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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:59:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Connect two machines via plip0
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0210182153240.9299-100000@opal>

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I tried to connect two machines with a parallel cable.  Some 
configuration files are as follows:

In file /etc/rc.conf, add following lines:

inetd_enable="YES"
hostname="pc1.myhome.org"
ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"

In file /etc/hosts, add the following line:

192.168.1.1             pc1.myhome.org pc1
192.168.1.2             pc2.myhome.org pc2

Of course, I do this on both machines (with necessary changes).
But ping won't work.  I have done this with the same machines and cable
many times before. Only this time, I am using 4.6-release. Anything
changes in 4.6-release or am i missing something?  Do I have to explicitly
enable ICMP or what?

Thanks for any suggestions.

-Zhihui


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