Amiga Networking FAQ
Answers to both generic and Amiga specific networking questions. It covers both hardware and software questions. It should be read by anyone that has a network related question before posting it to comp.sys.amiga.datacomm or comp.sys.amiga.hardware news groups.
This FAQ about Amiga Networking was compiled and written by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.
The primary purpose of a FAQ is to preserve network bandwidth by answering Frequently Asked Questions. A FAQ's second purpose is to provide an altruistic public service to users and vendors.
The Amiga Guide version of this FAQ is available on Aminet in the /pub/aminet/docs/help directory.
01 What is a network?- amiga networking: 01 What is a network?
- 02 Hardware
- amiga networking: 02 Hardware
- 03 Protocols
- amiga networking: 03 Protocols
- 04 TCP-IP
- amiga networking: 04 TCP-IP
- 05 SLIP
- amiga networking: 05 SLIP
- 06 PPP
- amiga networking: 06 PPP
- 07 SANA II
- amiga networking: 07 SANA II
- 08 UUCP
- amiga networking: 08 UUCP
- 09 Applications
- amiga networking: 09 Applications
- 10 http
- amiga networking: 10 http
- 11 MIME
- amiga networking: 11 MIME
- 12 What is the Internet and Usenet?
- amiga networking: 12 What is the Internet and Usenet?
- 13 modem to modem
- amiga networking: 13 modem to modem
- 14 modem to commercial services
- amiga networking: 14 modem to commercial services
- 15 direct to WAN or ISP provider
- amiga networking: 15 direct to WAN or ISP provider
- 16 Full Blown WAN
- amiga networking: 16 Full Blown WAN
- 17 Cheaper WAN
- amiga networking: 17 Cheaper WAN
- 18 WAN-shopping
- amiga networking: 18 WAN-shopping
- 19 WAN providers
- amiga networking: 19 WAN providers
- 20 ISDN
- amiga networking: 20 ISDN
- 21 What is a server?
- amiga networking: 21 What is a server?
- 22 What is an archive?
- amiga networking: 22 What is an archive?
- 23 What is a mirror?
- amiga networking: 23 What is a mirror?
- 24 What are Gopher, WAIS, and WWW?
- amiga networking: 24 What are Gopher, WAIS, and WWW?
- 25 What are Mosaic, html, http, and browser?
- amiga networking: 25 What are Mosaic, html, http, and browser?
- 26 What are Veronica and Archie?
- amiga networking: 26 What are Veronica and Archie?
- 27 What is news?
- amiga networking: 27 What is news?
- 28 What is a Set top?
- amiga networking: 28 What is a Set top?
- 29 xwindows
- amiga networking: 29 xwindows
- 30 TIA
- amiga networking: 30 TIA
- 31 What is SAMBA and is it available?
- amiga networking: 31 What is SAMBA and is it available?
- 32 JAVA_VRML
- amiga networking: 32 JAVA_VRML
- 33 IRC
- amiga networking: 33 IRC
- 34 proxy
- amiga networking: 34 proxy
- 35 Software:
- amiga networking: 35 Software:
- 36 I only have two machines, an Amiga and __________.
- amiga networking: 36 I only have two machines, an Amiga and __________.
- 37 PC clone to/from Amiga
- amiga networking: 37 PC clone to/from Amiga
- 38 Mac to/from Amiga
- amiga networking: 38 Mac to/from Amiga
- 39 Lee Stranahan's Mondo-Sneakernet system:
- amiga networking: 39 Lee Stranahan's Mondo-Sneakernet system:
- 40 How do I connect a thin or thick net card to a 10baset net?
- amiga networking: 40 How do I connect a thin or thick net card to a 10baset net?
- 41 What do I need to hook up my Amiga 2,3, or 4000 to ethernet?
- amiga networking: 41 What do I need to hook up my Amiga 2,3, or 4000 to ethernet?
- 42 Can I hook up an Amiga 500,1000, 1200 to ethernet?
