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Title: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: bradhansen1 on July 10, 2022, 09:32:33 PM

Hi All, I am trying to connect a piltbox ethernet adaptor to my Amiga A1200 running OS 3.2.1.  I have installed
EasyNet Pro as my TCP Stack, which runs fine when I use a PCMCIA network adapter. But I would like to free up
that slot for a large CF card for Games and Demos, so I am looking at other options. When I open "Local Host list",
 on "EasyNet Pro" and try and ping the Host from there, I get the error message "AMITCP/IP version 4 or later must be started first."
This does not happen with the PCMCIA card? Any Clue as to why would be very helpful.
Thank you,
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: 10MARC on July 11, 2022, 03:28:59 AM

I have had a 66% failure rate with Plipboxes. They just seem to either work, or they dont! One of them I fixed by replacing the generic Arduino with a name brand one, but the other two would never work. Some people have OK luck with them.
I would trust a Gurunet more. They are similar, but MUCH higher quality.

Title: Re: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: utri007 on July 11, 2022, 08:37:41 AM

What kind of changes you have made for EasyNet settings? Have you changed it to use plipbox.device?

Title: Re: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: utri007 on July 11, 2022, 08:41:43 AM

You should know that PlipBox speed is about 10% PCMCIA card speed.

Title: Re: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: bradhansen1 on July 11, 2022, 08:00:29 PM

Thank you for all the good info, of course I am using the correct device. I complained to my
seller about it not working and he sent me another one, it didn't work either. Think I will explore
the other option suggested.
Thanks,
Brad Hansen

Title: Re: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: kolla on July 14, 2022, 01:09:11 AM

The error message suggests that amitcp isn’t started, which isn’t really related to device configuration.

But… whatever.

Title: Re: Plipbox won't connect?
Post by: elCie on October 08, 2022, 05:21:12 PM

I couldn't get my plipbox to work with either my A1200 or A500. It just wouldn't transfer data, until I found this:

https://github.com/cnvogelg/plipbox/issues/3

You can disable the burst mode in 0.6 with:

echo NOBURST > EnvARC:sana2/plipbox.config