Thank you (both) for your reply. So far this all gives me a lot of
insight!
> > I have just bought a couple of Ariadne IIs and I hoped to be able to
> > connect my cablemodem to it and use the Genesis package that was
> > supplied with the card to use internet from my Amiga instead of
> > having to use the PC for this.....
>
> Sure you can. You might get hacked though. Linux or FreeBSD on an old
> 486 might be a better firewall, but go ahead and let us know how it
> turns out :)
hmmm.... what you say here worries me a bit.
Is it really /that/ easy to hack a net-connected Amiga? (compared to the
alternatives you mentioned)
Makes me doubt if I still want to use my Amiga (under AmigaOS) as the
internet gateway of my local network. Maybe I'll dress up the 1200 as a
Linux box than, that might be safer......
[...snip...]
> > 1) Description of my setup:
> > Standard A4000 desktop with kickstart 3.1.
> > CyberStormPPC + 060 and a CVisionPPC
> > Ariadne II and Genesis
> > It is maybe important to know that I have a static IP address
>
> when the windows machine is connected and working, go to start | run
> and type winipcfg. Expand it to more info and make a note of your dns
> servers, IP address, default gateway and dchp server (just in case)
Nice, I had never seen this program before.......
In winipcfg the "DHCP server" field was empty! (I have no idea if that
is good or bad though ;-)
The rest of the fields was filled as I expected.
> > 2) The "Com21 ComPORT" cable modem has a 10BaseT Ethernet Port which
> > connects to the Ethernet card of the computer. When I connect a
> cable
> > from the cable modem to the ethernet card in my PC I can use
> internet
> > without any problems. When I take that cable out of my PC and plug
> it
> > into the Ariadne II in my Amiga I have no such luck.....
>
> Do you have log-in software on the windows machine ? I do here.
> There si a log-in script for Time Warner and the same for linux and
> FreeBsd. If this is the case, you'll have to figure out a log-in
> script for yours as well.
No login scripts. Nothing special.
When I signed up for the cablemodem all I got was a piece of paper that
said what settings the TCP protocol should have for windows. That is
what I entered and it worked right away.....
> > 3) I have installed Genesis and (I think) I configured it correctly.
> > When I start Genesis I get the message: "Ariadne is now online" and
> the
> > counter starts counting.....
>
> that doesn't mean anything.
>
> Genesis does that for me, but I'm on demo miami as I can't get it to
> work reliably and knowone has sent me a config and settings details
> for the cn40bc yet, not even Chris who I also e-mailed off the list
> last week.
>
> I would try the miami demo as well. Obviously if you can get on with
> miami, then the problem is the Genesis config and other settings.
I will try the miami demo than and let you know if this helped....
btw. what /does/ the "Ariadne is now online" message mean.
Online for what?
Does it mean something like "I was able to initialize the Ariadne
driver"?
[...snip...]
> > 4) My cablemodem has an indicator light to indicate 'Carrier
> Detect'.
> > When I use internet on my PC this light is always on. On my Amiga it
> is
> > not on. Not even after starting Genesis.
>
> Reverify with the ISP that you do have a static IP and make a note of
> what he gives you.
I am positive. It says so in the documentation that is lying in front
of me now. It also warns right after that note not to take advantage of
the fact that you have a static IP, I wonder what they mean by that ;-))
Thanks!
//Niels de Koning
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