From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 09:14:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA04291 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailgate.ericsson.se (mailgate.ericsson.se [130.100.2.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA04286 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:14:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from egg.lmc.ericsson.se (egg.lmc.ericsson.se [142.133.32.1]) by mailgate.ericsson.se (8.6.11/1.0) with SMTP id SAA20833; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 18:14:10 +0100 Received: from chicago.lmc.ericsson.com (chicago.lmc.ericsson.se) by egg.lmc.ericsson.se (4.1/LME-2.2) id AA19095; Tue, 27 Feb 96 12:14:08 EST Received: by chicago.lmc.ericsson.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA19549; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:13:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:13:20 -0500 (EST) From: Samy Touati X-Sender: lmcsato@chicago To: Nate Williams Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: networking via lp0 In-Reply-To: <199602271633.JAA03801@rocky.sri.MT.net> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Nate Williams wrote: > > I have 2 FBSD 2.1 boxes, and I'm trying to connect them via a laplink > > cable. > > I do it all the time. > > > I did the necessary ifconfig to activate the 2 interfaces, but when I try > > to telnet or ping from either machines nothing happens. > > Can you send the 'ifconfig lp0' from both machines? > > Are the machines using the same netmask? Is the parallel port capable > of running TCP/IP on both machines? When booting, both machines report that lp0 is TCP/IP capable. The netmask should be the same it's the default one: 0xff000000 I don't have access to the machines right now, I'll send you the ifconfig -a output later. > > > > Nate >