- amiga networking: 42 Can I hook up an Amiga 500,1000, 1200 to ethernet?
- 43 Arcnet
- amiga networking: 43 Arcnet
- 44 Can I hook an Amiga to ISDN?
- amiga networking: 44 Can I hook an Amiga to ISDN?
- 45 What terminal emulations are available over ethernet?
- amiga networking: 45 What terminal emulations are available over ethernet?
- 46 Can I use multiple protocol stacks on my Amiga at the same time?
- amiga networking: 46 Can I use multiple protocol stacks on my Amiga at the same time?
- 47 How can I uudecode messages from binary newsgroups?
- amiga networking: 47 How can I uudecode messages from binary newsgroups?
- 48 Adding to the PATH doesn't seem to work from the Shell, why?
- amiga networking: 48 Adding to the PATH doesn't seem to work from the Shell, why?
- 49 Are there any peer-peer network packages for the Amiga?
- amiga networking: 49 Are there any peer-peer network packages for the Amiga?
- 50 What electronic mail options are available?
- amiga networking: 50 What electronic mail options are available?
- 51 Is network based multimedia available?
- amiga networking: 51 Is network based multimedia available?
- 52 Is network parallel programming available?
- amiga networking: 52 Is network parallel programming available?
- 53 I can't login to my Amiga over the network. Why?
- amiga networking: 53 I can't login to my Amiga over the network. Why?
- 54 When I FTP to some hosts, I get part of an introductory message and then eitherthe network hangs up or the connection gets closed. Why?
- amiga networking: 54 When I FTP to some hosts, I get part of an introductory message and then eitherthe network hangs up or the connection gets closed. Why?
- 55 Is Domain Name Resolution available with the AS225 software?
- amiga networking: 55 Is Domain Name Resolution available with the AS225 software?
- 56 Can I use NFS to mount a partition on my Amiga from a remote machine?
- amiga networking: 56 Can I use NFS to mount a partition on my Amiga from a remote machine?
- 57 I can't use FTP, rsh or rcp into my Amiga. Why?
- amiga networking: 57 I can't use FTP, rsh or rcp into my Amiga. Why?
- 58 FTP into my Amiga works, but rsh and rcp into my Amiga don't.
- amiga networking: 58 FTP into my Amiga works, but rsh and rcp into my Amiga don't.
- 59 I can communicate with machines on my network/floor/building, but I can'tcommunicate with other machines even though they are in my inet:db/hosts file.
- amiga networking: 59 I can communicate with machines on my network/floor/building, but I can'tcommunicate with other machines even though they are in my inet:db/hosts file.
- 60 How do I configure a machine which has both an Amiga Link and an ethernetconnection so that machines on either network can see each other?
- amiga networking: 60 How do I configure a machine which has both an Amiga Link and an ethernetconnection so that machines on either network can see each other?
- 61 What do I need to run AMosaic?
- amiga networking: 61 What do I need to run AMosaic?
- 62 Is there a way to print from AMosaic using arexx?
- amiga networking: 62 Is there a way to print from AMosaic using arexx?
- 63 Having problems with "service looping" with http?
- amiga networking: 63 Having problems with
- 64 How do I connect to a news server with AMosaic?
- amiga networking: 64 How do I connect to a news server with AMosaic?
- 65 How do I access docs in AMosaic NoNet mode?
- amiga networking: 65 How do I access docs in AMosaic NoNet mode?
- 66 How do I make AMosaic appear on a custom screen?
- amiga networking: 66 How do I make AMosaic appear on a custom screen?
- 67 How do I change AMosaic's preferences?
- amiga networking: 67 How do I change AMosaic's preferences?
- 68 How to route past FireWalls? (proxies)
- amiga networking: 68 How to route past FireWalls? (proxies)
- 69 AmiTCP(AT)
- amiga networking: 69 AmiTCP(AT)
- 70 Telnet in 3.0b2 locks up my shell when I exit. Is this a bug?
