Best way to get back online again?

[Gryfon]

Hi and welcome back!

There are several solutions you could use - I personally have a wired solution:

http://amigakit.amiga.store/product_info.php?products_id=116

This comes with the Genesis TCP/IP stack.

Whilst there was a wireless version of this card available from Amigakit it no longer appears in searches on that site (I suspect discontinued, but they can confirm that) but if you Google it the "old" webage on Amigakit can be found if you want to take a look.

I personally use the Roadshow TCP/IP stack, it has command line control (which suits me fine - Genesis has a Workbench config program which most find simpler) but is easy enough to setup and people here can help you with that.  Works brilliantly for what I need (surfing the web occasionally and accessing my PC for data transfer).

If you still have Miami you can continue to use that, I used it too for dial-up back in the day but have lost the hard disk / serials for it.

Other wired solutions include Plipbox (wired solution, uses the parallel port) - I read good things about it.  I personally still use the parallel port for several other connections so have not tried this myself.

A friend put me on to this wireless solution via PCMCIA but I don't personally know anyone who has one or tested it:

https://retroready.one/products/wifi-cards-netgear-wpa2-aes-amiga-a600-a1200-pcmcia-wifi-wlan

So there some things to get you started.  Happy to help you get setup, if you need anything just post.

[Gryfon]

First - your Wi-Fi router.  You need to access the settings in this from a computer or mobile phone which is connected to it.

The SSID is the name which your Wi-Fi transmits so Wi-Fi capable devices can recognise and connect to it.  In the router settings there is usually a place for you to set the Wi-Fi password so you know it, for connecting to it later. Most routers have a password preset which is made available in the manual or even on a sticker on the outside of the device - it varies.

On the Amiga you will need network connectivity software - a TCP/IP stack. Miami is one, Genesis and Roadshow are others.  These connect you to a network via your router and that connects you to the internet.

Any drivers for the PCMCIA slot card need to be installed on the Amiga so the Amiga knows how to talk to the card.

With these things in place the Amiga should see the network card and using the Wi-Fi password set in the TCP/IP software connect to the network.

[Gryfon]

Well spotted, glad you managed to get online.

I also like IBrowse.  One tip - when I received my licence file, I did so in Windows and the licence file had a Windows extension on it.
To activate Ibrowse away from demo-only mode you simply drag the licence file into one of several appropriate locations on your Amiga Workbench (the instructions are clear, I just don't recall the exact folders at the moment).

I don't recall the precise name of the file or letters of the extension, but for now let's say it was IBrowseLicence and .lic like this:

IBrowseLicence.lic

It would not work on an Amiga.  After some back and forth with the IBrowse guys I removed the .lic element so it was simply:

IBrowseLicence

and it worked perfectly on the Amiga.

Have fun surfing the web!