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Help Date: 21 June 2004

 

 

TCP/IP Over Radio Drivers for Windows XP

This driver creates a "virtual" (software) network adapter that acts like a hardware network interface card (NIC).

The TCP/IP Over Radio driver for Windows XP is not needed for normal packet use of PE Pro. It need only be installed if you plan to use PE Pro's special TCP/IP Over Radio feature to send and receive TCP/IP information via packet radio. Most users will not need this.

 Driver Location

The driver files need to install a virtual network card are in a folder located in your main PE Pro folder:  ....\Packet Engine Pro\TCPIP Setup\WINXP

The key files are agwtcpXP.inf and agwtcpip.sys

Make a note of the path to these files for use in the following steps.

Installing the WINXP TCP/IP Over Radio Driver

  1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Add Hardware.
  2. On the Add Hardware Wizard screen, select Next and wait for Windows to search for hardware.
  3. When the search is complete, select Yes, I have already Connected the hardware and then press Next
  4. In the resulting Installed Hardware window, use the scroll button to go to the bottom of the list and select the last item, Add a new hardware device, and press Next.
  5. On the next screen, select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and then press Next.
  6. In the resulting Common Hardware Types window, use the scroll button to go to Network Adapters and  press Next.
  7. On the resulting Select Network Adapter window, press the Have disk.. button and on the next screen us the browse button to go to the ...\Packet Engine Pro\TCPIP Setup\WINXP folder.
  8. Select the AgwtcpXP.inf  file and press Open. You'll then see a Install from Disk window with the path to the folder where the file is located. Press OK. On the next screen, select the SV2AGW TCPIP Over Radio NDIS Driver and press Next.  
  9. You will get a screen saying The Wizard is ready to install your hardware. Press Next.
  10. The next screen will warn you that the hardware has not passed Windows logo testing. Press Continue Anyway.
  11. Press Finish when the Completing the Hardware Wizard screen appears.
  12. Now call up the Windows Control Panel and then select Network Connections. You should see a new Local Area Connection entry. [Hint: right click on this entry and select rename. Pick a new name for this connection, for example, TCPIP Over Radio, to help you recognize it more easily.]
  13. Double left click on the entry and in the resulting Status window press Properties. On the General tab, under This connection uses the following items:, select the Internet protocol (TCP/IP) entry and then press Properties.
  14. On the General tab, select Use the following IP address:
    • IP address: enter the IP address you will use for TOR (see 1 below.)
    • Subnet Mask: accept the default 255.0.0.0
    • Default Gateway: enter the IP address of the remote gateway station; if you are the gateway, enter nothing.
    • DNS Server Addresses:l eave blank, otherwise enter the IP address of the distant gateway station.
    • Advanced: for now, do not use. Only use this if you understand Windows networking and have a need to change the IP addressing, DNS, WINS, or Options parameters.

     

  15. Returning to the connection's Properties window, under This connection uses the following items:,
    • If Client for Microsoft Networks is listed, you probably want to keep it checkmark-ed so that you can access any folders or devices on the distant computer that are open for sharing.
    • If File and Printer Sharing is listed, you'll need to decide if you want to keep it checkmark-ed. If you do, other users on the ham network will be able to access any folders and printers on your PC that you have marked as "shared".

       
  16. Press OK to finish the installation of the TOR virtual adapter.

1 IP address for each station in your TOR network. If your network will be relatively simple and will not tie into other TCP/IP networks, you can pick your own IP addresses. Since Amateur Radio has been assigned the block of IP addresses beginning with "44.", you should begin your addresses that way (example: 44.1.1.1 and 44.1.1.2). If your network may be heard by or tie into other ham TCP/IP networks, you should instead obtain unique addresses from your local TCP/IP coordinator. This will prevent the routing problems that could develop when two or more stations use the same IP address.

 

Copyright 2004 SV2AGW George Rossopoulos . All rights reserved.