amitcp can't get on the internet

[scuzzb494]

Yeah it is strange...  can't believe I got it almost working on amitcp 2.0 but not on the others.

If this is an A1200 and a PCMCIA then you need to do the CardReset each time and put the card interface on line. I use MiamiDX to put the card on line and I use Samba to interact with the network I run a small script NMBD on my Workbench that I wrote to get the computer handshaking with other Windows based machines. This uses Samba

Genesis was easy to set up.. I have that also, but found Miami much easier to use. There is also a Samba Yahoo Group with some amazing Amiga network wizards on their... You have to wake them from their slumber, but does help.

As I say the trick is to put the interface online nothing will happen till you do that...

Tell you what.. I will go fire up Genesis and see how I set mine up for you. Back in two Amiga ticks.  PS I have the CardReset on the Workbench nothing will happen until I click it. Just look for the orange light on the network adaptor.


scuzz

[scuzzb494]

OS 3.9.... Thats cheating....

Anyway first up you need to realise that to get various flavours of networks working you would need to have your other machines with fixed IP addresses and not set automatically. The post 98 Win machines did make this a tricky and annoying process. My XP machine sends out signals to the Amiga and sends the SCSI external into a tiss trying to resolve handshaking.. That machine is on Auto IP so it just gets confused about the Amiga. Thats why I have Win98 machines for storing Amiga data and link to those using Samba and running NMBD.

OK:

Next to get the A1200 to interact with the router and broadband I had to set the interface through Miami with DHCP ticked. Good and bad that. With that ticked you cannot see your fixed IP address on your network and you get an annoying message. That is why I set up two interfaces... One for my local network and one for the broadband and the router so I can use YAM mailer. Works a treat.

So to Genesis:

First up get two applications... SCOUT and SnoopDOS... Both are great for trouble shooting .

Fire up your CardRest Tool...

Genesis uses AmiTCP and from the Snoop..doggy..dog log you get loads of AmiTCP references...All pass OK on my machine
LIBS: Genesiskey.library
LIBS:OwnDevUnit.library
AmiTCP refs:
libs/genesis.library
db/passwd
db/utm.conf
libs/genesislogger
db/genesis.conf
AmiTCP.config
.......hosts, networks, services, protocols, reslove.conf,inet.access
and sockswrapper.conf.

plus Devs/inet-mountlist
and Devs/netinfo.device

Now I can't connect cus I have set the software to run a modem on dialup.
It will work with a modem connected.

I use Miami

I wouldn`t have given up. Dont know what A1200 you are running but OS3.9 can slow a base machine to a crawl. I still use 3.0 for my main Amiga.

PS I also had to run the software to set up the PCMCIA network card which is a NE2000 cnet.device and Env: Sana2 Not all these cards work by the way I have struggled with a number until I found one that would work.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

OS3.9 manages to deal with many of the issues from 3.0 and 3.1 which you needed to manually set up. I discount 3.5 by the way. Trouble with 3.9 is that you pay with speed if you don`t have a system with better gear. I have 3.9 on an accelerated A1200 and I find it a pig. Too slow.

Anyway... good luck. I use my A1200 for mail only given the internet standards of bloat generate endless streams of images and scripts which slow down browsing. You need a good graphics card and loads of memory. I stay retro style but have advanced networking to PCs that do the grunt internet work and then simply take the loot to the Amiga for all the fun and games.

scuzz