From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 16 13:42:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA18335 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:42:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhub.hcl.com (mhoutside.hcl.com [205.211.178.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18279 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:42:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from derek@hcl.com) Received: from derek (gunther.hcl.com [206.248.219.18]) by mailhub.hcl.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA24188; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:41:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199811162141.QAA24188@mailhub.hcl.com> X-Sender: derek@pop.hcl.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Version 4.0.1 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:44:54 -0500 To: chad@DCFinc.com From: Dj Browne Subject: Re: D-Link DE620 Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199811162050.NAA18300@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <199811161830.NAA04812@mailhub.hcl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, Thanks for the response. I was afraid of that you were going to say that there was no parallel adaptor support - now I am kind of stuck. The LapLink cable method was a consideration at one point but it really defeats the purpose of having a portable. I would have to have another machine that would be using TCP/IP on the parallel port (basically another BSD machine) that I presently do not have at all the locations I bring the laptop to. Just curious...any idea how the performance is using the parallel port? Thanks again. Derek At 11/16/98 03:50 PM , Chad R. Larson wrote: >As I recall, Dj Browne wrote: >> Hi, > >Hi. > >> I am hoping that some one can help me here.... I just installed FreeBSD >> 2.2.7-RELEASE on a Compaq Contura laptop (about 6 years old) and I have a >> D-Link DE620 Parallel port ethernet adaptor. >> >> The adaptor works great on 95 and dos and on other machines but I cannot >> find any support for it in FreeBSD. > >I don't think there is any support for parallel port Ethernet adapters. At >least I couldn't find any. They do support PCMCIA Ethernets. If you have a slot >that would be one way to go. > >> How can I get this up and running? >> >> I have the OS working great and on boot I see that the probes see the lp0 >> device and recognize that there is a IP enabled device there but I cannot >> see where to load (or compile into the kernel) the drivers for this >> specific adaptor. > >The IP enabled message refers to the fact that FreeBSD supports IP directly on >the parallel port, not that it saw your adapter. > >> Has any one done this? > >I put up FreeBSD on a Compaq LTE 386/20. Run a laplink cable between >your laptop and another machine running FreeBSD that =is= on the net, >and then configure the parallel interfaces as network adapters (ifconfig >lp0...) Turn on packet forwarding on the second machine, and you should be in >business. > >Do you need help in configuring the routing in this kind of setup? > > > -crl >-- >Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? >chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org chad@anasazi.com larson1@home.net >DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek Browne Product Specialist - HostExplorer Hummingbird Communications Ltd. 416-496-2200 derek@hcl.com www.hcl.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message