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- This post contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions \n        (and their answers) about AmiTCP/IP. It should be read by anyone\n        who wishes to post about or use AmiTCP/IP.
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-Introduction
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-This Document is the AmiTCP/IP Frequently Asked Questions and their\nanswers (I hope ;-).  I decided to create this after I got my Amiga\nconnected through AmiTCP/IP, and I found the same questions being\nasked again and again, I also found myself to be answering some of\nthem :-)\n
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-This FAQ will be posted semimonthly to: 
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-The current version of this FAQ is available via the World Wide\nWeb, in either 
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- or\n
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-If you obtain this FAQ from any source other than those listed,\nthere is a chance that it is out of date, and you should try the\nlisted sources for a current version.\n
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-I have prepared a brief description of\n
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-If you have any suggestions, queries or corrections please send email\nto 
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- and I will do my\nbest to answer it.  I hope this document is helpful to new people and\nexperienced people alike and answers some queries that they may have.\n
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-This FAQ is not a guide to TCP/IP. If you want that look for TCP/IP\nbooks in your bookstore or search the Internet for Information, which\nis where most of the information in this document came from.  Also,\nthis FAQ is also not a guide to the Internet.\n
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-I have explained briefly some of the Internet protocols but they\nare very basic explanations and I have only included them because they\nbear some relevance to AmiTCP/IP.\n
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-Throughout this FAQ, AmiTCP/IP is refered to as AmiTCP, and\n"SLIP/PPP or other dialup protocol" will commonly be referred to as\n"dialup".\n
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-This document is copyright Mike W. Meyer. Permission is granted for\nthis document to be freely distributed complete and unaltered. In\naddition, any portion of this document may be distributed on USENET,\nso long as the credits are included in any portion that includes more\nthan two answers.  For the purposes of this license, USENET is any\ndata stream or file collection which uses all documents posted to any\nnewsgroup I post this article to\n
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-The document is derived from a work that was copyright Neil J.\nMcRae.\n
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-If you screw up, it's your fault and not mine.  This information is\nprovided "as is" and any damage occuring to you or your equipment is\nyour own fault.  Neil J. McRae and Mike W. Meyer disclaim any\nliability of any kind for damages that may occur from use of the\ninformation within this FAQ.\n
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-Mike W. Meyer also disclaims any liability as to the informations\naccuracy.  While much effort has gone into providing accurate data,\nthere is no guarantee. 
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-Neil J. McRae deserves much credit for creating and maintaining\nversion 1 of this document.\n
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-Just a few thanks to a few people who helped me in some way while\ncreating this document.\n
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-I'd like to thank the 
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-Pekka Pessi
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-Jarno Rajahalme
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-Markus Peuhkuri
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-Thanks for doing this, guys! Keep up the good work on AmiTCP.\n
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-And thanks also to:\n
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-Oliver Smith
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-Michael B. Smith
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-Jake Dias
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-James R Grinter
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-Graham Walter
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-Wyrd Synapse
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-Leslie Orchard
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-Dan Murrell Jnr.
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-Matthew Zeier
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-Douglas Scott
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-Demon Internet
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-AmiTCP is a set of programs that enables an Amiga to connect to a\nTCP/IP network.  AmiTCP lets the user use commands such as ftp and telnet\nfrom an Amiga.  AmiTCP also lets remote users connect to your\nmachine from other TCP/IP hosts.  AmiTCP is a TCP/IP protocol stack\nfor implementing basic Internet protocols on top of any SANA-II\nnetwork device driver, such as one for SLIP or ethernet. AmiTCP can be\nconfigured to let other users connect and login or transfer files from\nyour computer.
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-AmiTCP is available from several places:\nAny Aminet mirror: ftp.wustl.edu, ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.luth.se.\nAnd from ftp.demon.co.uk and ftp.funet.fi via Anonymous FTP.
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-The documentation is available in several formats 
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-AmiTCP-dvA-20.lha  DVI A4 page size
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-\nAmiTCP-dvL-20.lha  DVI US Letter page size
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-\nAmiTCP-psA-20.lha  Postscript A4 Page Size (recommended =>300 DPI printers)
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-\nAmiTCP-psL-20.lha  Postscript US Letter Page Size (again =>300 DPI printers)
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-\nAmiTCP-txt-20.lha  Docs in ASCII text format
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-The latest release of AmiTCP is the AmiTCP 4.3.
