General Information
Introduction
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Program Setup
Radio Port Mgr
. Edit TNC/modem Port
. Edit Sound Card Port
- Tuning Aid
- Volume Settings
. Edit Parameters
New Port Setup
Network TCP/IP Settings
Radioport Sharing
Auto Start Clients
Other Settings
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Program Status
Port Activity Status
Shared Radio Ports
AX.25 Status (Stations)
Connected Programs
Heard Stations List
Monitor
Other Features
TCP/IP Over Radio
. Driver Install
. PE Pro Settings
. Windows Settings
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Launch IE Browser
Go to AGWsoft web site
Send Error Report
Tips, Tricks, & Trouble
Tips and Tricks
Problems?
Sound Card Use
. Sound Card Interface
. HF Operations
. 9600 Operations
. Receive Problems
. Transmit
Problems
Help Date:
21 June 2004
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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
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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
- Open the Windows Control Panel
and
select Add Hardware.
- On the Add Hardware Wizard screen,
select Next and wait for Windows to search
for hardware.
- When the search is complete, select Yes, I
have already Connected the hardware and then press
Next.
- 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.
- On the next screen, select Install the
hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and then
press Next.
- In the resulting Common Hardware Types
window, use the scroll button to go to Network
Adapters and press Next.
- 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.
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.
You will get a screen saying The Wizard is ready to install your
hardware. Press Next.
The next screen will warn you that the hardware has not passed
Windows logo testing. Press Continue Anyway.
Press Finish when the
Completing the Hardware Wizard screen
appears.
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.]
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.
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.

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".
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.
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