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- From: tonin001@tc.umn.edu (Bill Toninato)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Amiga 2 Win95 via Ethernet
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 02:19:17 GMT
- Organization: Not Very
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- digital@magicnet.net (Digital Digits) wrote:
-
- >Has anyone successfully hooked an Amiga to a PC box running Win95 via
- >Ethernet?
- >
- >Here is what I have and what I am trying to do...
- >
- >
- >A 2-PC network (home) connected with NE2000 compatible ethernet cards (coax).
- >They use the NE2000 drivers with MicroSoft's TCP/IP (built-in to Win95).
- >WINS & DNS are disabled. Machines were assigned (by me) IP addresses
- >of 100.100.100.2 (the gateway) and 100.100.100.3
- >
- >This setup works.
- >
- >There is also an A4000 (Warp-28 with a LOT of stuff) using an A2065
- >Ethernet card & AmiTCP 4.0 demo. The net is terminated properly and
- >the A4000 was assigned IP 100.100.100.1 (again, by me). The system
- >says the Ethernet card is working, but I can't even PING the other
- >machines (default gateway points to 100.100.100.2). I can successfully
- >PING myself. Neither of the PCs can PING the Amiga (I checked packet size,
- >etc. -- no good).
- >
- >The Amiga has been given the name of "amiga".
- >
- >I think the problem is the DOMAIN setup. The PCs also connect to the
- >internet via TCP/IP and the domain is "magicnet.net" (a local provider).
- >This is the only setting that can't be set differently for dialup and
- >LAN -- everything else can! The PCs successfully handle the Internet
- >as well as the LAN (minus the Amiga).
- >
- >I'd like to try Samba for the Amiga to get it up and running with the
- >Win95 network, but I can't get ANY connection.
-
- I have about the same setup and am looking for help as well. I have 2
- PC connected now and want to include my A3000 with a Hydra card. I
- have had this card work on a 2000 neted to a PC running Linux so I
- know the card will work with AMI/TCP. If you get any help here PLEASE
- forward to me.
-