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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
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Subject: Re: Connect two machines via plip0
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Never mind.  I misspell 192 as 129 on one machine. It works now.

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Zhihui Zhang wrote:

> 
> I tried to connect two machines with a parallel cable.  Some 
> configuration files are as follows:
> 
> In file /etc/rc.conf, add following lines:
> 
> inetd_enable="YES"
> hostname="pc1.myhome.org"
> ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> 
> In file /etc/hosts, add the following line:
> 
> 192.168.1.1             pc1.myhome.org pc1
> 192.168.1.2             pc2.myhome.org pc2
> 
> Of course, I do this on both machines (with necessary changes).
> But ping won't work.  I have done this with the same machines and cable
> many times before. Only this time, I am using 4.6-release. Anything
> changes in 4.6-release or am i missing something?  Do I have to explicitly
> enable ICMP or what?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> -Zhihui
> 
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