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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 1995 09:53:07 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Daniel Baker <dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com>
To:        "Duane R. Ellison" <duane@gargamel.ptw.com>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM>, questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: laplink connection (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950711095037.241C-100000@concorde.neosoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950710175947.164A-100000@saber.mute.com>

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On Mon, 10 Jul 1995, Duane R. Ellison wrote:

> Okay I must have missed something here so let me recap what I have tried.
> 
> #/etc/hosts 
> 127.0.0.1		localhost
> 10.0.0.2	topdog.mute.com topdog
> 10.0.0.3	saber.mute.com saber
> 204.178.60.5	gargamel.ptw.com gargamel
Now, is this the hosts file on both machines?  (It should be..)

> 
> #/etc/resolv.conf
> domain	ptw.com
> nameserver	204.178.60.5


> #/etc/sysconfig (on saber)
> hostname="saber.mute.com"
> #/etc/sysconfig (on topdog)
> hostname="topdog.mute.com"
Okay.

> #I entered on saber:
> ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.2
> route add topdog 10.0.0.3
> route add 10.0.0.3 127.0.0.1
> 
> #I then entered on topdog
> ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3
> route add saber 10.0.0.2
> route add 10.0.0.2 127.0.0.1
Looks good.

> #output of netstat -r on saber
> Routing tables
> 
> Internet:
> Destination      Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire
> topdog           saber              UH          1       14       lp0
> saber            localhost          UGHS        0        0       lo0
> localhost        localhost          UH          1        0       lo0
> 
> #output of netstat -r on topdog
> Routing tables
> 
> Internet:
> Destination      Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire
> topdog           localhost          UGHS        0        0       lo0
> saber            topdog             UH          0        3       lp0
> localhost        localhost          UH          1        0       lo0
> 
> After all of this I am unable to ping/telnet/whatever to either machine.  
> I am using lp0 for the connections on both machines.  On saber I do have 
> two printer ports.  I have configured (not that I remember how) the 
> printer to work on saber (on lpt0).  I am sure that I have missed 
> something fairly simple but I just can not see it right now.
In /etc/host.conf try commenting out bind, reboot, and then, re-initate 
the commands to connect the two machines.  If the machines then connect 
and work correctly, un-comment bind and everything should work if they 
hook up to the net.

> I really appreciate (jmb@kryten.atinc.com & 
> dbaker@concorde.mail.neosoft.com) your help...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com
See the dash between concorde and mail? (it's my uucp hostname)

> 
> 	--- Duane
> ____________________________________________________________________________
>        Duane Ellison                         duane@gargamel.ptw.com  
>                                          http://gargamel.ptw.com/~duane     
Daniel Baker


Daniel Baker -- NeoSoft Student Assistant (UseNet, FTP & CivNet Admin.)
DBaker@NeoSoft.COM
DBaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM
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