From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 02:20:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7916D16A4CF for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:20:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd5mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FA4043FA3 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:20:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsdfalacy@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179])2003))freebsd-config@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:00:07 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml10so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.80]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HOQ00DMRZS65D@l-daemon> for freebsd-config@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:00:07 -0700 (MST) Received: from 192.168.1.101 (h24-82-12-10.vw.shawcable.net [24.82.12.10]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HOQ0076EZS698@l-daemon> for freebsd-config@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:00:07 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 01:59:56 +0000 From: falacy To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Message-id: <200311220159.56315.fBSDfalacy@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 Subject: 5.1-R plip0 issue (BSD --> Linux) X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:20:16 -0000 Hello all, Seems that I am unable to do a few a things with the TCP/IP over parallel that I would like to. I have setup my laptop using a linux-linux combo and it pings just nicely, so I know that a plip connection will work on the hardware once I figure it out. Here are my issues, There isn't a plip0 device node in /dev, but device ppc device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) device lpt # Printer device plip # TCP/IP over parallel device ppi # Parallel port interface device are called in my kernel config. This is rather disturbing. This seems to be the real issue. I went through the handbook and used the 4.x method to setup the parallel port connection, using the lp0 device node, but that simply does not work in 5.1 apperently. I have not had any luck creating a plip0 device node to use either, as the HB only states the 4.x method to creating device nodes. I also understand that use plip (called lp0) with linux under freeBSD 4.x, freeBSD needed to have 'ifconfig_lp0 link0' called, but I am not sure if this is the case for the plip0 too (in freeBSD 5.1). Nor, in either case, am I sure where I would call link0.... My setup in /etc/rc.conf looks like this (and would work in 4.x from what I have read), interfaces="lo0 xl0 lp0" ifconfig_xl0="inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xffff0000" ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.9 netmask 0xffffff00" Can we find a way to make this system work with 5.1? Quite frankly, I'm at my wits end when it comes to this. I like FreeBSD, but if I can't figure this out, it would be well worth my while to just go back to slackware, I guess. I don't really want to do that however :) Thanks in advance, Rob.