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-An Amiga running AmigaDOS 2 or greater and some form of connection to\na network, such as a modem for a serial connection or an ethernet card\nfor an ethernet connection.  See the FAQ 
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-You need the following information:
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-NOTE: This information should be sought from your network provider or\nyour System/Network Administrator.
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-An IP address allocated for your Amiga.\nFor example  my IP address is 140.174.197.1.
?/LI
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-\nA destination IP address (this only applies if you are using a "point\nto point" protocol such as most dialup protocols).\nUsually the destination IP address is the address of the equipment you\nconnect to. 
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-\nA netmask for you network (usually this only applies for a network such as\nan ethernet or if you are connected to several networks).\nIf you are connected via a single dialup connection, such as SLIP or\nPPP,  use  a netmask of 255.255.255.254.\nNote: If you only have the one connection, like most of us, the netmask\nis purely irrelevant.
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-\nA name for your Amiga (also know a nodename or hostname). My\nhostname is contessa.
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-\nA domain name. The domain name is usually your providers network\nname, but isn't always. For example, mine is "mired.org".
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- address of a domain name server. My\nnameserver is 140.174.153.100. This is used to convert text addresses\n(extinct.mail.list) into numeric addresses (140.174.197.1). If you\ndon't have access to a name server, you will\nhave to use numeric (or dotted-decimal) IP addresses to connect to\nother hosts, or add regularly used addresses to your AmiTCP:db/hosts\nfile.  If you have access to a Unix machine, you can copy their\n"/etc/hosts" file.  You are strongly advised to use a nameserver if you\nhave access to one, as this saves disk space, and will save you many\nbundles of hair when your favourite host changes it's 
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-\nThe default gateway address. If you use ethernet, this is normally the\naddress of your router (the machine with connections to the outside\nworld). If you  use a dialup protocol, this is normally the\nsame as your destination address. If TCP/IP doesn't have specific\ninformation on where to send data, it will send it to the default\ngateway. For example, if your sending mail to your Auntie in New Zealand, \nmail will pass trough this address :-)
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-The "Domain names to search" are the domain names which are appended\nto a given host name on the search.  If you have a name "foo" and the\ndomain names to search are "bar.edu" and "zip.zop" then \n"foo.bar.edu" is tried first, and if that fails, "foo.zip.zop" is\ntried next.  If the name to search includes the domain part, it is\nsearched as it is.
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-The only other freely available TCP/IP stack is AmigaNOS.
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- is the one Shareware stack optimized for serial lines\nusing either PPP or SLIP. It will not work in other environments. It\nis available from Aminet.
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-Commercial versions of AS225R2 are avaliable through a number of\nvendors. Two are:
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-\n43191 Camino Casillas
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-\nTemecula, CA 92592
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-\nUSA
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-\n909-699-8120
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-Canadian Prototype Replicas
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-\nP.O. Box 8
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-\nBreslau, Ontario  Canada  N0B 1M0
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-\n(519) 884-4412
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-\nContact: Allan M. Purtle
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-[Contact information for others greatly appreciated!]
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-A second commercial stack - TermiteTCP is also available. It is from\n
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-There is also AS225r1, which was sold together with the Commodore\nArnet and ethernet board, but it requires a Commodore Arcnet/Ethernet\nboard.  This is not SANA-II compatible, does not drive SLIP or PPP,\nand does not use DNS. It may not be possible to find as a new item.
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-Other tools for connecting an Amiga to the internet include DNET and\nAmigaUnixWindows.  These and AmigaNOS are available on Aminet.
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-TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.\nTCP/IP is a protocol that allows any system on a network to talk\n"directly" to any other system, by passing packets of information back and\nforth.  TCP/IP (and its later relative OSI) is usually used over\nnetworks built on top of Ethernet, Token-Ring, Starlan and other LANS.\nThe Internet uses TCP/IP.
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-The Internet grew out of a US government funded project in\ninter-computer communications that grew into an enormous network of\nsystems.  One of the principle characteristics of this network is that\nmachines are addressed by domain names which identify the destination,\nrather than addresses that are constructed out of the route from\nmachine to machine to machine.
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-CSLIP is an extension of the SLIP protocol, which reduces the typical\nTCP/IP packet-overhead of 40 bytes per packet to 3 or 5 bytes by\n"remembering" a number of active connections, not resending\nunused fields, and only sending changes to the headers.  Since a\ncompression algorithm is not used, it does not impair any compression\nadded by your modem, and thus presents a significant improvement in\npacket throughput!  CSLIP gives much better response in interactive\napplications such as Telnet.  (Thanks Oliver and Markus)
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-If your providers don't have SLIP, or if you are your provider, and\nyou don't have SLIP, it is publically available.  Ask you System\nAdministrator for more information.
