PCMCIA 3Com EtherLink III and 1200 drivers...

[XDelusion]

I picked up a PCMCIA 3com Etherlink III off Ebay so I could put my 1200 on my network. I'm running OS 3.9 and I forget what I need in order to set it up.

[ncafferkey]

3c589.lha from Aminet.

[XDelusion]

Wasn't there a second file too? One called cnet.lha or something?

[Christian Johansson]

cnet.device is only for ne2k compatible cards. If you have a 3com you'll only need 3c589.lha

[XDelusion]

Ok, I got it and installed in in OS 3.9.

 I then loaded up the Genesis Wizard, selected the driver, left the Unit number at 0, told it network and that I didn't  know the IP...

...and well it doesn't connect to the net what so ever. Am I missing something? My XBOX and everything else picks up with no problems what so ever!

[XDelusion]

I just noticed the subnet mask was different on the Amiga, so I changed it, still no luck.

I thought these things were easy to get on-line?

I've tested the cable on other devices too, still no luck.

[Christian Johansson]

Hmm.. you are aware of the PCMCIA-bug? That you must remove and reinsert the card once the computer is booted. (There's software patches that fix this now a days too)

[XDelusion]

I think the bug only exsists in certain 1200's.

 Anyhow I have boing bag 1 and 2 installed, I've also tried unplugging and re-plugging the PCMCIA card, but no matter what the Genesis Wizard will not detect my IP, even if I say no special config, or special config, what ever that's all about.

My card is definatly on the compatability list, this sux. :/

[Invisix]

Perhaps the card is dead?

[dawiper]

It sounds like your trying to get the Amiga IP by dhcp. If that is the case genesis doesn't support dhcp. Set the IP manually.
There is suppose to be a plugin for genesis that makes support for dhcp, but I can't remeber it's name.

Regarding that pcmcia bug, there is a patch on aminet that's called "cardreset" or something like that. It worked for me.

[XDelusion]

The instructions for the Genesis DHCP plugin make no sence to me.

Is it possible to use an assigned IP even though I'm using a  router and everything else is on DHCP?

[Invisix]

Assign the IP of your system to how your router sees it... example: 192.168.1.101

[Jiffy]

Give Genesis an assigned IP. It'll work without problems. My router assigns ip-adresses in the range of 192.168.1.100-200. Hardware which needs an assigned IP (printers, router, servers, A1200 & A3000) get an adress in the range of 192.168.1.50-99 on my lan. Works great!

[motorollin]

XDelusion wrote:
Is it possible to use an assigned IP even though I'm using a  router and everything else is on DHCP?

Yes, just make sure the IP you assign to your Amiga is outside the DHCP pool configured in your router. i.e. if your router is configured to allocate addresses from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.100, give your Amiga something like 192.168.0.101. If you don't do this, there is a chance one of the DHCP clients will pick up the same IP as your Amiga.

Also, make sure you configure the gateway and DNS servers with the IP of your router.

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moto

[chris]

XDelusion wrote:
Is it possible to use an assigned IP even though I'm using a  router and everything else is on DHCP?

Yep.  FWIW I have a 3Com 3C589 card (can't remember the exact model, it's not an Etherlink though), and I can't get DHCP to work with that through Miami, so it may be a driver problem (or my router).