- amiga networking: 70 Telnet in 3.0b2 locks up my shell when I exit. Is this a bug?
- 71 Startnet in 3.0b2 says there is "no such interface" why?
- amiga networking: 71 Startnet in 3.0b2 says there is
- 72 My provider assigns SLIP addresses dynamically. Now What?
- amiga networking: 72 My provider assigns SLIP addresses dynamically. Now What?
- 73 Where are the AmiTCP Docs? How do I install and use AmiTCP?
- amiga networking: 73 Where are the AmiTCP Docs? How do I install and use AmiTCP?
- 74 AmigaNOSFlavors
- amiga networking: 74 AmigaNOSFlavors
- 75 AmiTCP
- amiga networking: 75 AmiTCP
- 76 AmigaUUCP
- amiga networking: 76 AmigaUUCP
- 77 AmiWin
- amiga networking: 77 AmiWin
- 78 Amosaic
- amiga networking: 78 Amosaic
- 79 AS225
- amiga networking: 79 AS225
- 80 AS225r2
- amiga networking: 80 AS225r2
- 81 CrossMac
- amiga networking: 81 CrossMac
- 82 DECnet
- amiga networking: 82 DECnet
- 83 DNET
- amiga networking: 83 DNET
- 84 ENLAN-DFS
- amiga networking: 84 ENLAN-DFS
- 85 Envoy
- amiga networking: 85 Envoy
- 86 GPDial
- amiga networking: 86 GPDial
- 87 GRn
- amiga networking: 87 GRn
- 88 INET225
- amiga networking: 88 INET225
- 89 INetUtils
- amiga networking: 89 INetUtils
- 90 MaxDOS
- amiga networking: 90 MaxDOS
- 91 miami
- amiga networking: 91 miami
- 92 Mlink
- amiga networking: 92 Mlink
- 93 MunPack
- amiga networking: 93 MunPack
- 94 NCOMM
- amiga networking: 94 NCOMM
- 95 netser.device
- amiga networking: 95 netser.device
- 96 Offline-Orbit
- amiga networking: 96 Offline-Orbit
- 97 Parnet
- amiga networking: 97 Parnet
- 98 Plip
- amiga networking: 98 Plip
- 99 PPP-device
- amiga networking: 99 PPP-device
- 100 SAMBA
- amiga networking: 100 SAMBA
- 101 telser
- amiga networking: 101 telser
- 102 Termite
- amiga networking: 102 Termite
- 103 TermiteTCP
- amiga networking: 103 TermiteTCP
- 104 THOR
- amiga networking: 104 THOR
- 105 TIN
- amiga networking: 105 TIN
- 106 TorqueWare (TM)
- amiga networking: 106 TorqueWare (TM)
- 107 VLT
- amiga networking: 107 VLT
- 108 Voodoo
- amiga networking: 108 Voodoo
- 109 X11R4
- amiga networking: 109 X11R4
- 110 X11R4.3 Color Server
- amiga networking: 110 X11R4.3 Color Server
- 111 X11-Compatibility
- amiga networking: 111 X11-Compatibility
- 112 A2065
- amiga networking: 112 A2065
- 113 A4066
- amiga networking: 113 A4066
- 114 AmigaLink
- amiga networking: 114 AmigaLink
- 115 Ariadne
- amiga networking: 115 Ariadne
- 116 Hydra
- amiga networking: 116 Hydra
- 117 ICard
- amiga networking: 117 ICard
- 118 ISDN-Master
- amiga networking: 118 ISDN-Master
- 119 Hardware:
- amiga networking: 119 Hardware:
- 120 LAN Rover
- amiga networking: 120 LAN Rover
- 121 QuickNet
- amiga networking: 121 QuickNet
- 122 Manufacturers
- amiga networking: 122 Manufacturers
- 123 Related FAQs
- amiga networking: 123 Related FAQs
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