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-Existing AmiTCP CSLIP drivers will only use CSLIP if it is available\non the remote end. Otherwise they will gracefully degrade to using\nordinary SLIP.
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-For a detailed description of SLIP and CSLIP consult a book on TCP/IP\nprotocols.  There is a SLIP faq available in comp.protocols.tcp-ip\nnewsgroup.
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-SLIP is described in RFC 1055.\nCSLIP is described in RFCs 1055 & 1144
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-What is PPP?  \n
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-PPP is Point to Point Protocol, another way of connecting to\nyour network. It is a more robust protocol than SLIP, and addresses\nmany of SLIP's weaknesses.  However it is much more difficult than\nSLIP to implement, but the advantage over SLIP make it the serial\nprotocol of the future. (this is my opinion ;-)
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-For a detailed description of PPP consult a book on TCP/IP or\nget the PPP faq available via 
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-anonymous FTP.
)LINK
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-PPP is described in RFCs 1332, 1333, 1334, 1376, 1377, 1552, 1570,\n1598, 1619,1638 and 1663 phew!
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-A SANA-II PPP driver is available from 
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(LINK
-Aminet.
)LINK
- This is a non\nregistered version. A shareware version with many more features is\nalso on Aminet but requires a key file, which you must pay the author\n$15. Consult the documentation for more details on this.
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-What is Ethernet?\n
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-(thanks to 
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-A coaxial cable local area network first described by Metcalfe & Boggs\nof Xerox PARC in 1976.  Specified by DEC, INTEL & XEROX (DIX), it's now\nrecognised as the industry standard.  Data is broken into packets, and\npackets are transmitted using the CSMA/CD algorithm until they arrive\nat the destination without colliding with any other.
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-The coaxial cable form of ethernet is commonly called 10Base2 or\nthinnet. Other forms included a twisted pair cable with modular plugs\nknows as 10BaseT, which is currently more popular than 10Base2.\n10Base% connets to a hub instead of along a line. An even older form\nof cable is a half-inch shielded cable known as thicknet.
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-Ethernet usage is described in lots of RFCs.  Read the index if you're\nthat keen to find out.
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-What is an RFC?\n
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-RFCs are documents that are used to define the Internet standards.\nRFC stands for Request For Comments.
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-De facto: Requirement For Conformance. (thanks Michael)
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-RFC are available from many FTP sites including 
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-ftp.wustl.edu,
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-ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk
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- and 
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-ftp.demon.co.uk.
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-NIC
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- is the official place in\nthe United States.  
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-UUNet
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- is the\nbest connected place to get them in the USA.
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-The file "rfc-index.txt" (which should be available on every RFC\nrepository) contains an index of all published RFC's
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-What is NFS?\n
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-(From the Sun NFS documentation:)\nNFS is a network file system developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.  The\nSun Network Filesystem (NFS) protocol provides transparent remote\naccess to shared filesystems over local area networks.  The NFS\nprotocol is designed to be machine, operating system, network\narchitecture, and transport protocol independent.
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-For a detailed description of NFS, consult a TCP/IP book.
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-The NFS Client by Carsten Heyl is included info the AmiTCP\ndistribution. See the ch_nfs documentation in AmiTCP:help.
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-There is also an Amiga to Amiga NetFS implemetation that is included\nwith AmiTCP.  This is NOT NFS but lets the Amiga share other Amiga's\nDisk Drives.
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-What is a domain name server, and how do I get one?\n
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-A domain name server (DNS), put simply, is a massive address book of the\nInternet, It enables the user to use hostnames while not having the hostname\nlisted in their Amitcp:db/hosts file.
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-A partial named implementation is on ftp.demon.co.uk. However, as someone who\nhas set up his own name server, I would recommend that you use someone\nelse's. :-) DNS is quite a complex system, and unless you are running a\nmassive network, you don't really need your own.
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-Where is the list of AmiTCP applications?\n
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-These are available from 
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-gopher
)LINK
- and 
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-the World Wide\nWeb
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-Updates to this list should be mailed to 
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-What mail and news clients can I use with AmiTCP?\n
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-One package is INetUtils by Michael B. Smith. I use these and I\nrecommend them to all.  These utilities work as drop in commands for\nAUUCP and let you use UUCP compatible newsreaders such as TIN and UUCP\ncompatible mail readers such as AmigaELM.  The faq was posted to\nUSENET using InetUtils.
