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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Oldsmobile_Mike on April 18, 2003, 07:16:16 AM

Title: Beginning networking
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on April 18, 2003, 07:16:16 AM

Hello, long time user, first time poster.  It's been a long time away from Amiga, finally getting back into it.

So...  Bought my A1200 a Linksys EC2T PCMCIA card today.  Plugged it in, got it working, got rid of the few conflicting software programs.  What I'd like to do is network it to my Dell PC for (hopefully) purposes of file & print sharing, as well as sharing an internet connection already on the Dell.  Anybody here been where I am now and can offer any advice?  Already have an older version of Miami which looks like it should work, but should I get Genesis?  Samba?  What sort of software do you recommend?

Thank you very much.

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: Desmon on April 18, 2003, 08:20:55 AM

Not a complete guide, but AmigaSamba.org (http://amigasamba.org) has quite a deal of information on this subject.

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: ninja62 on April 18, 2003, 11:34:19 AM

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: Hooligan_DCS on April 18, 2003, 12:59:38 PM

I use Miami and Samba here on my Pegasos, and it was very easy to setup.

Go to Miami's  'database', select 'hosts', add ip, name and alias(being the name of that computer.) and save settings.

I have made a script that sets up networking:

run >nil: smbfs Domain=plah volume=audio: client=foo "//dcs2/audio (e)"
wait 4
run >nil: smbfs Domain=plah volume=wares: client=foo "//dcs2/wares (h)"


where dcs2 is the name of one of my networked computers.

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: Quixote on April 18, 2003, 10:41:00 PM

Oldsmobile_Mike offered modestly:

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...Already have an older version of Miami which looks like it should work, but should I get Genesis?  Samba?  What sort of software do you recommend?

;-) Unless your copy of Miami has a keyfile, it will go offline every thirty minutes.  This should be sufficient for testing purposes, but for long term use, you'll be better off with Genesis, the full version of which comes with AmigaOS 3.9.

:-D And definately try Samba.  That combination is what I use to link my A4000 and A3000 to my WinNT PC, and they share files just fine.  Mind you, I haven't tried sharing the Internet connection yet, and I don't have a printer.

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: on April 19, 2003, 09:29:46 PM

i feel that this guide helped me out a bit, try it!

http://www.birrabrothers.com/tiger/data/samba/install/

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: on April 19, 2003, 09:30:46 PM

oh yeah, and look @ my post, the answers might help

my addition (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2120)

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: neonblaze on April 19, 2003, 09:34:33 PM

networking is long but it is worth it

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: on April 19, 2003, 09:42:08 PM

 it help with trasferring games to and from, cause then you can download any game off an emulator onto your amiga. of course if you already have it on the amiga, as an original *cough* bull-crap bull-crap*cough*

Title: Re: Beginning networking
Post by: L8-X on April 19, 2003, 10:01:06 PM

uurgh inferno that is one scary looking avatar! :-o  :-o

 :-D