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- From: Simon Hiscox <c830987@powers.phoenix.telecom.com.au>
- Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Ethernet Networking Amiga <-> PC problem
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 05:43:14 GMT
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- astaude@silas.cc.monash.edu.au (AS) wrote:
- >Right. I have a little problem with my current Amiga and PC setup.
- >I have an A3000 with an A2065 ethernet card, and a PC with an
- >Ne2000 compatiable card. I have set it up with a T-Connector, in
- >each card, a terminator in one end and the co-axial joining the
- >two together.
- >
- >On the A3000, I originally bought it with the networking software on
- >board - could be commodore's own? I'm not sure. When I found it,
- >it was installed and setup in a directory called inet: Sound familiar
- >to anyone? I also have AmiTcp 4 Demo.
- >
- >On the PC I have set things I have set things up under Windows
- >for Workgroups, using the supplied Ne2000 driver using the IPX/SPX
- >compatiable transport (dunno if this is right?) and have also
- >installed the cz2000 and winpkt drivers so that I can use Trumpet
- >Winsock.
- >
- ---
- snip
- ---
- >Am I doing anything wrong? Do you need more info? Please, anyone help
-
- Anthony,
-
- Don't use IPX/SPX; this protocol is only useful for Novell Netware. Instead,
- you need a PC version of TCP/IP so you can talk to the AmiTCP, an Amiga version
- of TCP/IP. From memory there are public domain versions of PC TCP/IP. In
- fact, it even comes with a cute card game called 'Freecell'!
-
- --
- Regards,
-
- Simon Hiscox (HP Associate Consultant)
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