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Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 20 Nov 2023 18:46
by rubber_jonnie
Thanks, I will give it a try, but half the stuff I've tried so far requires modules not present on my machine, which is the sticking point.
Deffo worth a try though.
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 20 Nov 2023 21:00
by HigashiJun
Setting a network on ACORNs seems to be not an easy task...
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 20 Nov 2023 21:21
by stephen_usher
The OS was only really designed with ECONET in mind, not this new-fangled Internet thingy. :-)
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 20 Nov 2023 21:29
by rubber_jonnie
@HigashiJun @stephen_usher
Yep it isn't a great fit with 'normal' Internet, though the tcp/ip stack does work fine once it's running, but adding something as simple as an FTP client is a complete nightmare, it asks for various files that are scattered across the Internet 🙁
Similar story trying to set up an SMB server.
I won't give up though, I'm more determined than ever!
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 21 Nov 2023 00:10
by alexh
Why do you need a server? Surely a client is all you need?
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 21 Nov 2023 07:30
by HigashiJun
stephen_usher wrote: 20 Nov 2023 21:21
The OS was only really designed with ECONET in mind, not this new-fangled Internet thingy. :-)
Make sense...
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 21 Nov 2023 08:30
by rubber_jonnie
alexh wrote: 21 Nov 2023 00:10
Why do you need a server? Surely a client is all you need?
The server was an option recommended over on Stardot, so I thought I'd try it.
When I got errors stating that I needed an updated Mimemap module, I looked for it, but couldn't find it, so I moved on to the FTP client, but that was equally bad.
I'm going to to try the lanman option you linked to today.
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 21 Nov 2023 09:10
by rubber_jonnie
@alexh
Sir, you may have saved the day. LanMan98 works out of the box, runs just fine with no requests for 'other' or 'updated' modules. I don't currently have a machine it can connect to, as in Win7 or below handy just now, but I'm going to give it a shot.
This time when I test connecting to a share on my Server 2016 box, I can see an actual connection attempt in Wireshark, so it is reaching out.
This makes me happy :)
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 21 Nov 2023 10:09
by HigashiJun
:thumbup:
Re: A5000 - diving in at the deep end!
Posted: 21 Nov 2023 10:17
by rubber_jonnie
Not out of the woods yet, I've still not been able to connect and now have an old Win7 laptop set up as per the LanMan98 instructions, but I'll take any progress at the moment.
At least Wireshark shows it TRYING to connect, which is more than I've been able to do up to this point.