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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 21:52:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
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Subject: Re: How to connect 2 FBSD boxen
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On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Frank Seltzer wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, Doug White wrote:
> 
> > I went hunting for 'lp0' and found this message from Nate Williams.
> 
> I found this message, too. It sounded too simple to work but I tried it
> and it doesn't.

What doesn't work about it?

Both machines must be config'd.

> > [ On your FreeBSD desktop box ]
> > # ifconfig lp0 10.5.5.1 10.5.5.2
> > 
> > [ On your FreeBSD laptop ]
> > # ifconfig lp0 10.5.5.2 10.5.5.1
> > # ping 10.5.5.1

> Both machines display this message during boot.

THen it should work.  :-/

These are two FreeBSD boxes, right?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major