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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: AAACHIPSET on January 01, 2018, 01:41:00 PM

Title: plipbox
Post by: AAACHIPSET on January 01, 2018, 01:41:00 PM
havent logged  in for ages  ..but  every so  often i still hop on to read the posts  ..read about the plibox  and since i had tried almost everything else to put my 1200  online  i decided to give myself a christmas  present and  ordered it  from the other side of the world...well  its plugged in  ..and ill admit i havent had a lot of  time to play with it but my machine  found it ..it appears to be working and miami says im online but i must have the settings  wrong as any web browser i try just doesnt go online ..and ping  gets nothing...where can i get the settings i need ..i did a ip address search on the pc to see what it settings were and used them ..but im unsure if im doing it right ...i think my 1200  is close to going online ..i just think ive got my miami settings wrong  ..and not  sure where to go from here ..
Title: Re: plipbox
Post by: D00kie on January 01, 2018, 08:41:02 PM
I think you're close! If you can ping 127.0.0.1 then Miami probably needs a proper IP address that is unused on your network, a netmask, a default gateway, and a DNS server address.

If you have another computer on the same network segment, try getting the details from there.

Miami does not support DHCP as far as I can tell so it can't get a network address automatically like most modern computers. So you have to static-route it and set a reservation in the local router so nothing else grabs the Amiga's address.

The alternative is to buy Roadshow as a TCP stack. It's still being developed commercially and has DHCP support so you can let your router do the configuration for you!
Title: Re: plipbox
Post by: AAACHIPSET on January 14, 2018, 02:06:34 AM
Quote from: D00kie;834587
I think you're close! If you can ping 127.0.0.1 then Miami probably needs a proper IP address that is unused on your network, a netmask, a default gateway, and a DNS server address.

If you have another computer on the same network segment, try getting the details from there.

Miami does not support DHCP as far as I can tell so it can't get a network address automatically like most modern computers. So you have to static-route it and set a reservation in the local router so nothing else grabs the Amiga's address.

The alternative is to buy Roadshow as a TCP stack. It's still being developed commercially and has DHCP support so you can let your router do the configuration for you!
well after much  mucking around i went bit by bit ...getting the ip address subnet mask etc  all  except  the dns which miami says im wrong each time...miami says online..but bring up aweb  get a cannot resolve host name...im close  ..any ideas from anyone?
Title: Re: plipbox
Post by: Kremlar on January 14, 2018, 11:18:21 AM
What are you typing in for each?
Title: Re: plipbox
Post by: AAACHIPSET on January 14, 2018, 01:19:00 PM
basically  have a pc also on a router  that connects to another hub to the internet...i did a whats my type question for the ip etc ...i looked up all the settings with ipconfig etc...the amiga so far hasnt shown up on the hub which is weird as if i put my mobile on wifi it just appears ..
my exact error  ..while retrieving url  ..cannot resolve host name..
Title: Re: plipbox
Post by: pyrre on January 14, 2018, 02:42:59 PM
Quote from: AAACHIPSET;835009
basically  have a pc also on a router  that connects to another hub to the internet...i did a whats my type question for the ip etc ...i looked up all the settings with ipconfig etc...the amiga so far hasnt shown up on the hub which is weird as if i put my mobile on wifi it just appears ..
my exact error  ..while retrieving url  ..cannot resolve host name..
If you are actually using a HUB.
GET RID OF IT, fast....
Replace it with a switch. ASAP
Hubs are notorious to crash networks.