Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:05:31 +0000 From: falacy <fbsdfalacy@shaw.ca> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: 5.1-R plip0 issue (BSD --> Linux) Message-ID: <200311220205.31860.fBSDfalacy@shaw.ca>
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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.
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