From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 9 21:02:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA00330 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 21:02:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.com (dyn048-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00324 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 21:02:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (frankd@localhost) by Kryten.nina.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA04103; Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:00:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Kryten.nina.com: frankd owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 00:00:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.com To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to connect 2 FBSD boxen In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, Doug White wrote: > I went hunting for 'lp0' and found this message from Nate Williams. I found this message, too. It sounded too simple to work but I tried it and it doesn't. > > > I'd like to install FreeBSD on my new Digital HiNote ct450. Would > > someone please point me to the complete idiot's ~guide to parallel port > > IP install' document. I have the laplink parallel cable already. > > -- whack -- > > Here it is in a nutshell. > > [ On your FreeBSD desktop box ] > # ifconfig lp0 10.5.5.1 10.5.5.2 > > [ On your FreeBSD laptop ] > # ifconfig lp0 10.5.5.2 10.5.5.1 > # ping 10.5.5.1 > .... > > Voila, you're networked. Now, if you're desktop is on a network and you > want to be able to access it, you'll have to worry about routing and > such, but those are more 'generic' problems are are unrelated to the > laplink setup. See the handbook for routing information. > > > > > Nate > > -- whack -- > > He's right; that's all that's required, assuming that your lp ports are > detected as 'TCP/IP capable interface's on bootup. Both machines display this message during boot. > Just think as the lp0 device as an ethernet card. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House.