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By: Tenbellies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On: Thursday, June 21, 2001, 2:21:26 PM
Re: [Miami] help please
Hi Tenbellies,
T> hi i am new to this list so sorry if this has been asked recently.....
T> i have just had cable modem installed and connected to my pc via
T> ethernet card have pc connected to amiga via another ethernet card from
T> pc to a hub then useing mediator and ethernet card also connected to
T> the hub how do i set up the amiga using miami (or miami dx) to use
T> internet through pc i dont want to have to enter an ip address each
T> time i power up the amiga is it possible to get miami to do this
T> automatically ?...
If you have a DHCP server running on your PC (you may have one, if you're
using Windows and Microsoft's Internet Connection Sharing, it's included;
or, if you run a stand alone DHCP server, on whatever operating system you
use on your PC), then you can get it to assign an IP to your Amiga, and
have your Amiga be told what IP it's supposed to be using, just like when
you dial into an ISP.
Or you can assign a static IP in Miami, to the particular interface that
you're using to connect to your PC. And, a static IP to the particular
interface on the PC, that connects to the Amiga.
If you have a DHCP server doling out IPs, on the PC, and you want to
ensure that it doesn't try to give another computer the IP you want to use
with the Amiga (that's if you connect yet another computer). Then you've
got three simple options:
... Ensure your Amiga is alive on the network, before a third one joins
the party.
... Assign IPs between your Amiga and PC that use a high number, one that
the DHCP server is not going to get around to attempting to assign
(they'll usually try to assign the lowest free IPs that are available).
... Configure your DHCP server so that it skips the IPs you want to use
for your (some servers allow you to list ones you want to reserve, others
will allow you to specify the range of IPs they're allowed to give out).
Win98SE: (as a DHCP server, and the gateway for the network)
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Controlling its DHCP server:
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If you use Windows 98 SE and its Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), and have
enabled its DHCP server, then look in the registry for this key location.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ICSharing\Addressing\Settings
Inside there, are "start" and "stop" keys, for the ranges of IPs the DHCP
server can give to connecting computers.
I don't think you can run ICS on Windows 95. Windows NT ought to have its
own configuration options for the DHCP server, and I've not played with
Windows ME or 2000, but I'd guess that Windows ME might be similar (search
the registry for 192.168.0 (part of the IP), and see if you find any
logically related entries.
About the only semi-decent documentation I've come across, on Windows, is
in the Window98SE resource kit (on the Win98SE CD-ROM, open the
\tools\reskit\ directory, and run the setup.exe or just read the compiled
HTML help manual at: Win98SE CD-ROM:\tools\reskit\help\rk98book.chm).
But be warned, it's a lot to read.
Setting a static IP:
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Open the Network properties control panel, open the properties for the
instance of TCP/IP that's bound to the appropriate network card, go to the
"IP address" tab, change "obtain an IP address automatically" to "specify
an IP address" and then specify the address you want, with (usually) an
subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
(Note that I had trouble trying to get Windows to work with anything other
than the 192.168.0.x IP series, others say they have trouble with that
one. It might be worth trying a different private address range, if you
have unsolvable problems.)
Miami:
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If I recall correctly, the default set-up options, should be fine, for
using it with a dynamically assigned IP (from another server).
Setting a static IP:
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Go to the interface page, set the "IP Type" cycle gadget to "static" and
set the IP you want to use in the adjacent "IP address" gadget. Read the
manual, and pop-up MUI help bubbles, for information on the other options.
MiamiDx:
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If I recall correctly, the default set-up options, should be fine, for
using it with a dynamically assigned IP (from another server).
Go to the interfaces page...
... Open the interface you want to configure, or make a new one (following
the guide's instructions, for all the other steps you need to do first),
set the "IP type" cycle gadget to "static" and set the IP you want to use
in the adjacent "IP address" gadget.
... Set the "Gateway type" cycle gadget to "static" and set the IP address
of the gateway computer into the adjacent "Gateway" gadget (usually,
Windows and Linux will be using the 192.168.0.x IP series, and the gateway
will be 192.168.0.1 for Windows, I don't know whether Linux prefers to use
the same IP for its gateway).
That's the basics of it. I don't have a network card on the Amiga, but I
have networked the PC and Amiga using the serial ports, in this manner.
Read the MiamiDx manual, and pop-up MUI help bubbles, for information on
the other options. See if this gets you going.
Oh, stating the obvious, but it may be worth it; both ends of the
interface need to have different IPs (just because they're connecting
together, doesn't mean you give them the same IPs), but they do need the
same subnet mask (all computers using the same network connection, ones on
the same cable, that need to communicate with each other, need the same
subnet mask - so far as I'm aware).
Having said that, just quickly looking through my Miami configuration GUI,
I've not noticed anywhere to enter a subnet mask, but then I don't have a
LAN NIC, so the interface GUI is probably different (reading the Miami and
MiamiDx AmigaGuide files would seem to indicate so).
T> i have managed to set up samba using miami for file access and the
T> amiga appears on "entire network" and i can access pc from amiga so i
T> guess i have some sort of connection
Have you been having to manually give your Amiga an IP every power-up to
get Samba working?
And how have you been manually giving your Amiga it's IP, each time you
powered it up, anyway?
I'm told that Samba doesn't work with dynamic IPs, or is extremely
difficult in that regard. Assigning your Amiga a static IP is probably
simpler.
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