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Title: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: timpie on June 02, 2005, 10:55:32 PM

hello everyone.

i have a amiga 1200 and expand it with a pcmia wifi card.
i installed miami dx and everthing looks fine,but i don't have a working conection. :-?

because my router is a dhcp server i configure miami to conect it also,he wil look for a ip but don't find anything :-?
when i give a own ip adres,i going online with miami,but am i ready conect with accespoint? or does i also go online when my accespoint is off.. or is the signal to weak to get the accespoint,my laptop get a strong conection on the place where the amiga is standing,can anybody help me?
i have adsl conection for internet,and would go on internet with my amiga

 8-)

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: alx on June 03, 2005, 09:40:33 AM

Welcome :-D

Is your network encrypted (I hope so ;-) )?  I've no idea if not entering the WEP code (or entering an incorrect one) would cause those symptoms, but I suppose it's possible...

:bump:

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: odin on June 03, 2005, 06:59:25 PM

How far is the Amiga from the accesspoint? Perhaps the WIFI card in the A1200 can't receive the signal as good as your laptop can...

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: on June 03, 2005, 07:10:04 PM

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odin wrote:
How far is the Amiga from the accesspoint? Perhaps the WIFI card in the A1200 can't receive the signal as good as your laptop can...

I have two wireless routers.  One is a Netgear 108Mbps router and it's signal reaches upstairs to the amiga and pegasos no problem, the other is an MSI 54Mbps router and it signal reaches upstairs to my laptop in the same place, but won't talk to the amiga or pegasos.

The MSI router is now in a box unused.

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: timpie on June 03, 2005, 07:10:20 PM

wel,i think there are 2 problems,.. :roll:

1. my accespoint is maybe to far away from my amiga and is my pcmia wifi-card not strong enough to get the signal. but i can't imagine that it would be. but the accespoint isn't to far.there is the strongest conection with my laptop so my amiga must get also a signal? i think so 8-)

2. i have idd a wep encryption on the network. and i don't know where or how i can the key configured in miami :-?

or is there a add-on for miamiDX?

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: on June 03, 2005, 07:12:14 PM

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timpie wrote:
wel,i think there are 2 problems,.. :roll:

1. my accespoint is maybe to far away from my amiga and is my pcmia wifi-card not strong enough to get the signal. but i can't imagine that it would be. but the accespoint isn't to far.there is the strongest conection with my laptop so my amiga must get also a signal? i think so 8-)

2. i have idd a wep encryption on the network. and i don't know where or how i can the key configured in miami :-?

 

you specify the key in your user-starup with the prism2 driver on the same line our specify the ESSID. Read the prism2.readme for more info.

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: timpie on June 03, 2005, 07:19:47 PM

great!

but where i can find the prism2 driver readme..
i will look at the disk from my wifi-card there would it be i think

and what's the ESSID mains? the name of the accespoint right? :oops:

and i will look in de user startup :-D

   

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: on June 03, 2005, 07:26:56 PM

You have to actually install the prism2 driver before you wifi card works, you can't just stick it in the side of your 1200 and expect Miami to work with it.

Download this and install it.  Then read the instructions in the readme.
http://main.aminet.net/hard/drivr/prism2.lha (http://main.aminet.net/hard/drivr/prism2.lha)

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: timpie on June 03, 2005, 07:43:02 PM

okay i will look at your url,..

but i have already the primsdriver in my devs directory of amiga os.

thanks anyway,i wil look at it :-)

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: on June 03, 2005, 08:59:50 PM

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timpie wrote:
okay i will look at your url,..

but i have already the primsdriver in my devs directory of amiga os.

thanks anyway,i wil look at it :-)

Ok, the line in my peg's S:user-startup is:

SetPrism2Defaults SSID xxxxx MANAGED CHANNEL 10 KEY xxxxxxx

Where xxxx is your network name and wifi key respectively.

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: amigadave on June 04, 2005, 01:34:01 AM

I would like to add WiFi to my A1200.  Which cards work and what drivers do I need?

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: on June 04, 2005, 12:50:15 PM

I use Netgear MA401 and prism2.device.

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: ncafferkey on June 04, 2005, 11:16:54 PM

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amigadave wrote:
I would like to add WiFi to my A1200.  Which cards work and what drivers do I need?

There's a short list of compatible cards in the driver's documentation. See the link to the driver in a previous reply.

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: MRamos on June 05, 2005, 12:11:57 AM

Prism 2 Wireless Chipset (http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz)

Title: Re: amiga1200 and wifi
Post by: timpie on June 05, 2005, 05:35:38 PM

ok thanks!

great! it seems to me to work! :-P
miami give the status online,.. but how can i see of it really works?
what are the next steps? :-?