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-GRn is also available for AMITCP, which allows direct connection with\nyour news server.
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-AmiPOP by Scott Ellis is also included with InetUtils for users who\ncan connect to POP mail servers.
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-Pine is a port of a standalone mail and news system written for Unix.
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-All the above mentioned programs are available on Aminet in one of the\n
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-news,
)LINK
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-mail
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-net
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- directories.
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-Also Gnus can be used with GNU Emacs (albeit a tad slow)\nfor reading news. Mail with emacs still requires an external\ntransport unit such as InetUtils.  Gnus was one of the first\napplications used to test AmiTCP.
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- is a\nvery popular package that does both mail and news.
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-Is there an IRC client for AmiTCP?\011\n
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-There is one written Emacs LISP, which requires Emacs.  This is\navailable from kampi.hut.fi. However, there are some functions that\ncause normal irc clients to display error messages (so if people moan\nat you you know why :-) :-) Emacs is available on Aminet.
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-The Grapevine Amiga IRC works with AmiTCP. It has a nice graphic\ninterface and DCC su. The latest version is available on the support\nsite, ftp.cryogenic.com. on AmiNet, but the support site is\nalways current.
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-AmIRC
)LINK
- is\nanother possibility. 
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-What is NapsaTerm used for?\n
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-Napsaterm is an rlogin program which can emulate a VT terminal.  It\nlets you login to a host that uses the rlogin protocol, Napsaterm 38.b\nnow also is now a telnet client. Consult the NapsaTerm documentation for more\ninformation.
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-NB: If you wish to specify a port number for telnet, use the -s\ncommand; e.g.
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-1.> telnet auntie.bbcnc.org.uk 9999
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-is replaced with
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-1.> napsaterm -d TELNET -s 9999 auntie.bbcnc.org.uk 
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-Yes, tnserv on Aminet. However it is an active daemon and also\ndoes not use the AmiTCP passwd file for password information.
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-If you need a telnetd that uses the AmiTCP or MUFS passwords,\ncheck out ttyhandler.lha on Aminet.
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-Do I need MultiUser?\n
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-No. However, MultiUser is very handy if you plan to have your\nmachine on the net all the time. Unfortunately, MultiUser and AmiTCP\ndon't use the same format for the password file.
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-There is a replacement for usergroup.library that uses the MultiUser\npassword file. It may be found on in the 
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-util/libs directorory on\nAminet.
)LINK
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-MultiUser is on Aminet.
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-I thought Emacs was just a text editor. I've seen it mentioned in\na few posts. What is it used for?\n
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-Emacs is the GOD of all editors :-).  It has its own programming\nlanguage that lets the user run programs on it.  Emacs has gopher, IRC\nand WWW programs that can be used with AmiTCP.  Emacs includes Gnus for news\nreading.
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-Where can I find more programs for use with AmiTCP?\n
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-Aminet is always the place to look, usually in the comm\ndirectory, Also look in 
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-comm/tcp directory on\ndemon
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- this site dedicated to the Internet.
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-Also look in the applications list available via\n
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-gopher
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-World Wide\nWeb.
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-I think I found a bug in AmiTCP. What should I do?\n
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-Check it in the 
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-c.s.a.networking\nnewsgroup
)LINK
- before taking it to the authors; make sure they spend\ntheir time working on our beloved AmiTCP, rather than repeatedly\nanswering the same questions by mail.
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-Then once you are SURE that it is a bug and you can reproduce it\nseveral times mail 
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-the AmiTCP\nbugs list
)LINK
- giving as much information regarding your hardware\nand software setup as possible, with an accurate description of the\nbug and the steps needed to take show the bug's performance ;-)
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-What does "resource allocation failure" mean?\n
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-(Thanks Oliver)
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-This means your particular SANA-II Driver (RHCSlip, GWCSlip, Slip, PPP)\ncannot fire itself up; this can often be due to an error in your\nconfiguration file (usually in (env|envarc):sana2 ...  slip0.config or\nppp0.config or similar) or may be that some resource on which the\ndriver relies (e.g.  serial.device) is missing, wrongly configured or\nnot working.  With GWCSlip this is usually because you've omitted\nsomething like the "DialScript=AmiTCP:DB/DialScript" parameter.
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-What is the problem with SLIP and the A2232 board?\n
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-The problem is with EOFMODE.  The A2232 does not handle this feature\nproperly.  The rhcslip.device V38.8 or 38.9 works also with A2232.\nAvailible from Aminet.
