Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 23:51:58 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Henry Hojnacki <heh@TRICOPROD.COM> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Laplink connection Message-ID: <XFMail.980120235158.durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <s4c486c7.044@TRICOPROD.COM>
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On 20-Jan-98 Henry Hojnacki wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I have been investigating using a laplink cable to connect two of my PC
> systems, both running
> FreeBSD-2.1. I have searched through man of the docs and man pages, and
> still have not got
> a clue if this is even possible. It is mentioned in the install README that
> it can be done.
>
>
If you have a tcp/ip capable parallel port, it will
say so during the boot messages. IE;
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
The network device is therefore called "lp0:", as
opposed to the printer device, which is "lpt0".
You need to set it up as any other network device.
ifconfig lp0 address destination netmask,, etc....
It works just fine.. I do this between my laptop
and my desktop. If you turn on gatewaying on a machine
connected to the net and do your routing correctly, you
can even have the "laplinked" machine "on the net".
regards,
Jim Durham
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