From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 07:08:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AE9716A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 07:08:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B13A43FAF for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 07:08:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsdfalacy@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr1so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.110])2003)) with ESMTP id <0HOR00EKAE239M@l-daemon> for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:08:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml5so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.149]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HOR00DAME23VI@l-daemon> for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:08:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from 192.168.1.101 (h24-82-12-10.vw.shawcable.net [24.82.12.10]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HOR00392E22NB@l-daemon> for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:08:27 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 07:08:15 +0000 From: falacy To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-id: <200311220708.15262.fBSDfalacy@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 Subject: 5.1-R plip0 issue (BSD --> Linux) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:08:29 -0000 Well... guess what I just did... Anyone who is hooking up a slackware linux box to a freeBSD 5.1 system over the parallel port, skip the hand book all together and add the following lines to your /etc/rc.conf file, 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 link0" The 'link0' is the key, as it changes the order in which packets are observed, so that the BSD machine reads em like a linux box! Here's to answering one's own questions by typing 'shutdown -r now' :) Rob.