5.5: What do I need in order to use AmiTCP?
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This article is from the AmiTCP/IP FAQ, by Mike Meyer with numerous contributions by others.
5.5: What do I need in order to use AmiTCP?
You need the following hardware:
An Amiga running AmigaDOS 2 or greater and some form of connection to a network, such as a modem for a serial connection or an ethernet card for an ethernet connection. See the FAQ "What is ethernet?" for information about ethernet cards. At least 2MB of ram and a hard disk are recommended.
In addition to a version of AmiTCP, you need a SANA-II network driver. AmiTCP includes a driver for SLIP and CSLIP. See the FAQ "What is SANA-II for more information on SANA-II.
You need the following information:
NOTE: This information should be sought from your network provider or your System/Network Administrator. An IP address allocated for your Amiga. For example my IP address is 140.174.197.1. A destination IP address (this only applies if you are using a "point to point" protocol such as most dialup protocols). Usually the destination IP address is the address of the equipment you connect to. A netmask for you network (usually this only applies for a network such as an ethernet or if you are connected to several networks). If you are connected via a single dialup connection, such as SLIP or PPP, use a netmask of 255.255.255.254. Note: If you only have the one connection, like most of us, the netmask is purely irrelevant. A name for your Amiga (also know a nodename or hostname). My hostname is contessa. A domain name. The domain name is usually your providers network name, but isn't always. For example, mine is "phone.net". The numeric address of a domain name server. My nameserver is 140.174.153.100. This is used to convert text addresses (contessa.phone.net) into numeric addresses (140.174.197.1). If you don't have access to a name server, you will have to use numeric (or dotted-decimal) IP addresses to connect to other hosts, or add regularly used addresses to your AmiTCP:db/hosts file. If you have access to a Unix machine, you can copy their "/etc/hosts" file. You are strongly advised to use a nameserver if you have access to one, as this saves disk space, and will save you many bundles of hair when your favourite host changes it's numeric IP address. (thanks Oliver) The default gateway address. If you use ethernet, this is normally the address of your router (the machine with connections to the outside world). If you use a dialup protocol, this is normally the same as your destination address. If TCP/IP doesn't have specific information on where to send data, it will send it to the default gateway. For example, if your sending mail to your Auntie in New Zealand, mail will pass trough this address :-)
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