| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 15 Sep 2000 at 13:53:48 |
| Subject: | Re: A1200 Eyetech Ethernet probs |
hi,
> With the cnet interface reportedly "on-line", I get a response from
> 192.168.000.001 ( the Amiga itself ), but no response from the
> 192.168.000.002
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
those are OCTAL addresses and DOOMED to failure!
your addresses should be
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
no more extra O's!! it doesnt work like that!
> d) my UTP cable is duff ( possible, I shall half-inch another from work that
> I know works )
it must be 'crossover' style, unless you are using a HUB
> A couple of things I'm puzzled by though:
> 1) Why does the NetBEUI protocol have to be installed, when everything is
> setup for TCP/IP? Does Samba use this?
yep, but only between PC's Amiga/Linux/unix/solaris->PC uses TCP/IP
> 2) How come there's no Samba install/config to be done on the PC? Is a Samba
> client part of "Windows Networking" or does the Samba server on the Miggy
> just converse with Windows Newtworking direct?
SAMBA is the program to enable non-PC's to talk to Microsoft network. that
is, of course, built into the PC once you have network neighbourhood
installed.
> So even with a working gayle fix, you still have to do it? Unimpressive. :-/
> I find that sometimes a cold boot does the trick, but as my A1200 is in a
> tower, un-plugging even "now and again" is not an option I will consider.
i have one side of my Amiga off. the only wau i can have a 100% fix (rather
than the current 50%) is to send my mb to eyetech to get it fixed thoroughly
a costly option which would be cheaper to find a 2nd hand A1200 for sale and
frankenstein it!
> It would seem there's a fundamental hardware or TCP/IP problem here though
> seeing as how I can't ping the PC.
yep, there is, OCTAL addresses ;-)
alan
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