Features as of 09-Feb-1997

• replaces AmiTCP ("bsdsocket.library") and AS-225R2 / I-Net 225 ("socket.library") in an API-compatible way, i.e. standard clients and servers for AmiTCP or AS-225R2 usually also work with Miami. The first Miami release version has builtin support for bsdsocket.library only, but the few remaining socket.library clients can be used with the PD socket.library emulation library from Aminet.
• contains a complete TCP/IP protocol stack for point-to-point connections to your Internet provider allowing you to access the Internet. Miami is based on the latest BSD TCP/IP code (Net/3 as distributed in 4.4BSD/Lite version 2), augmented by FreeBSD 2.x extensions. Supports RFC-1323 extensions for higher performance TCP.
• is a "true" TCP/IP implementation, not a "hack" that requires a shell account with additional programs running at your Internet provider. Miami does support the TCP/IP emulators "Slirp" (by Danny Gasparovski) and TIA though, so Miami can also be used together with shell accounts.
• supports SLIP, CSLIP and PPP as built-in protocols without the need for SANA-II drivers. The PPP implementation is rather fast and comprehensive and supports, for example, PAP, CHAP, authentication protocol fallback for Win-NT servers, and VJC TCP header compression. The PPP code is based on the thoroughly tested code of ppp.device, but all PPP parameters are configured automatically by Miami.
• also supports most SANA-II device drivers (for Ethernet, Arcnet and other network hardware).
• has an integrated graphical user interface (based on MUI 3.3, copyright by Stefan Stuntz) for *all* configuration and runtime parameters, including the settings for TCP/IP, interfaces, PPP, protocols, dialing, inetd, user database etc.
• does not require the installation or modification of any external textfiles, libraries, devices, environment variables, tool types etc. The configuration is done completely through the graphical user interface, and all parameters are stored in a single IFF settings file. Functions to import/export many settings from/to ASCII text files (as used e.g. by Unix hosts or by AmiTCP) are available, too.
• has a builtin script-driven dialer with support for multiple phone numbers and optional interactive mode. In the demo version up to 3 phone numbers are supported. In the registered version there is no limit.
• supports auto-redialing on several phone numbers during dialing.
• supports static and dynamic IP addresses for SLIP, CSLIP and PPP.
• supports BootP and has an automatic dial log analyzer to support dynamic IP addresses even with SLIP and CSLIP.
• supports teach-in dialing, i.e. in most cases you do not even have to write a dial script, but only need to connect to your provider once manually in interactive mode, and Miami will "learn" how to automatically log in by itself the next time you want to connect, i.e. Miami will generate a suitable dial script by itself.
• has many of the popular demons (TCP/UDP servers) already built in, e.g. inetd, identd and fingerd.
• has a dynamic hostname cache to reduce the number of DNS lookups and thus speed up TCP connection setup, in particular with WWW browsers.
• is completely localized. (English/German at this time. Many other languages are in preparation.)
• supports several new MUI 3.x features (such as "drag&drop", "bubble help" and "context menus") as well as extensive context-sensitive online help.
• registered version only: supports automatic redial/reconnect on hangup (works best with static IP addresses), and automatic execution of ARexx scripts when certain events occur (start, end, online, offline etc.).
• registered version only: phone bill data can be exported to a text file.
• registered version only: supports T/TCP (TCP for transaction) for faster web browsing; supports Path MTU discovery for better performance across Ethernet, multicasting level 1, and BSD packet filter.
• registered version only: has a built-in IP filter to restrict and monitor access to your machine.
• comes with an additional configuration utility "MiamiInit" that allows you to get connected to the Internet without configuring Miami first. All you need to do is answer a few questions with information your Internet provider gave you. MiamiInit then dials up your Internet connection, verifies your data and tries to find out all remaining configuration parameters by itself. MiamiInit will only ask additional questions if it was unable to determine some required parameters by itself. Extensive online help is available throughout this process. MiamiInit, like Miami, is completely localized and has a graphical user interface using MUI 3.3.
• comes with a configuration utility "MiamiInitSANA2" that automatically configures Ethernet/Arcnet/etc. connections. Includes support for ICMP, ARP, RARP, BootP and other protocols to automate the configuration.

Miami is Copyright © 1996,1997 by Nordic Global Inc. All rights reserved.

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