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digital@magicnet.net (Digital Digits) wrote:

>Has anyone successfully hooked an Amiga to a PC box running Win95 via
>Ethernet?
>
>Here is what I have and what I am trying to do...
>
>
>A 2-PC network (home) connected with NE2000 compatible ethernet cards (coax).
>They use the NE2000 drivers with MicroSoft's TCP/IP (built-in to Win95).
>WINS & DNS are disabled.  Machines were assigned (by me) IP addresses
>of 100.100.100.2 (the gateway) and 100.100.100.3
>
>This setup works.
>
>There is also an A4000 (Warp-28 with a LOT of stuff) using an A2065
>Ethernet card & AmiTCP 4.0 demo.  The net is terminated properly and
>the A4000 was assigned IP 100.100.100.1 (again, by me).  The system
>says the Ethernet card is working, but I can't even PING the other
>machines (default gateway points to 100.100.100.2).  I can successfully
>PING myself.  Neither of the PCs can PING the Amiga (I checked packet size,
>etc. -- no good).
>
>The Amiga has been given the name of "amiga".
>
>I think the problem is the DOMAIN setup.  The PCs also connect to the
>internet via TCP/IP and the domain is "magicnet.net" (a local provider).
>This is the only setting that can't be set differently for dialup and
>LAN -- everything else can!  The PCs successfully handle the Internet
>as well as the LAN (minus the Amiga).
>
>I'd like to try Samba for the Amiga to get it up and running with the
>Win95 network, but I can't get ANY connection.

I have about the same setup and am looking for help as well.  I have 2
PC connected now and want to include my A3000 with a Hydra card.  I
have had this card work on a 2000 neted to a  PC running Linux so I
know the card will work with AMI/TCP.  If you get any help here PLEASE
forward to me.