Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:17:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connect two machines via plip0 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0210192116490.10234-100000@opal> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0210182153240.9299-100000@opal>
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Never mind. I misspell 192 as 129 on one machine. It works now. On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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