WinUAE and the Internet

[sim085]

Hello,

My set-up is Workbench 3.1 installed on a CF card. This allows me to use my set-up (Workbench 3.1) on both the real hardware (A500+) and also WinUAE. At the moment it is impossible for me to connect the amiga to the home network and therefore I was wondering if could build my set-up on WinUAE instead.

In other words what I am asking is if it is possible to browse the Internet using AmiTCP and AMosaic (or some other browser) on Workbench 3.1 when running on WinUAE!

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

Thank you both for the quick reply. So what happens in WinUAE when you enable this library? I mean if nothing is installed on my set-up then how does Workbench know what it has to do with TCP requests?

[sim085]

Nothing. The only difference is that there's a bsdsocket.library in memory. All network applications use this library.

On real amiga hardware there would not be bsdsocket.library running in memory when Workbench boots up unless I install something like AmiTCP right? or?

[sim085]

I spent some time thinking about this and am not sure if I have arrived to the right conclusion - If I am on real amiga hardware then I need AmiTCP to manage my TCP messages. However on WinUAE I can just enable the bsdsocket.library without the need to have AmiTCP installed.

What is confusing me is how this is all worked out inside Workbench. If I have an application that needs to send a message on TCP then how does this manage to do so? Does it always search for bsdsocket.library?

[sim085]

To make use of TCP/IP services on a real amiga you need bsdsocket.library.
On a real amiga this library is created by the TCP/IP stack (genesis, miami, amitcp).
 
Under winuae you can make use of  bsdsocket emulation. Winuae creates the library and through emulation makes use of the windows internet connection.

Thank you very much for the explanation. I think I understand better now

[sim085]

Sorry to bring this up again. However just wanted to ask a simple question. Am I right to conclude that AmiTCP is right for the problem depending on how my A500+ is connected to the network? Or?