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-I get a message "could not open serial device unit 0" when I run\nAmiTCP after I connect to my SLIP server.  I tried quitting Term\nbut my connection to my server is terminated.\na) Why is this?, b) How can I fix it? and c) How do I stay online?\n
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-a)\nThere are many reasons for this problem.  The most common is that the\nserial device in use by another program, for example your comms\npackage.  (Term, Terminus etc).  If you are using a terminal package\nto dial into your TCP/IP server this will give this error.  And your\nmodem is not set to ignore DTR, so when you quit term the modem hangs\nup the phone, thus ending your Connection.
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-b) \nThere are many solutions to avoid this problem.  I am going to suggest\n2.  The first is to use the Dial in arexx script that in on Aminet,\nthis automates the entire connection process, Arexx is used to dial up\nyour Server enter your account details and startup AmiTCP when it has\nconnected and logged in.  The script is very flexible and also handles\nDynamic IP assign, you may need to modify the script depending on your\nsetup, however this is a very straightforward process.
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-The script is available from 
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- Aminet.
)LINK
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-Also there is another dialer program caller dialer.  This program acts\nas a go between serial.device and your PPP/SLIP driver.  This program\ndials up your hosts and logs the user in and then puts the SANA-II\ndriver online.  This is available from 
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-A similar type program is gwcslip, by Graham Walter. This is\na CSLIP SANA-II driver which dials into your host. It works very much like\nto the above program. This program is available from 
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-Demon
)LINK
- in gwslip#?.lha.\nLook for the revision number which is part of the filename.
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-c)\nThe other is to set you modem to ignore DTR.  For most modems,\n"AT&D0" will work; if it doesn't, consult your modem manual. After\ndoing that, start your terminal program, dial into your server, login\nin as normal and issue what commands you need to start up your TCP/IP\nconnection (e.g.  sliplogin).  When you have started up your serving\nprogram QUIT your terminal program leaving the call running and THEN\nstart AmiTCP by executing AmiTCP:bin/startnet
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-NOTE: You 
?EM
-must
?/EM
- ensure that the baud rate your terminal program is\nusing is the 
?EM
-same as
?/EM
- the baud rate you have configured your\nSLIP/CSLIP/PPP driver to use.
?EM
-\nPlease
?/EM
-, remember to set your baud rate to the configuration file of\nthe SANA-II device driver you are using. See the documentation inluded\nwith your SANA-II driver for more information on this file.
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-Can I use AmiTCP with a dynamic IP address?\n
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-Yes.  You can use the Arexx script on Aminet or follow the above steps,\nbut before you start AmiTCP you must change your startnet script to\nyour assigned IP number.  This goes for any other dynamic addresses\n(such as your hostname).
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-Also, the PPP driver on Aminet has special options for connecting to\ndialup hosts. Consult the excellent documentation within the archive.
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-I  have  connected  to  my host fine but I cannot connect to any hosts\noutside my University or Network.  How can I fix this?\n
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-This is a routing problem. Add a route to your default\ngateway using the command:
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-AmiTCP:bin/route add default your.default.gateways.number
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-140.174.153.10 is my default gateway.  Ask your system administrator for\nthis number.  This command should be already in your startnet script\nif you have followed the Install procedure correctly.
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-This could also be because of a firewall (the IP traffic from your\nhosts is not passed to the Internet). Your Network provider will be\nable to give you more information on this. 
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-How can I see what's happening with my network connection?\n
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-The command AmiTCP:bin/netstat will show you all the active\nconnections to your machine, where they are from, and which port\nthey are connected to.  For example, if you have a connection to port 25,\nyour Amiga is getting new mail.
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-AmigaELM uses the HOSTNAME but AmiTCP seems to want the fully\nqualified domain name. How can I resolve this problem? (Thanks to Jarno and Michael)\n
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-You could probably set the variable to "name only", since AmiTCP/IP\nitself does not use the variable at all.  Some application programs\n(such as e-mail) might have problems, though.  The current\nstandard on the various Unix versions is that the HOSTNAME is\nthe fully qualified host name (with the domain).
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-AmiTCP 3.0 and 4.0 fix this by implementing the gethostname() function\ndifferently (the name is taken from the name server/host database\ninstead of the HOSTNAME variable if possible).
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-What is the WaitForPort command in bin/startnet doing?\n
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-The purpose of the WaitForPort command in bin/startnet is to\nprevent execution of the forthcoming commands before AmiTCP has fully\ninitialized itself. WaitForPort is part of the Rexx package that was\nbundled with AmigaDOS 2.0 and later, and can be found in sys:rexxc.
