A500 lan adapter

[Amigaz]

Just got myself an A560 arcnet adapter, snyone know if it can be used with a TCP/IP stack for websurfing etc with an coax./ethernet adapter?

[Oli_hd]

snyone know if it can be used with a TCP/IP stack for websurfing etc with an coax./ethernet adapter?

Bad news Im afraid, Arcnet isnt Ethernet so you cant just use an ethernet coax to rj45 adaptor to hook it to a ethernet network.
And while TCP/IP could be transmitted over it no problem you would need a PC with an arcnet and an ethernet card in to act as a bridge between the two networks.
Arcnet pre-dates Ethernet, is much slower, etc.
On the up side a A560 isnt a card you see every day so well worth keeping.

[Acill]

There is a ZII slot in that thing if you want to pull the arcnet card I believe. You will then need to find a ZII Ethernet that will fit.

[Zac67]

This does not look like anything ZII slot like:


There actually are Arcnet/Ethernet bridges, but it's probably cheaper to go another way (clockport -> Ethernet adapter or ZII slot -> X-Surf, big box Amiga, ...).

[Iggy_Drougge]

Cool find!

I've got some Arcnet "star" adaptors (like small hubs) that you can have if you want. I think I also know where you can find ISA Arcnet cards.