From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 22 12:40:45 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA16349 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:40:45 -0800 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA16343 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 20:40:42 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA25851; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:35:14 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: time.cdrom.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Ron Steele cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Parallel line IP In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 22 Dec 94 08:47:38 EST." Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:35:13 -0800 Message-ID: <25850.788128513@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk This is available as lp0, which you can ifconfig like any other ethernet device. You'll need a FreeBSD machine on both ends, of course.. Jordan > I thought I saw somewhere that 2.0 supported an IP connection over a > a parallel "lap link" cable. Now that I have need for this, I can't > seem to find any mention of it in man pages or FAQ or LINT config file. > Was I dreaming, and if not, where can I get some info. > > If this is not possible, what about a good CHEAP network board. > > Thanks, > Ron > >