CompuServe Thread

#How do I use Mosaic?

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#195873From: Kevin ShaferMay 6, 1995 1:24 AM
OK. This is it. I finally decided to hook up to WWW. Now, just one minor question: HOW? I have Amiga Mosaic (all three- AmiTCP, DNET, and NONET). I have AmiTCP 3.whatever it is. I have DNET 3.whatever it is. How do I get all these numbers it wants me to enter (130.223.161.50) etc…? If you haven't noticed, I'll tell you: I don't know anything about this… Any help would be appreciated. Thanx.
#195939From: Clay SpenceMay 6, 1995 4:15 PM
You only need the AmiTCP version of AMosaic. You also need PPP, which is in the libraries in this forum. You might also want to download the file PPPHLP.LHA (it's some thing very similar to that), which contains a thorough description of a working set-up. Install PPP *first*, following it's directions carefully. The PPP installation instructions contain information you'll need to install (or re-install) AmiTCP. Then install the AmiTCP version of AMosaic. Good luck! Clay
#196148From: Kevin ShaferMay 8, 1995 8:08 AM
Thanks. Tried it and it crashed my HD. Will try it again once its reconstructed…
#196217From: Clay SpenceMay 8, 1995 7:05 PM
Oops. I know it's not my fault (at least, I think so), but I'm sorry it happened anyway. Clay
#196246From: Kevin ShaferMay 8, 1995 10:02 PM
No, not your fault. I think my drive is just getting old 8) Anyway, I tried it. I have PPP downloaded into DH0:PPP/ I moved the PPP/Devs to SYS:Devs/ and the SANAII driver into the Networks/ directory in Devs/. I installed AmiTCP as described in PPPHLP.TXT. I had the installer update my user-startup file. Now, when I run startnet, I get the following: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface add host KShafer.compuserve.com: gateway localhost: Network is unreachable add net default: gateway 0.0.0.0: Network is unreachable I really am at a loss: I'm not all that sure what I'm doing (Never thought I'd say that about computers 8) Any suggestions you have would be _greatly_ appreciated. Kevin
#196352From: Clay SpenceMay 9, 1995 8:45 PM
>>I moved the PPP/Devs to SYS:Devs/ and the SANAII driver into the Networks/ directory in Devs/.<< I'm not sure, but it sounds funny. I may just misunderstand. When I type "dir DEVS:" in a shell window, I get a sub-directory called "Networks", among other things. When I type "dir DEVS:Networks", I get "ppp.device" only. I imagine it doesn't hurt to have other things there, but that's all I have, and it works. >>KShafer.compuserve.com<< I'm just guessing, as I don't really understand these things. (Gotta buy Dale's book.) Did you give your computer this as a hostname? You shouldn't have added the ".compuserve.com" to the hostname, if you did that. If the software is adding it, I don't know what's going on. >>I'm not all that sure what I'm doing (Never thought I'd say that about computers 8)<< Network stuff is apparently very different from single-computer software. This isn't at all straightforward. Try those things. You might double-check your startnet script against the one listed in PPPHLP.txt. Or, you can execute the lines in your startnet script manually, one-by-one, to see where the error occurs. The best of all worlds, of course, will occur if someone else says "Oh, yeah, you need to do this: …" Good luck! Clay