DENEB USB Questions

[Darrin]

Ok got the card installed, had to install Installer and move it to ZII mode and then install MUI for trident; it apparently recognizes my Network dongle and the DVD-RW however I'm unsure how to actually use them!  Any hints for a noob?

EDIT: got the DVD-RW working!  Looked in the Trident message log and found device and unit to use woo hoo!

Here's a post I made here when I first got my Deneb working with my Ethernet dongle.  Hopefully it will be of some use to you:

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Here's a little something to share with everybody, I've got my A4000D surfing the net using the Deneb USB card, OS3.9 and an off-the-shelf PC USB Ethernet device.

Here's the USB Ethernet device I bought for $19.99:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=443248&CatId=589

I plugged it into the Deneb which immediately detected it and mounted it as USBASIXETH.DEVICE unit 0.

Save your USB settings.

Now configure Genesis using the wizard"
Select "Network" for how you plan to connect.
For device enter "usbasixeth.device" and set unit as "0"
Under SANA II configuration select "no"
Don't worry about it not detecting your network address, just manually enter your own (my home network assigns 192.168.0.xxx so I used 192.168.0.110).
Enter your subnet mask (probably 255.255.255.0) and your router address (in my case 192.168.0.1)
Enter your Domain Name Server (DNS) - 192.168.0.1 in my case
Enter your Domain Name ("cablerocket.net" in my case).

Reboot your Amiga and check your Trident prefs and you should see your ethernet adapter up and running. Check Genesis and put the USBASIXETH0 device online if it isn't already. Open your web browser and start surfing!

I hope this helps. :-)

[Darrin]

Don't forget to go to the E3B site and flash the firmware to v11 (If it isn't already).

[Darrin]

I'll definately check that in the AM.

Question... is the starting graphic for the DENEB supposed to look like it was chizled/rotting away from the screen?  It almost looks like something is wrong with my display but then again, it could be done like that on purpose.

LOL.  From what I remember, yes.  You can disable it IIRC by reflashing the ROM without the startup screen module.

[Darrin]

Where would I find the firmware version?  I looked in the utils but perhaps I missed it?

Without having access to my Deneb, I can't honestly remember.  Flash it anyway.  You'll either be told that the v11 firmware is already installed or it will just replace it regardless.  As the lastest firmware only came out in February I'm betting you don't have anything newer than v9.