Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:51:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Adam W. Hawks" <root@hawks.caro.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Serial PPP networking (was: com port question.) Message-ID: <19980807135128.B13559@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199808070222.WAA16442@hawks.caro.net>; from Adam W. Hawks on Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 10:22:37PM -0400 References: <199808070222.WAA16442@hawks.caro.net>
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On Thursday, 6 August 1998 at 22:22:37 -0400, Adam W. Hawks wrote: (overlong lines corrected) > Is it possible to connect 2 com ports so that a computer connected > to com2 with a null modem cable can use com1's modem without > installing a modem in the attached computer? > > I was thinking maybe their was a utility or way to attach two com > ports togetherin this fashon. We call this "networking". You can run a PPP link from one computer to another, and then you can access most stuff in that machine. If you're using the modem to connect to the Internet, you can also add the other machine as a separate host. If you choose a sufficiently high link speed (115 kb/s, for example), you'll see little performance difference when accessing the net from the first or the second machine. There are a number of things to know about this kind of connection. Check the online handbook or my "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm). Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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