From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 6 16:03:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA15816 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 May 1996 16:03:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA15811 for ; Mon, 6 May 1996 16:03:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA19227; Mon, 6 May 1996 17:02:53 -0600 Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:02:53 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199605062302.RAA19227@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Stan Voket Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: parallel port IP help please. In-Reply-To: <199605062225.SAA19418@gaboon.nai.net> References: <199605062225.SAA19418@gaboon.nai.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'd like to install FreeBSD on my new Digital HiNote ct450. Would > someone please point me to the complete idiot's ~guide to parallel port > IP install' document. I have the laplink parallel cable already. Here it is in a nutshell. [ 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 .... Voila, you're networked. Now, if you're desktop is on a network and you want to be able to access it, you'll have to worry about routing and such, but those are more 'generic' problems are are unrelated to the laplink setup. See the handbook for routing information. Nate