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-Before you do anything else, get IP address(es) for the other hosts\nfrom your service provider. Your service provider has to arrange to\nsend packets for those IP addresses to your Amiga, so that it can\nforward them to the appropriate hosts. Unless your provider is\nforwarding those packets to your Amiga, nothing else will work, so\ndon't even try. Note that your provider is not obligated to provide\nthis service to you, unless you have a contract that says they are.\nSome providers will refuse to do so.
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-Next, install TCP/IP on your other hosts. The default gateway address\nshould be the IP address of the gateway Amiga (the one that is\nconnected to the external SLIP line). For a SLIP connection, the\ndestination IP address should also be the gateway Amiga.
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-Finally, configure the gateway Amiga. For SLIP interfaces, you can use\nthe same IP address for each line, with the destination address being\nthe address of the host on the other end of the line. Presumably,\nyou're going to use the same SLIP driver, so configure the second\ninterface similar to the first, changing only the device name and unit\nnumber. You may want to turn off carrier detect. Copy the ifconfig\nline in amitcp:bin/startnet, changing the destination IP address and\nSLIP device and unit to the values for the SLIP connection you are\nadding.  Last - but not least - edit amitcp:db/amitcp.config to set\ngateway=YES instead of NO.
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-Assuming that everything was done properly - by both you and your\nnetwork provider - you should be able to reboot the gateway and\ninternal machines, and have everything work. Testing should proceed\nalong the same lines as setting up an initial SLIP line: make sure\nyour machines can talk to each other, then try talking to the first\nexternal destination, then try reaching the internet at large.
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-The most likely reason is that you are using SLIP and your\nprovider is using CSLIP, or vice versa. Traceroute uses the same\npacket type as ping, an ICMP packet. These aren't compressed on a\nCSLIP line, and so work properly. Other IP packets will be compressed,\nand will fail.
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-First, you must understand that "bsdsocket.library" is a library\nthat is created within the operating system by the AmiTCP program.  It\nis not loaded from LIBS: and it is not a separate file.  So, if you\nget the message that a program can not open bsdsocket.library, that\nmeans that AmiTCP is not running.  It may have failed to load, or may\nhave been unloaded.
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-Another possibility is that in the startnet command file, the command\n"WaitForPort AMITCP" didn't run.  In startnet, right after the command\n"run AmiTCP:AmiTCP" is the WaitForPort command, which ensures that\nAmiTCP can finish setting up before the script goes on.  If you don't\nhave Workbench:Rexxc in your search path, or don't have the file\nWaitForPort, that command might fail, and the script will charge\nahead, and execute a command before AmiTCP has created\nbsdsocket.library (See the FAQ 
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-SANA-II is the software interface between AmiTCP and your network\ninterface.  There are freely available SANA-II drivers for SLIP.\nCSLIP, the A2060 card and the A2065 card and PPP.  If you are\npurchasing a card to connect your Amiga to a network such as Ethernet,\nmake sure that the card has a SANA-II driver if you want to\nuse AmiTCP with the card.
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-The SANA-II is the standard Amiga network device driver specification\nreleased by Commodore-Amiga.  The SANA-II specification is available\non the Aminet, fish disks and other forums.\n(Thanks Jarno)
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-My internet provider offers SLIP accounts for a small\nextra charge. If I change my account to a SLIP account, can I still\naccess it the "old" way, in case I just want to quickly check my mail\nor something?\n
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-The only people who can answer that are your Network providers.
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-(thanks Markus :)
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-These are available in 
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-Your best option is to post to USENET in the\ncomp.sys.amiga.networking newsgroup.  Include as much information as\npossible, what system your running, what version of AmiTCP your\nrunning, and what the problem is.  The more info you give the better the\nchance you have of your question being answered.  Alternatively mail\n
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-This is of course after you have read all the AmiTCP documentation and\nany additional documentation that comes with the software that you use\n:-)
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-[Authors note: I'm including both commercial and non-commercial\nreferences, along with how to find either them or more information.\nThis is not an endorsement, merely a pointer to more information.]
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-For information on Mosaic and World Wide Web software on the Amiga,\nsee 
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-Multilink (normally MLink) functions somewhat like TIA, but uses it's\nown protocol with replacement stacks, with source available for the\nUnix end. If you're considering TIA, you might want to look at 
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-"Connect Your Amiga! A Guide to the Internet, LANs, BBSs and Online\nServices," by Dale L. Larson. ISBN 1-885876-02-5, US$24.95. For more info:
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