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Date:      Sun, 09 Jun 1996 11:57:42 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Joel Ward <joelw@hemi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: lsight PLIP q 
Message-ID:  <7897.834317862@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jun 1996 03:10:20 MDT." <199606090910.DAA10171@hemi.com> 

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Joel Ward wrote in message ID
<199606090910.DAA10171@hemi.com>:
> hi, here's my dilemma.  I have two boxes, one with FreeBSD on it, one without
> .
> I want to install it on my other box thru PLIP.  The docs tell me how to set
> up PPPon hte server side thru a modem, but not a laplink cable.
> (plus even if i kill lpd, "cat >/dev/lpt0" still tells me device busy.
> is there an easy way to tell what process is using a device?)

Possibly because you are running lpd and it has the device already
opened? You don't need to run PPP or SLIP across a parallel line, the
lp driver has it's own encapsulation protocol in the kernel, you just
need to ifconfig the interface(s).

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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