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Miami
Registration is £29.95
Features as of 09-Feb-1997
- replaces AmiTCP
("bsdsocket.library") and AS-225R2 / I-Net 225
("socket.library") in an API-compatible way,
i.e. standard clients and servers for AmiTCP or AS-225R2
usually also work with Miami. The first Miami release
version has builtin support for bsdsocket.library only,
but the few remaining socket.library clients can be used
with the PD socket.library emulation library from Aminet.
- contains a complete TCP/IP
protocol stack for point-to-point connections to your
Internet provider allowing you to access the Internet.
Miami is based on the latest BSD TCP/IP code (Net/3 as
distributed in 4.4BSD/Lite version 2), augmented by
FreeBSD 2.x extensions. Supports RFC-1323 extensions for
higher performance TCP.
- is a "true" TCP/IP
implementation, not a "hack" that requires a
shell account with additional programs running at your
Internet provider. Miami does support the TCP/IP
emulators "Slirp" (by Danny Gasparovski) and
TIA though, so Miami can also be used together with shell
accounts.
- supports SLIP, CSLIP and PPP
as built-in protocols without the need for SANA-II
drivers. The PPP implementation is rather fast and
comprehensive and supports, for example, PAP, CHAP,
authentication protocol fallback for Win-NT servers, and
VJC TCP header compression. The PPP code is based on the
thoroughly tested code of ppp.device, but all PPP
parameters are configured automatically by Miami.
- also supports most SANA-II
device drivers (for Ethernet, Arcnet and other network
hardware).
- has an integrated graphical
user interface (based on MUI 3.3, copyright by Stefan
Stuntz) for *all* configuration and runtime parameters,
including the settings for TCP/IP, interfaces, PPP,
protocols, dialing, inetd, user database etc.
- does not require the
installation or modification of any external textfiles,
libraries, devices, environment variables, tool types
etc. The configuration is done completely through the
graphical user interface, and all parameters are stored
in a single IFF settings file. Functions to import/export
many settings from/to ASCII text files (as used e.g. by
Unix hosts or by AmiTCP) are available, too.
- has a builtin script-driven
dialer with support for multiple phone numbers and
optional interactive mode. In the demo version up to 3
phone numbers are supported. In the registered version
there is no limit.
- supports auto-redialing on
several phone numbers during dialing.
- supports static and dynamic IP
addresses for SLIP, CSLIP and PPP.
- supports BootP and has an
automatic dial log analyzer to support dynamic IP
addresses even with SLIP and CSLIP.
- supports teach-in dialing,
i.e. in most cases you do not even have to write a dial
script, but only need to connect to your provider once
manually in interactive mode, and Miami will
"learn" how to automatically log in by itself
the next time you want to connect, i.e. Miami will
generate a suitable dial script by itself.
- has many of the popular demons
(TCP/UDP servers) already built in, e.g. inetd, identd
and fingerd.
- has a dynamic hostname cache
to reduce the number of DNS lookups and thus speed up TCP
connection setup, in particular with WWW browsers.
- is completely localized.
(English/German at this time. Many other languages are in
preparation.)
- supports several new MUI 3.x
features (such as "drag&drop", "bubble
help" and "context menus") as well as
extensive context-sensitive online help.
- registered version only:
supports automatic redial/reconnect on hangup (works best
with static IP addresses), and automatic execution of
ARexx scripts when certain events occur (start, end,
online, offline etc.).
- registered version only: phone
bill data can be exported to a text file.
- registered version only:
supports T/TCP (TCP for transaction) for faster web
browsing; supports Path MTU discovery for better
performance across Ethernet, multicasting level 1, and
BSD packet filter.
- registered version only: has a
built-in IP filter to restrict and monitor access to your
machine.
- comes with an additional
configuration utility "MiamiInit" that allows
you to get connected to the Internet without configuring
Miami first. All you need to do is answer a few questions
with information your Internet provider gave you.
MiamiInit then dials up your Internet connection,
verifies your data and tries to find out all remaining
configuration parameters by itself. MiamiInit will only
ask additional questions if it was unable to determine
some required parameters by itself. Extensive online help
is available throughout this process. MiamiInit, like
Miami, is completely localized and has a graphical user
interface using MUI 3.3.
- comes with a configuration
utility "MiamiInitSANA2" that automatically
configures Ethernet/Arcnet/etc. connections. Includes
support for ICMP, ARP, RARP, BootP and other protocols to
automate the configuration.
Miami is Copyright © 1996,1997 by
Nordic Global Inc. All rights reserved.