Hooking up to the internet

[Robbie]

I always presumed my Amiga was safe without a  firewall because I thought people trying to mess around with my computer would be expecting a PC at the other end... :-?

[Will-i-am]

Thought I would toss out a question on this subject...I have an a4000T w/os3.9, CSPPC, and A4066 ethernet. My wife's pc is connected to a cable modem w/ a router. When I try to hook the 4000 to the router and connect w/ Ibrowse I get the impression that my browser bombs at the router. Is there a particular set of TCP/IP commands I need to know to get out to the web? Should I be using Genesis instead? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[vpamicue]

Actually you do not need Miami DX unless you need a DHCP server. Miami has a built in DHCL client that works well, I am using it on my Amiga now with dhcp and it works fine.
Again DX is only if you would like to use Amiga as a true server as a client you can use Miami or Miami DX.
Thjere is only one thing that could prvent Miami not connecting and that is if the server conection (NTL) requires ppoe tunneling this is not supported by Miami and you must use Miami DX. I f you buy one of the cheap cable dsl routers available now and set it up for Static routing on the LAN side (not very complicated on most routers exept of course Microsoft routers you can even use Genises or AMI/TCP, which by the way are faster than miami.

[NeRP]

You only need MiamiDX if you want to run your *own* DCHP server.  Most people do not want or need to do this.

Miami (non-DX) can use DHCP based connection schemes quite easily.  (IE: I've done it for years)

[diamondgeezer]

That's nice to know. Only thing now is to locate a copy :-? .