Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:24:10 -0800 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@MexComUSA.net> To: Paul Dlug <paul@nerdlabs.com> Cc: freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SLIP/PPP over direct serial link Message-ID: <389651DA.741C3608@MexComUSA.net> References: <3896111C.A329E470@nerdlabs.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Paul Dlug wrote: > Perhaps someone can help me out with this one, I've been playing with > it since early this morning without much progress. Here is my problem: > I have two laptops, one running linux, one running freebsd. My friend > has succeeded in totally messing up the freebsd laptop and would like > me to reinstall freebsd "properly" on it. So as to avoid losing his > data I'd like to copy it over to the other linux laptop, the fbsd > laptop doesn't have an ethernet card so I thought a serial link might > be the best option. I have a nice rs232 cable setup between them and > the freebsd machine setup to recieve incoming slip connections > (freebsd's slip server seemed eaiser to work with than linux). I > cannot figure out how to establish a link between the two...both have > docs that talk about doing this over a modem, but over a direct cable? > Can this be done? if so..what am I missing?? > > > -- > Paul Dlug > Unix/Web Programmer > paul@nerdlabs.com > First of all, are you using a null-modem cable? (For example: Pins 2 & 3 - TX/RX crossed on RS232) If you have enabled a getty process on one of the ports, you should be able to login to that machine with any terminal program. As embarrassing as it my be, I use cu -l /dev/cuaa1 -s 9600 or something similar. If that all works then you should be able to connect with ppp or slip. IMHO. ed [-- Attachment #2 --] <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Paul Dlug wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Perhaps someone can help me out with this one, I've been playing with it since early this morning without much progress. Here is my problem: I have two laptops, one running linux, one running freebsd. My friend has succeeded in totally messing up the freebsd laptop and would like me to reinstall freebsd "properly" on it. So as to avoid losing his data I'd like to copy it over to the other linux laptop, the fbsd laptop doesn't have an ethernet card so I thought a serial link might be the best option. I have a nice rs232 cable setup between them and the freebsd machine setup to recieve incoming slip connections (freebsd's slip server seemed eaiser to work with than linux). I cannot figure out how to establish a link between the two...both have docs that talk about doing this over a modem, but over a direct cable? Can this be done? if so..what am I missing?? <br> <pre>-- Paul Dlug Unix/Web Programmer paul@nerdlabs.com</pre> </blockquote> First of all, are you using a null-modem cable? (For example: Pins 2 & 3 - TX/RX crossed on RS232) If you have enabled a getty process on one of the ports, you should be able to login to that machine with any terminal program. As embarrassing as it my be, I use cu -l /dev/cuaa1 -s 9600 or something similar. If that all works then you should be able to connect with ppp or slip. IMHO. <p>ed</html>help
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