| From: | Geoff Milnes |
| Date: | 14 Sep 2000 at 14:44:22 |
| Subject: | Re: A1200 Eyetech Ethernet probs |
Hi Jonathon,
On 11-Sep-00, wrote:
> Anybody in here using Eyetech's A1200 ethernet solution?
> I've got a CNet PowerNIC PCMCIA card and am trying to network
> my A1200 to my PC using the "Eyetech Ethernet Software" CD.
I bought it at the SEAL show on Sunday as I was having bovver with my
existing Samba (manual) installation and thought the 5 click version would
cure it! I'm afraid not. Everything went according to plan as far as the
installation went but it appears to have picked up my original Samba
settings. However, it does PING so the connection is working. Have you tried
to PING each machine as Samba depends on this working?
>
> 1. Installation of software appears to work OK including the
> creation of the CNet interface in Genesis. However attempting
> to start this interface, by using the "StartEthernet" script
> results in Genesis reporting "could not open DEVS:Networks/cnet.device
> unit 0". Sometimes this is a critical error and Genesis will not
> procede - but sometimes this is just flagged as an "err" level
> error and Genesis at least reports that the cnet interface is
> online. Seems random. :-/
Which device does this installation use? The one I have is cnet version 1.1
dated 13th July 1999 by Bruce Abbott and this works.
> 2. With the cnet interface on-line, I try to launch Samba ( after running
> the ConfigSamba util and selecting the drives I have shared on the PC )
> and after a minute or so Samba comes back to me saying that "Host
> COMPUTER2 cannot be contacted!" for each of the shares I have selected.
> So it's pretty clear something is very wrong.
Try Miami as an alternative and see if that changes anything.
I have the Gateway set on the PC (Settings/Control Panel/Network
Configuration Tab and then double click on the TCP/IP �network card - in
the listing. Select the Gateway tab and 'add' the IP address of your Amiga).
Also I have the PC set to log onto Windows NT Domain - without this my Samba
won't work either. In the above Settings, double click on 'Client for Microsoft
Networks' and select 'log onto Windows NT Domain' and enter the IP address
of your Amiga in the boxes. I also have 'Quick logon' selected but I don't
know whether this has any effect once the other setting is selected. It
works so I don't wanna play any more!
I hope some of this makes sense and maybe even helps a little. Let me know
please Jonathon.
Cheers
Geoff.
Geoff Milnes
e-mail: geoff@haug.co.uk
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