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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: carvedeye on October 02, 2011, 05:04:53 PM
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Hi all ive just recently won an ethernet adaptor for my a1200 and need to some info on how to get it up and running here is the item i won on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310347454826?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 any help will bbe grateful :)
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It'll be either this driver (http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/3c589) or this driver (http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/cnetdevice). Which TCP/IP stack are you using? Genesis and Miami should both be pretty easy to set up.
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EasyNet software supports ethernet drivers such as 3c589 and CNet:
(http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/easynet_software.jpg) (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=easynet)
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Ok so i have just purchased EasyNet from amigakit and have also purchased some edo ram for my accelerator card as it is not pcmcia friendly with more than 4mb of ram. when they both come i will give it another try and see how i get on and get back to you all, fingers crossed it works, if it doesn't then i will be very sad :(
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Ok so i have installed my new ram i have done a hot swap with my network card ran genesis the installatin went great andi encountered no errors i can go online but wheni start Aweb and try to enter an address like http://www.google.co.uk it does not allow it saying "Error While retrieving URL:http://www.google.co.uk" any ideas?
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That sounds like the DNS havent been set up correctly in Genesis.
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Ok so i have installed my new ram i have done a hot swap with my network card ran genesis the installatin went great andi encountered no errors i can go online but wheni start Aweb and try to enter an address like http://www.google.co.uk it does not allow it saying "Error While retrieving URL:http://www.google.co.uk" any ideas?
check DNS settings
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No idea about this card but could it be a DNS issue? if you try by IP does it work? (http://www.google.co.uk resolves as http://209.85.146.147)
Do you get your ip over DHCP? or use a manually configured static address?
If you need to specify a DNS server try OpenDNS Primary 208.67.222.222 Secondary 208.67.220.220
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No idea about this card but could it be a DNS issue? if you try by IP does it work? (http://www.google.co.uk resolves as http://209.85.146.147)
Do you get your ip over DHCP? or use a manually configured static address?
If you need to specify a DNS server try OpenDNS Primary 208.67.222.222 Secondary 208.67.220.220
Yeah I get my ip over DHCP
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Configured my network i can now access the google web page thanks, now all i need to do now is to share my pc drives with my amiga what is the best way to do this ?
Edit: Wow the internet on my miggy is actually pretty nippy thought it would go like a snail, im one happy miggy user :)
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Sounds good :) For simplicity, SMBFS is probably your best bet for sharing PC drives. For the PC to see your drives you need to install the full Samba package, and that can be quite a chore - not to mention pretty slow. I use SMBFS to show the PC drives on the Amiga, and when I need to access the Amiga drives from the PC I use FTP with the quite good RC-FTPd server. RC-FTPd is on Aminet (http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/rc-ftpd) and the latest SMBFS is on Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/amiga-smbfs/files/amiga-smbfs/smbfs%201.74/)
Edit: Shameless plug, but I've written a basic GUI for SMBFS which will help you avoid messing around with the command prompt... http://aminet.net/package/comm/net/SMBMounter
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ok i have managed to get easynet installed and working, i have also installed aweb lite and smbfs (these where both included on the cd) so all i want to do now is configure my pc amiga so they can share drives so i can swap files between them both what steps do i need to take to get it working? all help is appreciated :)
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You have to love Easynet. I remember buying it with a PCMCIA card for my A1200T, configuring it and wondering if I did it right. Then I glanced at my screen and noticed a message stating it was downloading an update and thought "Yep, that looks like a good sign to me!". :D
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Do i need to install samba onto my pc?
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Do i need to install samba onto my pc?
Not if you're running Windows..
Samba is just an (originally) Linux implementation of the SMB network filesystem or Windows network filesystem..
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so how do i configure it so can see my drives, i would be happy if i can access my amiga from my pc atleast that way i can transfer files to my miggy :)
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anyone
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bump?
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Personally Ive just got an ftp server set up on my main system that I store my "generic" files on (ie. emulator roms, videos, pictures,music,etc.) and I copy stuff back and forward between amigas/pcs when I want/need to.
If Im not mistaken its also possible to just mount an ftp address, but Im not sure how yet :) Something I need to look into myself :)
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Yep:
http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/FTPMount
It wasn't perfect last time I tried it (somewhere in previous decade) but did the job.
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FTP is a great idea but i would much prefer to just be able to share the drives.
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Is there anyone who can help? :(
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You need to turn your Amiga in a SMB aka CIFS client to be able to access Windows-shares. I suggest looking for anything Samba related on Aminet.
http://aminet.net/search?query=samba
http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/smbfs-68k
http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/samba-2.2.5-bin-2.3-68k
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=18079
might be good starting points.
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Ah, I see you might be struggling with the question on how to configure shares on the Windows side of things? Which version of Windows are you running?
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Do you want to be able to access shares on the Amiga from the PC or the other way around? Or both?
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What i would like to do is see my amiga drive on my pc or vice versa as i want to be able to access ADF files so i can transfer them to floppy :)
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Oh and im using xp on my computer.
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Make Windows shares on the PC side. Once the PC side is configured, install at the very least SMBFS on the Amiga side, SAMBA as well if you would like 2 way sharing (see Odin's helpful post with links). Make sure to note the workgroup and all other relevant info on the PC side on those shares, because you'll need that info for SMBFS.
Setup SMBFS on the Amiga side with the info from the PC and you should be ready to roll.
Simple guide to Windows shares can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/file_srv_create_share.mspx
More detailed info on Windows shares and netowrking can generally be found with Google, but that guide should be enough to get you up and running - as I said, make note of workgroup and share names, the IP of the PC, etc.