Ethernec Config

[Goochman]

Folks,

 

I got one of the original NE2000 Ethernec cartridge port network cards a fwe years back. I believe its a serial adaptor with Rj45 and BNC connections on it (The network card portion has its own case with what appears to be a serial connector) - anyhow, its not one of the ISA card designs.

 

I got this to work with STinG and FTP originally but since then have had no luck. The POWER light shows green but I never see anything on the ACTIVITY light.

 

I believe the files I need to worry about are:

ROUTE.TAB

and

DEFAULT.CFG

 

The pictures and directions Ive seen have all showed 192.168.255.1 as the IP address - Im not sure if this is required or optional - should be optional?

 

Anyhow - here are my network details - if someone could help me configure these files I would appreciate it:

 

DHCP Router is located at 192.168.100.1

Subnetmask is 255.255.255.0

Starting IP address is 192.168.100.100

 

(This is from the router which connections to my cable modem)

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS IP Address: 192.168.1.1

 

 

Here is my Routing Table:

Destination LAN IP Subnet Mask Gateway Interface

192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 LAN & Wireless

192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 WAN (Internet)

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 WAN (Internet)

[+DarkLord]

Folks,

 

I got one of the original NE2000 Ethernec cartridge port network cards a fwe years back. I believe its a serial adaptor with Rj45 and BNC connections on it (The network card portion has its own case with what appears to be a serial connector) - anyhow, its not one of the ISA card designs.

 

I got this to work with STinG and FTP originally but since then have had no luck. The POWER light shows green but I never see anything on the ACTIVITY light.

 

I believe the files I need to worry about are:

ROUTE.TAB

and

DEFAULT.CFG

 

The pictures and directions Ive seen have all showed 192.168.255.1 as the IP address - Im not sure if this is required or optional - should be optional?

 

Anyhow - here are my network details - if someone could help me configure these files I would appreciate it:

 

DHCP Router is located at 192.168.100.1

Subnetmask is 255.255.255.0

Starting IP address is 192.168.100.100

 

(This is from the router which connections to my cable modem)

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS IP Address: 192.168.1.1

 

 

Here is my Routing Table:

Destination LAN IP Subnet Mask Gateway Interface

192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 LAN & Wireless

192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 WAN (Internet)

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 WAN (Internet)

 

Gooch, I posted those 2 pictures over at AtariForum, and I'm not sure now they were

correct. I think I just had saved them from someone else, as an example.

 

The relevant portion of my later posts would be from my DEFAULT.CFG file. Here is the

part that makes it "go":

 

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 EtherNet 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.104 255.255.255.0 EtherNet 0.0.0.0

 

Where 192.168.0.1 is the address to my DLink router. Its the gateway.

192.168.0.104 is the address to my Mega ST with the EtherNEC.

 

I know these 2 settings work for me because I'm still using them with

my Lantronix UDS1100 for telnet services with my BBS. We get 40-50 callers

a month on average.

 

Hope this helps, and apologies if those 2 pictures lead you wrong.

[Goochman]

Folks,

 

I got one of the original NE2000 Ethernec cartridge port network cards a fwe years back. I believe its a serial adaptor with Rj45 and BNC connections on it (The network card portion has its own case with what appears to be a serial connector) - anyhow, its not one of the ISA card designs.

 

I got this to work with STinG and FTP originally but since then have had no luck. The POWER light shows green but I never see anything on the ACTIVITY light.

 

I believe the files I need to worry about are:

ROUTE.TAB

and

DEFAULT.CFG

 

The pictures and directions Ive seen have all showed 192.168.255.1 as the IP address - Im not sure if this is required or optional - should be optional?

 

Anyhow - here are my network details - if someone could help me configure these files I would appreciate it:

 

DHCP Router is located at 192.168.100.1

Subnetmask is 255.255.255.0

Starting IP address is 192.168.100.100

 

(This is from the router which connections to my cable modem)

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS IP Address: 192.168.1.1

 

 

Here is my Routing Table:

Destination LAN IP Subnet Mask Gateway Interface

192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 LAN & Wireless

192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 WAN (Internet)

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 WAN (Internet)

 

Gooch, I posted those 2 pictures over at AtariForum, and I'm not sure now they were

correct. I think I just had saved them from someone else, as an example.

 

The relevant portion of my later posts would be from my DEFAULT.CFG file. Here is the

part that makes it "go":

 

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 EtherNet 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.104 255.255.255.0 EtherNet 0.0.0.0

 

Where 192.168.0.1 is the address to my DLink router. Its the gateway.

192.168.0.104 is the address to my Mega ST with the EtherNEC.

 

I know these 2 settings work for me because I'm still using them with

my Lantronix UDS1100 for telnet services with my BBS. We get 40-50 callers

a month on average.

 

Hope this helps, and apologies if those 2 pictures lead you wrong.

 

Is that in the ROUTE.TAB file or DEFAULT.CFG? THose look like lines in the ROUTE file?

[Goochman]

Im afraid my card doesnt work - almost impossible to tell, but I can ping the IP address I have set on the ST - does that mean the network card is responding?

[+DarkLord]

Is that in the ROUTE.TAB file or DEFAULT.CFG? THose look like lines in the ROUTE file?

 

Both. Those lines are in both files - but the ones in the ROUTE.TAB file are separated

by tabs - and they have to be exact.

[Goochman]

Ok - Route.tab seperate by TAB - Default.cfg seperate by spaces?

[+DarkLord]

Ok - Route.tab seperate by TAB - Default.cfg seperate by spaces?

 

As far as I can remember - I know those files were very picky about being

just the way they are. One space or tab wrong, and it wouldn't work.

 

Those links to the pages that walk you through the setup (I think someone

posted them at AtariForum)...if you've not visited them and gone over them,

I surely would.

[Goochman]

Darklord - can you show me where in teh DEFAULT.CFG file these lines exist:

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 EtherNet 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.104 255.255.255.0 EtherNet 0.0.0.0

 

I cant find where I would put these?

[+DarkLord]

Darklord - can you show me where in teh DEFAULT.CFG file these lines exist:

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 EtherNet 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.104 255.255.255.0 EtherNet 0.0.0.0

 

I cant find where I would put these?

 

Argh, my apologies - got those mixed up = its in the ROUTE.TAB file.

 

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 EtherNet 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.104 255.255.255.0 EtherNet 0.0.0.0

 

<edit>

and for some reason, when I post it, there are no tab spaces between the entries,

but there really are, looks like 1 space, 1 tab in some, and 2 tabs in others. You

should check the original unedited file to see how its set.

Edited October 9, 2009 by DarkLord

[Goochman]

I was finally able to move my old FTP'd backup from my PC to my ST tonight and the original configuration worked - for some reason the new version of the XCONTROL panel doesnt work with my Ethernec card - the MAC address in my version you have to configure manually - the new version it detects it automatically, except it wont detect mine correctly.

 

So I am able to ping once again and have plenty of HD space now

[+DarkLord]

I was finally able to move my old FTP'd backup from my PC to my ST tonight and the original configuration worked - for some reason the new version of the XCONTROL panel doesnt work with my Ethernec card - the MAC address in my version you have to configure manually - the new version it detects it automatically, except it wont detect mine correctly.

 

So I am able to ping once again and have plenty of HD space now

 

Well, I'm glad you got it going.