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mritter0

Posted on: 2016/4/21 23:54 #1

Just popping in

Is there a Network Neighborhood (like on Windows) on AmigaOS4? Do people even have multiple Amigas to do this? Do you see a list of computers/drives like on Windows? And can then browse them?

I am running on WinUAE. I have a shared drive via SMBFS that shows as a regular drive, not a "network share" like on Windows. Does OS4 even know it is a share? Right click "Information" has very little info about it.

Just curious to the extent of the networking ability.

Chris

Re: Network Neighborhood

Posted on: 2016/4/22 10:14 #2

Amigans Defender

No. Any network shares are treated like regular drives on AmigaOS. It has no way of knowing whether they are network or not - that's down to the filesystem/handler which mounts them.

I'm not sure there is any benefit to AmigaOS knowing they are networked, however some easy way to mount/dismount network shares through WB would be welcome.

nbache

Re: Network Neighborhood

Posted on: 2016/4/22 22:43 #3

Just can't stay away

@Chris

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Any network shares are treated like regular drives on AmigaOS. It has no way of knowing whether they are network or not - that's down to the filesystem/handler which mounts them.

Well, when you mount them, you decide the local (AOS) devicename. Mine are called SMBFSn:, where n is a number from 0 up. Then I have - for the first few numbers - deficons with a network drive image, so I can actually see on WB when it's a network (SMB) drive.

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some easy way to mount/dismount network shares through WB would be welcome.

Have a look at SMBMounter, it works brilliantly for me.

Best regards,

Niels

ChrisH

Re: Network Neighborhood

Posted on: 2016/4/23 9:17 #4

Home away from home

@nbache Quote:

Well, when you mount them, you decide the local (AOS) devicename. Mine are called SMBFSn:, where n is a number from 0 up. Then I have - for the first few numbers - deficons with a network drive image, so I can actually see on WB when it's a network (SMB) drive.

Which means that YOU know which drives are network-based... But AmigaOS itself (and any programs running on it) do not have any easy way of telling that. Which I think was the point ChrisY was trying to make.

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mritter0

Re: Network Neighborhood

Posted on: 2016/4/23 18:55 #5

Just popping in

I asked a while back on Hyperion's forum (or maybe OS4 Coding) about why the devices "back end" hasn't been updated to clearly say: I am a cd drive; I am a harddrive; I am a network share; I am a USB thumb drive; etc., and here are ALL of my specs.

What I am really after is can you see a list of computers on the network on the Amiga side? Amigas, Windows, Macs, etc. I am assuming not.

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