startnet.

The output I get is as follows: ifconfig loctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface
add host amiga.something.com: gateway locachost
add net default gateway 192.168.0.1 network is unreachable

I also get an AmiTCPIIP log that the device or unit failed to open

Is it a problem that I have AmiTCP installed on a different partition to where the prism2 driver is?

[Sutty100]

Didn't realise I had to vavigate to the directory startnet was in and type Execute Startnet.

The output I get is as follows: ifconfig loctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface
add host amiga.something.com: gateway locachost
add net default gateway 192.168.0.1 network is unreachable

I also get an AmiTCPIIP log that the device or unit failed to open

Is it a problem that I have AmiTCP installed on a different partition to where the prism2 driver is?

Another update! The LED does now blink once at startup. When I go to execute startnet I no longer get the can't open device (I changed the interfaces file to look into the Workbench: partition. But the host is still unreachable and  ifconfig loctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface.

I feel I am getting closer! Maybe...

[Sutty100]

You get this error: ifconfig loctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface , because this command does not work: prism dev=devs/networks/prism2.device
I had exactly same problem. Maybe change the prism line to: prism dev=devs:networks/prism2.device
Check if the prism2.device is in Devs/Networks folder and play with the path.

Edit: When you get error when executing startnet, try this command: ifconfig prism0  192.168.0.11  netmask 255.255.255.0
When this one is not working: prism dev=devs:networks/prism2.device , this one will fail: ifconfig prism0  192.168.0.11  netmask 255.255.255.0

I have tried all sorts of paths but it just wont find it I don't understand what the path could be! I have it located on a different partition to Amitcp Workbench:devs/networks/prism2.device Also the network card no longer flashes on startup!

Going backwards again now! Ah dear!