A1200 going online

[bbond007]

Hi ppl,
 
I am thinking to put my a1200 online to enable better file transfer etc, I have ordered a PCMCIA wired ethernet nic, so i have couple questions:
 
1) Is my A1200 3.1 rom, 4gb cf with accelerator card ACA1230 @ 28mhz 64mb on classic WBLite up to the task?
 
2) What software do i need to install to my a1200,  TCP/IP software AmiTCP, Genesis(build in AOS3.9) or Miami ??
 
Thanks if you can help

You should definitely use MiamiDX for 3.1 ... Great TCP/IP stack!

http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/MiamiDx10cmain
http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/MiamiDx10c-MUI
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=209883&postcount=10

I think this is all you need...

to transfer files you can use this:

http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/AmiTradeCenter

I also use SAMBA wich works great but may be really slow on a 030 as its kinda sluggish on my 060.

http://www.birrabrothers.com/tiger/data/samba/download/index.htm

if you get a browser like Ibrowse or aweb  going you can use this portal to access this site.

http://aoproxy.extropia.co.uk

[bbond007]

Why not use DHCP?

I have been using DHCP with MiamiDX from the start...

Every once in a while MIAMI fails to get an IP address, but if I click [Online] again it always works the second time unless my router is stoned. I have Miami set up to iconify  after going online. This happens very infrequently and also keep in mind that the Amiga reboots more frequently and thus uses DHCP more than my other computers.

I do have the mac 7.6.1 under Shapeshifter set to use a static IP. I just picked one that is below the range that the router assigns via DHCP.

I think the main advantage to using DHCP is that the router can put an entry in its DNS table for your computer. So I should be able to put in "Amiga1200" as a FTP server address if I had an ftp service running. You must enable and populate the option "send host name on request" in DCHP options in Miami.

[bbond007]

Ok thanks to you all for your advice, I think I will go with miami in the first instance.

No doubt I will be back for further consult when it comes to setting it up

You probably won't have much trouble with Miami.

The MiamiDX's UI is probably the best user interface I have seen for configuring a TCP/IP stack and related services and databases on any platform ever.

It is also very powerful. You can even configure it to act as a NAT router.

[bbond007]

Because AmiTCP/IP based stacks don't come with DHCP support and some people prefer them for efficiency and availability.

MiamiDX is too bloated with features which are useless for many people. Makes it bit messy IMHO. I think Genesis GUI is more clear and it is already installed for people who use OS3.9. I've used MiamiDX only on special occasions like when I've absolutely needed DHCP, PPPoE, broadcasting or network sharing via Amiga, but in the most cases external routers have obsoleted those needs nowadays and basic network setups are just fine. AmiTCP is also much faster than traffic monitoring Miami...

ram before miami dx.
78876780
ram after
77443360

1433420 = 1.37 MB

how much does Amitcp use? the only reason I'd even consider anything other than Miami is for something like my Minimig which has only 1.5mb fast ram and 2mb chip.

[bbond007]

hmm if i use aweb (which seems the default setting on my OS3.9) I can get as far as the urls appearing etc but wwhen i try and load a web page it tells me that a TCP stack must be started first. Does this mean I need to Assign AmiTCP in my User-Startup?

erm help?

add

AmiTCP:bin/startnet

user-startup or type manually

EDIT:

that may not work though because you are using genesis, not AmiTCP

well, there must be some way to start Genesis. But leave your assigns alone, thats definitely not going to help

[bbond007]

hey runequester,

So what you're saying is keep whdload gaming sessions and internet browsing completely separate, ie cold reboot between the two?

Snoozy

cold reboot is not required.

just regular c-a-a,

anyway miami only seems to interfere with some games, not all. I'm not sure about the other stacks, but if the game fails, its a good bet you'll be rebooting anyway...

you can also have wnhdload stop the stack, but I'm not sure offhand how to make that happen.

[bbond007]

Wow,

I have spent 4 hours trying to get my 1200 online and it has defeated me. No matter what i do i just can't get amitcp stack sorted. I have installed the binaries and the additional files, inserted my ip and gateway address and installed easynet as best i could but every time i double click easynet the program looks for amitcp and then fails.

Soo i need to remove smb-net from my wb...everytime wb loads up i get a msg that says...........  

Program "SMB-NET" has not yet returned. Do you want to wait some more?

How do i get rid of this or remove smbnet? I can't delete it as it seems to have appeared as an icon on my wb and won't let me delete (OS 3.9)

Any advice?

smb-net does that on mine too. remove it from wbstartup and put it in tools or something. I think that might be something to do with scalos. Anyway, run it manually when needed, as it still is a useful tool. I have it set up to connect to my windows7 box...