Which MiamiDX? AmiTCP?

[sir_bacharach]

Hi. I've got amitcp 3.0. I can ping my router and pc. But I want to transfer files ans shard folders on my pc. I hear MiamiDX is good but of what I've seen on aminet.net I'm confused at which one to choose. Also I see that some programs need AmiTCP 4.0 but I think that's licenced software and I don't know where to get it from.

Also anyone know of any way to share my pcs net connection with the amiga? I have no internet on my router anymore so I teather my phone to my pc.

[Matt_H]

MiamiDX is just another TCP/IP stack - it's not a filesharing solution itself. AmiTCP 4.x and Genesis are the same thing and are available on the OS3.9 CD. There's also Roadhshow, available from publisher APC&TCP. All three of these stacks should be functionally identical (meaning they'll all do the same thing for you). The differences lie in how you go about configuring them, and in performance.

Now, for filesharing, you'll need smbfs to pull files from another machine onto your Amiga. If you want to pull files from your Amiga onto another machine, you'll need a Samba server installed on your Amiga. I recommend the 2.0.7 port - I've never gotten the 2.2.5 port to work.

[sir_bacharach]

Cheers dude. I'll have a crack at that tomorrow when I wake up.

Thanks for the direct links too. Very helpful.

[sir_bacharach]

MiamiDX is just another TCP/IP stack - it's not a filesharing solution itself. AmiTCP 4.x and Genesis are the same thing and are available on the OS3.9 CD. There's also Roadhshow, available from publisher APC&TCP. All three of these stacks should be functionally identical (meaning they'll all do the same thing for you). The differences lie in how you go about configuring them, and in performance.

Now, for filesharing, you'll need smbfs to pull files from another machine onto your Amiga. If you want to pull files from your Amiga onto another machine, you'll need a Samba server installed on your Amiga. I recommend the 2.0.7 port - I've never gotten the 2.2.5 port to work.

Hi mate. I haven't got round to file sharing yet. I'm a bit stuck. I'm using prism2v2 drivers which ive had working before with amitcp v2. But this time im using a fresh install of os3.9 with genesis. I think I'm nearly there but must be doing something wrong as I try to ping my router and it returns nothing. The shell prompt just freezes. If I disconnect genesis the shell prompt carries on pinging and failing. Ive been in the install instructions of prism2v2 and took the example of the wpa settings and put those into the settings of genesis (with my router ssid and wpa). But nothing. It's bound to be just one thing I'm missing. I just can't figure out what.

[nicholas]

Go with Roadshow, it's much better than Genesis in every way.

There is a demo version that times out after 15 mins you can try out.

[NovaCoder]

Just go for EasyNet and then created a shared folder, makes it really easy to transfer stuff from your PC to your Amiga.

Here's a little video I did earlier....

[youtube]eTp4IluNOy4[/youtube]

[sir_bacharach]

Just go for EasyNet and then created a shared folder, makes it really easy to transfer stuff from your PC to your Amiga.
 
Here's a little video I did earlier....
 
[youtube]eTp4IluNOy4[/youtube]
 

 
Hi NovaCoder, I can ping both my Router now and my PC again from my Amiga.
 
I don't have a USB port on my router, so do you know how I would share a folder in this type of way to my AmigaOS Desktop?
 
I'm on AmigaOS3.9
 
I'm using Gensis that came with it and the Prism2v2 software drivers for my Wifi card.
 
I'm getting there slowly but surely.

[nicholas]

Hi NovaCoder, I can ping both my Router now and my PC again from my Amiga.
 
I don't have a USB port on my router, so do you know how I would share a folder in this type of way to my AmigaOS Desktop?
 
I'm on AmigaOS3.9
 
I'm using Gensis that came with it and the Prism2v2 software drivers for my Wifi card.
 
I'm getting there slowly but surely.

Install smbfs from aminet to c:

Then add something similar to the following to your s:user-startup

c:Run <>NIL: stack=32768 c:smbfs CASE DOMAIN=WORKGROUP USER=xxxx PASSWORD=xxxxxxxx VOLUME=OS3.9: CACHE=1024 SERVICE=//192.168.1.20/dh0 QUIET

[Bobo68]

AmiTCP is enough.
for file transfer you may use Amiftp or Samba

[sir_bacharach]

Hi, I've managed to access my PC share using smbfs from a shell prompt.
 
But now I don't know which file to put this command line in so that it opens up every time I connect to the internet with genesis.
 
Does anyone know if genesis has a startup file it executes when it fires up?
 
If not does anyone know how I can make a file with this command line in then run it from an icon?

[nicholas]

Hi, I've managed to access my PC share using smbfs from a shell prompt.
 
But now I don't know which file to put this command line in so that it opens up every time I connect to the internet with genesis.
 
Does anyone know if genesis has a startup file it executes when it fires up?
 
If not does anyone know how I can make a file with this command line in then run it from an icon?

Last line in s:user-startup should do it.

[sir_bacharach]

Last line in s:user-startup should do it.

 
I tried that, but it doesn't work.
 
I think the problem I'm having is that I can't run that line before clicking the online button in Genesis, otherwise it's trying to mount the share before it gets online and fails.
 
I need to run that line once I've clicked the online button in genesis.

[SamuraiCrow]

If you need to run it from an icon, put the line in a text file and then create a "project" icon that uses IconX as its default tool.  That way you can run it from workbench like any other executable.  You can access the default tool setting from the "Get Info" option on Workbench.

[nicholas]

I tried that, but it doesn't work.
 
I think the problem I'm having is that I can't run that line before clicking the online button in Genesis, otherwise it's trying to mount the share before it gets online and fails.
 
I need to run that line once I've clicked the online button in genesis.

It's been a long time since I used Genesis so I can't remember how to automatically start it from user-startup, but that's what you need to do.

To create a script that launches from an icon, put the smbfs line in a text file then make sure it has the Script protection bit set and create an icon that uses IconX as it's default tool.

I'm not in front of an Amiga at the moment otherwise I'd give you more detailed steps.

[matthey]

Hi, I've managed to access my PC share using smbfs from a shell prompt.
 
But now I don't know which file to put this command line in so that it opens up every time I connect to the internet with genesis.
 
Does anyone know if genesis has a startup file it executes when it fires up?

Yes, it does. In Genesis Prefs, Select "Options" on the left and then the "Execute" tab on the top. Edit the "Startup" command as needed.

The Genesis Startup command or an IconX is smart because it won't interfere with games or slow down your booting like the S:User-Startup option.