Internet software?icp/tp stack?

[Gav]

Yeah ive got my a1200 with a 1260 n stuff and im wanting 2 put it on the net but i dont know to much about all this.What is a tcp/ip stack?where do you get it?which browser should i get?is aweb3.3 any good?.
Thanks

[iamaboringperson]

which version of the os do you have?

with 3.5 its easy - it comes with miami, which is a tcp/ip stack, & aweb, & an email program...

tcp/ip is a set of protocols for computers that want to communicate over a network

you can download aweb off amiga.org i think - & its open source

[Kronos]

Options are:

Miami/MiamiDX :
Good stack but is is impossible to get a legal copy these days.

Genesis:
Hard ti get on it's own, but it is included with OS3.9, which is
allwaysa good think to have. Allso a good satck but lacks some
features needed when you want to connect direct (without router)
to an broadband-connection via ethernet.

[Kronos]

Miami on OS3.5 is not registered and the same version
can be found on the Aminet.

[odin]

A TCP/IP stack is a piece of software which connects your computer to the internet (or a LAN or whatever) using the TCP/IP protocol. A TCP/IP stack can do this through a lot of devices (typically a modem or a network card). The most advanced Amiga TCP/IP stack is called MiamiDeluxe, unfortunately that is no longer available. The other main contender is Genesis, but that doesn't support DHCP (or does it nowadays?, DHCP can be important in LANs or with broadband connections).

Genesis is included with OS 3.9. The new OS4 is supposed to have a brand new advanced TCP/IP stack called Roadshow. And all Amiga browsers are very outdated, but IB2.3 has the most features. (IIRC it doesn't support Shockwave Flash, whilst Voyager does).

Demo versions of Miami and Genesis can probably found on Aminet (probably with a 30 minute timeout).

[carls]

If you've got a cable modem you probably don't want Genesis, since it can't hande DHCP.
Of course, this can be fixed by getting one of those hardware personal firewalls but that means spending extra money.

(edit: removed some things)

[odin]

@carls:

But it would make it possible to connect more computers to the dsl connection.

[LP]

Try these out...

AWEB http://www.amitrix.com
Voyager http://www.vapor.com
IBrowse (Seach for it on the Google) :-)

MiamiDX (Deluxe) is the best tcp/ip stack around in
my opinion...

Genesis and AmiTCP should also work...

[Gav]

Hi thanks for the info people im useing os3.9,so that has aweb on then?where abouts is that?so all i need is a modem then?where can i buy ibrowse 3.3 from?ill be using a 56k dial up modem is silver surfer any good?

[LP]

Check:
http://www.ibrowse-dev.net/

for more info...

[Vincent]

Gav wrote:
Hi thanks for the info people im useing os3.9,so that has aweb on then?where abouts is that?so all i need is a modem then?where can i buy ibrowse 3.3 from?ill be using a 56k dial up modem is silver surfer any good?

On the 3.9 CD, run the installer again and select "Install Internet Software".  This installs Genesis, AWeb (no time-limit demo) and an Email client (I've never used it).

I don't know how to set up Genesis, but someone here will.

[jeffimix]

Ah yes, when people used to sell TCP/IP stacks and similiar for vast sums, ad by computer, anyone else know about Early networking ?

[odin]

@jeffimix:

And what is that sentence in proper English, or is it just me :-?.

[jeffimix]

Forgive me, I'm from the US, we're bad at English. Ad by computer though, boy, even I can't understand what I was saying there.

[Gav]

Ahh yes i got it yup everything is cool lol,so is it worth buying a fast serial interface?