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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: tokyoracer on March 13, 2006, 11:47:15 AM

Title: Getting the A1200 onto a Wireless Internet Network.
Post by: tokyoracer on March 13, 2006, 11:47:15 AM

Basicly i want to surf the net on my amiga, is there any way i can get it hooked up to my network? If so what will i need? And is it safe (i.e. Virus's and spyware)?
heres my spec so far...

3.1 Rom Chips
OS 3.1
(No expansions as yet but soon getting a blizz)
210Mb Hdd
thats all i know of so fairly basic so far...
Any help please?

Title: Re: Getting the A1200 onto a Wireless Internet Network.
Post by: Ryu on March 13, 2006, 12:13:12 PM

Well, you need to get yourself a supported PCMCIA WiFi card first. From experience I highly recommend getting a NetGear MA401 11b card, they can be usually got from ebay for a relativly low sum of money.

Then you need a TCP/IP stack and drivers for the above card. So toddle off to AmiNet and get Miami(or MiamiDX) and prism2 drivers for the above card.

And then perhaps a browser, Either AWeb or Ibrowse, google for the url's.

Of course the faster your cpu, and the more RAM the better. But it can all be done on an 030 with 8MB of RAM.

Oh, and when are you coming to SCAG? :-P

Title: Re: Getting the A1200 onto a Wireless Internet Network.
Post by: tokyoracer on March 13, 2006, 02:36:05 PM

SCAG? whats that exacly? And how much will all the online kit be?
Chris.

Title: Re: Getting the A1200 onto a Wireless Internet Network.
Post by: Linchpin on March 13, 2006, 04:40:01 PM

Link to Ebay UK MA401 card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Netgear-MA401-Wireless-PCMCIA-PC-Card_W0QQitemZ5876748011QQcategoryZ45000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)