Ethernet

Part of the Mastering Amiga Vampire 1200 v2 Guide

Updated on March 29, 2025

Introduction

This part of the guide describes all the steps to install the ethernet driver for the Vampire 1200 v2 card.

At the time of writing the latest version of the driver is 2.9.

Prerequisites

v2expeth.device

Step 1

On another computer copy the file "v2expeth.device" to the SD card and then boot your Amiga to the Workbench screen.

Step 2

Double click on the "SD0C" icon in "AmigaOS:Storage/DOSDrivers/" to mount your SD card.

Step 3

Now selected "Execute command.." from the Workbench menu to open the execute a file window. Enter "newshell" and press enter or click on the "Execute" button.

Step 4

Now it's time to copy the files we need. Enter the following commands and press enter after each line.

cd sd:
makedir devs:networks
copy v2expeth.device devs:networks/
makedir envarc:sana2
echo "TIMER=0 INTERRUPT" >envarc:sana2/v2expeth.config

Installation complete! Next step is to install a TCP/IP stack like Roadshow or MiamiDx.