NETWORK CARD

[DGB]

I would like to put a network card in at least one of my 2000's so I can get onto my LAN and on my broadband connection to the net.  I want something that is easy to ad.  I want software I can install without going to a lot of trouble.  I know absolutely nothing about getting an Amiga on the LAN.  I have done it with my PC's but that was simple.  What few bits and pieces I have read and heard seem to bit more complicated for the Amiga.  Any suggestions and recomendations would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

[DGB]

tonyw wrote:
Hey, Dave, don't forget the new alternatives to the old Ariadne card - the Thylacine and the Highway. Both are Zorro 2/3 devices and are USB adaptors, so you can use USB keyboards/mouses and with a USB/Ethernet adaptor, Ethernet as well.

I've just put a Thylacine into my 4000 with an external USB/Ethernet adaptor. Now I can connect to the LAN and, through that, to the cable service.

Haven't got Miami going yet, though. I used to have a dialup service on the 4000, and I'm having trouble getting Miami to forget about the dialup modem and use a gateway. It's only a setup problem, I can ping all the other machines on the LAN and they can ping me, I just can't get out through the gateway yet.

tony

Whoops!  I just ordered the X-Surf board from Software Hut.  It was a special deal with the OS 3.9 and the 3.1 ROM.  I saved a few bucks that way.  I was thinking of getting MIAMI because I thought it was easy to install.  Where did you get it from.  I was going to try an order it tonight but I haven't had much luck.  Of course your being in Australia makes buying it a bit different for you than me.

I printed out you post because if I get it i'm going to be asking you what you did to get it going.  Thanks for the input.

Dave

[DGB]

Kronos wrote:
@DGB (do you know what that stands for in Germany ? :-D )


I see no reason why want to use MiamiDX, which is allmost impossible
to get when OS3.9 comes with Genesis and the X-Surf with a special
driver for using broadband in Genesis.

 

No I don't know, what does DGB stand for in Germany?  Here it happens to be my initials.

Thanks for the tip about MIAMI and what I need being in OS3.9.  It looks like you saved me a few bucks and for that I thank you.

Dave

[DGB]

Kronos wrote:
DGB = Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund.

Head-organisation of german trade-unions  :-o

I think that that is just great.  I am a union man myself.  I have been a mwmber of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers here in the USA for more than twenty years.  about sixteen years ago we had a German exchange Student live with us for a while and then my Son went over to Germany for a while.  I am surprised he didn't bring that up.  Thanks for the tip.

Dave