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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: swift240 on July 10, 2015, 05:39:29 PM

Title: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: swift240 on July 10, 2015, 05:39:29 PM
Hi Guy's
I have Amiga 1200 3.1 Rom's 32 meg FastRam Apollo Turbo MkII 030/40

I have an old PCMCIA internet card but thinking of getting a WFI PCMCIA card.

What is the best reliable card to get?

TIA,

Mike.
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: utri007 on July 10, 2015, 05:59:38 PM
I have Orinoco Silver and Gold cards. Both does WPA and works nicely.

There is also plenty of them on ebay
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: swift240 on July 10, 2015, 06:09:46 PM
OK thank you for that, any type of software do you use?

I have Genesis from AWeb.
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: utri007 on July 10, 2015, 06:47:48 PM
Then you already know that Geneisis' DHCP client is broken. You need to configure IP addres manually.

Here device driver :

http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/prism2v2

Configure it to work with Genesis is prety easy.
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: pVC on July 10, 2015, 07:24:42 PM
Quote from: swift240;792325
OK thank you for that, any type of software do you use?

I have Genesis from AWeb.


AWeb is just a browser, Genesis didn't come with it :) But anyway, you can use any existing TCP/IP stack like Genesis, but you just need a different driver for the card.


Quote from: utri007;792327
Then you already know that Geneisis' DHCP client is broken.


No it isn't broken, it just doesn't have any DHCP support. Hmm.. or did you mean some other 3rd party solution for it? Well, that might be broken :)
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: utri007 on July 10, 2015, 09:18:22 PM
It has dhcp support wich is broken. Check it from settings yourself, there is enable dhcp.

Or do tuo mean AmiTCP? Geneisis surely has DHCP support. I don't know about original AmiTCP.
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on July 10, 2015, 09:46:32 PM
I could never get DHCP to work with any Amiga stack, including Genesis or Miami Dlx.  Just assign a static IP address outside of the normal DHCP range assigned by your router or DHCP server, and fuggedaboutit.  ;)

Maybe DHCP works with Roadshow?  Wouldn't know, I don't have time to fudge around with something that doesn't have a GUI.  :(
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: Sir_Lucas on July 11, 2015, 09:22:23 PM
Orinoco Gold is fine, but it can only do WPA/TKIP.

There are also cards that can do WPA2/AES, but they need firmware flashing.
If you are interested in WPA2/AES cards I have some for sale.

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?71871-25-x-WIFI-CARDS-ZYXEL-WPA2-AES-AMIGA-A600-A1200-PCMCIA-WIFI&highlight=zyxel

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=77831

TenLeftFingers - a friend of mine has also made a great tutorial on how to connect and configure WPA2/AES PCMCIA WIFI card with A1200.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k7yF340BwUM9z3bVBLW

Genesis only works with static IP. Miami and MiamiDX work great with DHCP.
I've been using RoadShow for some time and I can consider it as the best TCP/IP stack there is right now.
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: mechy on July 11, 2015, 11:14:09 PM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;792334
I could never get DHCP to work with any Amiga stack, including Genesis or Miami Dlx.  Just assign a static IP address outside of the normal DHCP range assigned by your router or DHCP server, and fuggedaboutit.  ;)

Maybe DHCP works with Roadshow?  Wouldn't know, I don't have time to fudge around with something that doesn't have a GUI.  :(


It works beautifully in roadshow ;)
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: pVC on July 12, 2015, 10:19:26 AM
Quote from: utri007;792333
It has dhcp support wich is broken. Check it from settings yourself, there is enable dhcp.

Or do tuo mean AmiTCP? Geneisis surely has DHCP support. I don't know about original AmiTCP.


Hmmm.. I can't see anything about DHCP in my version of Genesis (1.0.4). Where should I see it?

In the Interface settings you can select Static or Dynamic for the addresses, but IIRC the dynamic one only uses RARP or BOOTP protocols, but not the newer DHCP protocol.
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: utri007 on July 12, 2015, 12:13:04 PM
Quote from: pVC;792362
Hmmm.. I can't see anything about DHCP in my version of Genesis (1.0.4). Where should I see it?

In the Interface settings you can select Static or Dynamic for the addresses, but IIRC the dynamic one only uses RARP or BOOTP protocols, but not the newer DHCP protocol.




You are right :) Sorry some how I was prety sure that there is a DHCP support for Genesis
Title: Re: Wifi pcmcia
Post by: Sir_Lucas on July 12, 2015, 05:32:49 PM
Quote from: utri007;792367
You are right :) Sorry some how I was prety sure that there is a DHCP support for Genesis


Genesis doesn't support DHCP. It's more like a GUI for AmiTCP.
Stacks that support DHCP:

- Miami
- MiamiDX
- RoadShow