Win UAE problem

[Quixote]

Nineoc noticed:

Both machines are able to "ping" each other, but the PC continues to say that it cannot find the TCP IP socket on the Amiga, no matter what.  I have tried both Miami and Miami DX.

;-) If the machines can ping each other, then the hardware connection is sound, so that’s one hurdle out of the way.  Often, the trouble is in the simple things, because they are the easiest to miss.  Let’s review the obvious:  It is necessary to define IP addresses for each machine, as you probably know.  A host ID file associates computer names with their respective IP addresses.  If you can ping with the IP address, but cannot connect with the name, then this file may be missing, or the networking software may not be able to find the file.

:-? Which networking software are you using on the Amiga, over the TPC connection?  Personally, I connect two Amigas to my PC by running Samba and SMBFS on the Amigas, over a Genesis TCP stack.

;-) Not all networking software supports Dynamic IP address; Static IP addresses may be necessary, though this will require separate, identical, host ID files on each machine.

:-? It may also be a matter relating to “permissions” on the PC.  Which OS are you using on the PC?  Have the files you wish to share had permissions set for “full access?”

:-) Let us know how you’re doing, and we’ll continue to offer suggestions / kibitz / get in the way, alternately.

[Quixote]

nineoc noted:

...I have attempted to use both Miami and Miami DX to no avail.

...Am not familiar with 'permissions". how and where do I find this section?

;-) I, too, have tried Miami and Miami Deluxe.  However, I was dissatisfied with the thirty minute time limit, and Holger Kruse –Miami’s author- hasn’t sold keyfiles for years, so my experience is with Genesis, the full version of which is bundled with AmigaOS 3.9.

“Permissions” are properties of files and folders, and even whole drives, on some versions of Windows.  WinNT, for example, is very keen on this.  Right-click your mouse over a file, folder, or drive icon and select “Properties” from the pop-up menu that appears.  Usually, this item is at the bottom of the list of choices.  Next, in the “Properties” window that pops up, click the tab marked “Security.”  If there is no such tab, you’re probably using a version of Windows that doesn’t support permissions.  I seem to recall that Win95, for example, can be set to let any old body use the computer without needing to log in.

If there is a “Security” tab, it will give you the opportunity change, or at least view, “Permissions” and “Ownership” of a file/folder/drive, depending on your access level.  Set it so that the group "Everybody" has permission level "Full Control."

:-? Another question that I’m curious about:  Are you running Samba, or something similar, on your Amiga?  Samba allows your Amiga to offer shared drawers/drives to a Windows Network and have them appear in Windows’ Network Neighborhood environment.  Without something to run on top of your TCP stack, you won’t be able to do much more than ping.

:-? Is the trouble that you cannot browse the Amiga from the PC, vice versa, or both?  Or are you trying to browse the real Amiga directly from the PC’s emulated Amiga?  (Neat trick, if it can be done, but for now maybe we should try something simpler first.)