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Old 12-17-2010, 06:52 AM   #1
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Default A1200 Wireless network card
Howdy,

I'm close to putting in a decent sized order to Amigakit and was thinking of adding a wireless network adapter for the A1200 while I was at it. It would make getting WHDLoad slaved onto the machine much easier along with playing Dynamite and browsing Amiga.org.

Does anyone have any experience with this card?

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=121

how easy it is to set up to my wireless network, what sort of performance do you get from these PCMCIA cards etc?

Thanks,

Robert
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Old 12-17-2010, 07:26 AM   #2
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Default Re: A1200 Wireless network card
Assuming it's a prism2 compatible card (I don't know of any others for Amiga) it should work well, a non-AmigaKit solution would be slightly trickier to set up (no GUI like the one they include.) I've never used that particular card, though.

One thing to keep in mind, they only support WEP encryption (unless something big happened since the last time I looked.)
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Old 12-17-2010, 07:47 AM   #3
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a non-AmigaKit solution would be slightly trickier to set up (no GUI like the one they include.)
Except if you happen to be familiar with some other stacks. Genesis and Miami do have pretty good GUIs anyway Wireless is as easy to set up in TCP/IP stacks as wired ones too. Only difference will be one extra line on user-startup for wireless init.
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Old 12-17-2010, 08:36 AM   #4
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Only difference will be one extra line on user-startup for wireless init.
Right, and it's amazing how many people don't want to be bothered adding this manually! Probably because it requires reading the documentation.
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Old 12-17-2010, 08:52 AM   #5
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I wrote a step by step guide, its sticky over at EAB:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=52235
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Old 12-17-2010, 08:58 AM   #6
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Right, and it's amazing how many people don't want to be bothered adding this manually! Probably because it requires reading the documentation.
Docu-men-what?!?

I think I have an allergy against that.
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Old 12-17-2010, 01:10 PM   #7
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From checking the box of my router, it supports both WPA-PSK and WEP. How can I find out which one of the two is currently being used though?
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Either log on to the router, or if you're currently connected wirelessly, take a look at the wireless network configuration.
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Sorry, you're dealing with a total spaz here. How do I log onto the router? I'm currently using a desktop XP machine connected to the router by cable.
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Oo. Router manual would be a good resource. Generally you access it in your web browser at http://192.168.1.1 but it should require a username and password.
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Oh, those scary docs and manuals
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Oo. Router manual would be a good resource. Generally you access it in your web browser at http://192.168.1.1 but it should require a username and password.
Mine is http://192.168.0.254 default pass is admin+admin. And of course proxy off from Internet settings of the browser.
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Old 12-18-2010, 12:36 AM   #13
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Personally, I'd rather use a wired card connected to some kind of WAP. Beats degrading your wireless network to WEP.
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Lets say the most used addresses then, if nothing of these work, then consult your manual or check your settings for default gateway

http://192.168.0.1
http://192.168.0.254
http://192.168.1.1
http://192.168.1.254

Usual default login is admin/admin...
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