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Title: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: hbarcellos on December 01, 2008, 01:01:43 PM

Hello all,

   Anyone can point a list of all PCMCIA Wi-Fi cards that can be used with an Amiga 1200?

Thanks in advance,

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: ddniUK on December 01, 2008, 01:15:11 PM

here you go...

http://www.g-mb.de/pcmcia_e.html

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: hbarcellos on December 01, 2008, 01:18:47 PM

Those are the "cable" pcmcia cards right?
I've googled and I've found that there's one called:
Lucent Orinoco Gold 802.11b, that is normally used with Amigas.
There are several different versions of this card? Or I can go safe buying one labeled like that?

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: Daniele on December 01, 2008, 01:29:45 PM

Hi...

listen ... most of PCMCIA work fine. The only thing you have to pay attention is your router. You must use DCHP and pay attention to the syntax of the WEP Key!
After doing this you'll be on line in few seconds!

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: hbarcellos on December 01, 2008, 01:46:44 PM

I already use DHCP on my Linksys router and I'm not using WEP, I'm using MAC address filter. I think that will work fine!

Regards,

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: Colani1200 on December 01, 2008, 01:51:22 PM

Check the manual included in the prism2.device archive (http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/prism2.lha).

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: pVC on December 01, 2008, 02:14:22 PM

Quote

Daniele wrote:
Hi...

listen ... most of PCMCIA work fine. The only thing you have to pay attention is your router. You must use DCHP and pay attention to the syntax of the WEP Key!
After doing this you'll be on line in few seconds!

WTF? You can use DHCP, but you DON'T need it. I prefer static addresses on all computers on my LAN, including my A1200 with wireless card.

Anyway check the included docs from prism2.device archive as suggested. I have used Orinoco and Lucent Silver cards, but Bronze and Gold should work too. Gold card supported 128bit WEP while Silver only supports 64bit WEP etc..

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: asymetrix on December 01, 2008, 02:20:23 PM

and another
Amikit wifi (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=121)

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: Christian Johansson on December 01, 2008, 02:24:22 PM

Netgear MA401 works fine.

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: ddniUK on December 01, 2008, 02:27:53 PM

no, it lists wlan too.

Title: Re: Amiga 1200 pcmcia wi-fi
Post by: odin on December 01, 2008, 03:10:25 PM

I know WEP is the only option when it comes to Amiga PCMCIA WLAN security, but it has to be stated: WEP is useless for providing security. It's trivial to crack it, don't use WLAN-ified A1200s and A600s for anything which you don't want to be seen by other people (and MAC filtering doesn't provide security either, MAC addresses are easily spoofed).