My Plipbox isn't working. Can anyone help?

[LuigiThirty]

Just received my Plipbox and I'm having a similar problem. It's hooked up to the same switch as my PC but I can't get an IP from my router via DHCP. Doesn't work if I assign a static IP on my subnet either, I can ping 127.0.0.1 but not my router. I'm using driver and firmware 0.6, Miami Deluxe and OS 3.9 on an A2000. If I make any progress with it I'll let you know. :/

[LuigiThirty]

I solved the problem. Version 0.6 of the Plipbox firmware defaults to a transfer burst mode that the A500/A2000's parallel port doesn't support.

Create a config file called plipbox.device in ENV:SANA2/ containing the word NOBURST, then reset the Amiga and the Plipbox. plipbox.device will automatically read it and disable the burst mode and you'll be online.

[LuigiThirty]

The faint glow with no power is normal - the parallel port can only source a fraction of the power the whole assembly needs.