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 ** http://www.neosoft.com/neosoft/staff/dbaker/default.html **
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