* Copyrights See the file `COPYRIGHTS' for the copyright information of the AmiTCP/IP and included material. * License The GNU General Public License version 2 (see the file `COPYING') applies to the whole distribution, except for files explicitly stated in the file `COPYRIGHTS'. * This Release We still consider the release 2 (version 2.0) as a `beta' version, that is, there might still be some bugs left and some details will certainly change. * How to Contact the Authors? Authors of the AmiTCP/IP can be reached from the e-mail address AmiTCP-Group@hut.fi The e-mail address for bug reports is: AmiTCP-Bug@hut.fi There is also a mailing list for the developers, AmiTCP@hut.fi. You can join it by sending a request to: AmiTCP-Request@hut.fi Please include a word `ADD' along with your mail address in a single line in your message body. Any problems and suggestions can also be discussed in the newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.datacomm. * About the FTP and Telnet Clients The FTP and Telnet clients included in the binary distribution are supplied by: Mark Tomlinson Goeff McCaughan You are should send your comments about FTP and Telnet to them. Source code for these two programs can be found from the Aminet under the directory comm/net. * How to Install AmiTCP/IP: You should not install the current version on top of any older version. If your disk space allows, leave the old version on the disk and delete it when you have the new version up and running. Extract first the distribution archives (AmiTCP_xxx_20.lha) to some directory in your hard disk (e.g. WORK:). Before you proceed, you should get the following information from your network administration (if you don't have the information, you have to modify your network database afterwards): * Internet protocol address for your computer. This is a 32 bit integer represented as a series of decimal numbers separated by dots. For example, 130.233.161.40 is a legal internet address. * If you have a point-to-point connection to the network, you need to know your destination IP address, that is the IP address of the host you are connected. SLIP, CSLIP and PPP are examples of point-to-point connections. * Netmask for your network. This specifies how many bits of your internet address are used to specify the network address. Netmask is like 255.255.255.0. If your network is not sub-netted, then do not have to supply this value (a default computed from the IP address is used). * Address of the default gateway. If your host do not know any route to a host it resorts to the default gateway. If you have only one point-to-point connection, you should use the host you are connected as a default gateway. * Your host name. Host name is a more convenient way than the internet address to refer your computer. This is like `Amiga1'. * Domain name of your site. For example, "hut.fi" is the domain name for the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland. The part after the first dot in your full host name is usually (but not always) your domain name. * Addresses of the Domain Name Servers which will be used to translate host names to the corresponding internet addresses. A local database must be used instead if there is no name server on your domain. If you have an access to a Unix machine in your network, you can probably find a list of domains and name server addresses in the file `/etc/resolv.conf'. Also, if there is no name server, you can copy the file `/etc/hosts' to the `AmiTCP:db/hosts'. Next you should obtain a SANA-II compatible device driver for your network adapter. The SANA-II drivers are usually installed into directory `DEVS:networks'. We have included a few freely distributable drivers with the AmiTCP/IP. You can use the SLIP or CSLIP drivers with a serial interface. AmiTCP/IP uses the name of SANA-II device driver to access it. You should also know the number of unit you are using (usually 0). You might also have to make a configuration file for your device driver. The configuration files have usually the name of the interface appended with unit number and `.config', e.g. unit 1 of sana.device uses the configuration file `slip1.config'. Configuration files are usually stored into the directory `ENV:Sana2/'. You may start the installation by double-clicking the "Install_AmiTCP-2.0"-icon. * What Happens in the Installation? The course of installation is shortly explained for those of you who want to know what happens to their computer: * Amount of free memory and version of system software is checked * Destination directory is asked for * An earlier installation is checked in the destination directory, so you can change your setup by running the installation script again * The AmiTCP/IP files are copied to the destination if needed * Included Sana-II device drivers are installed * EmacsTCP is installed * NapsaTerm is installed * You are queried some information concerning your network setup: * Your host and domain name name is stored to the environment variable HOSTNAME * You are asked for aliases (nicknames) for your host * You are asked for the name, unit of the interface you are using * Likewise the interface (and destination) IP addresses and netmask are asked * You are asked for the IP address of the default gateway * You are asked for domain names and domain name server IP addresses * If you select to start AmiTCP/IP when your computer boots, appropriate command is added to your s:user-startup. * S:user-startup is modified to make right assigns and paths. * Installer creates Amitcp:bin/startnet, a script to start AmiTCP/IP, configure Sana-II interfaces and provide basic routing * Other network information is saved in the file AmiTCP:db/netdb-myhost * If There Is Some Problems with Installation Here is an example of the required information: Name of your computer: slip-2 Your domain part: hut.fi Aliases for it: amy Your Internet address: 130.233.161.50 Destination address (terminal server): 130.233.161.90 Netmask of used in your network: 255.255.252.0 Address of the default gateway: 130.233.163.254 Domain names to search: hut.fi cs.hut.fi Addresses of nameservers: 130.233.224.1 130.233.224.13 128.214.4.29 SANA-II device driver: slip.device (Serial Line IP) Unit of the SANA-II device driver: 0 `AmiTCP:bin/StartNet' (lines beginning with `;' are comments): run AmiTCP:AmiTCP SYS:Rexxc/WaitForPort AMITCP Wait 2 secs ; configure loop-back device AmiTCP:bin/ifconfig lo/0 localhost ; Configure Devs:Networks/slip.device unit 0 AmiTCP:bin/ifconfig Devs:Networks/slip.device/0 130.233.161.50 + 130.233.161.90 netmask 255.255.252.0 ; Add route to this host AmiTCP:bin/route add slip-2.hut.fi localhost ; Add route to the default gateway AmiTCP:bin/route add default 130.233.163.254 ; Start the internet `super server' run AmiTCP:bin/inetd `Amitcp:db/netdb-myhost' (lines beginning with `;' are comments): ; This host HOST 130.233.161.50 slip-2.hut.fi slip-2 amy ; Domain names DOMAIN hut.fi DOMAIN cs.hut.fi ; Name servers NAMESERVER 130.233.224.1 NAMESERVER 130.233.224.13 NAMESERVER 128.214.4.29 `S:User-Startup' will contain something along following lines (if you do not choose to start AmiTCP at the system startup): ;BEGIN AmiTCP/IP setenv HOSTNAME slip-2.hut.fi assign AmiTCP: HardDisk:Work/project/DIST-2.0.24 path AmiTCP:bin add ;END AmiTCP/IP