From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 19 4:26:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axel.truedestiny.net (a185066.upc-a.chello.nl [62.163.185.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB9237B400 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 04:26:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by axel.truedestiny.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A7DAE49AB2; Sun, 19 May 2002 13:26:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 13:26:49 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers To: "James B. Wilkinson" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardwired PPP Message-ID: <20020519132649.F64761@mars.thuis> Reply-To: Axel Scheepers References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jimmy@CS.cofc.EDU on Thu, May 16, 2002 at 08:29:54PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 08:29:54PM -0400, James B. Wilkinson wrote: > I'm interested in setting up a hardwired PPP link between two=20 > machines in an instructional lab (they shouldn't get the idea that=20 > Ethernet is everything that there is). I've spent some time searching=20 > the archives and the docs and didn't find anything. >=20 > There are two questions I have in particular: >=20 > - exactly how do I need to wire a 9-pin modem cable for this purpose? I found some instructions on http://cloanto.com/kb/3-105.html for 9 and 25 pin connections. >=20 > - how do I set up the static routes so that things get from one end=20 > to the other? You'll need to configure one end as a ppp server, the other as a client. The connection will be similar to a leased line connection, setting things up you'll keep this in mind (e.g. no hardware flow control, CD and such) Another possible thing (mind that the former will give you a +/- 8kb/sec connection) is to use PLIP, which is way easier to set up then PPP and is quite a bit faster. You can find a wiring sheme and plip instructions in the FreeBSD handbook. SLIP might be fine too if you only have a serial cable to link them up, again, a complete procedure is listed in the handbook. >=20 >=20 > Thanks > --=20 >=20 Gr, --=20 Axel Scheepers UNIX System Administrator email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net a.scheepers@iae.nl http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel ------------------------------------------ Cleveland still lives. God ____=08=08=08=08must be dead. ------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message