> 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......
No, don't do that. We're intersted in how you get on :)
>
> [...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.
It means :-
a) the DHCP server is down
b) You never sent a DHCP request
Probably the later...don't worry :)
>
> > > 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.....
That's o.k - do the same in genesis and also try miami
>
>
> > > 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"?
don't know...ask chris or olli
>
> [...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 ;-))
Well, of you go then.
You might want to check the miami site and the miami mailing list.
Some good info there.
Best of luck...Martin
>
> Thanks!
> //Niels de Koning
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