Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 16:45:25 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Connecting two FreeBSD machines Message-ID: <20000519204434.FCVZ22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0005191405200.8332-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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On 19-May-00 Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > I have a desktop FreeBSD box and a laptop FreeBSD box. Both running > FreeBSD 4.0-release. I want to connect them with a parallel cable to > transfer files between them. I assume that the parallel cable is the one > used to connect a PC to a parallel printer. Can someone tell me how to do > this step by step? You can run TCP/IP over this, but you need a special cable, the equivalent of a null modem cable, but for printer instead of for serial. > Any help is appreciated. > > -Zhihui -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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