From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 16 13:26:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03088 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:26:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02570 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:24:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA10801; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:23:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:23:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Gary Kline cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: insight needed on PLIP In-Reply-To: <199802150646.WAA02021@tao.thought.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Gary Kline wrote: > I'm finally in the process of building my ~10Gig 6x86 box. > A few months late, but no big deal... To avoid buying a > second modem, and until I am network-savvy enough, I want > to set up a parallel cable link between the two boxes. OK. > lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa OK, you must be notified that lp0 is available. > What's next? What lines do I put into the configuration files > in /etc? And then, what kind of cable do I plug between lpt0 > and lpt0? Since my new 6x86 platform is not part of the > larger net, can I assign my local IP designation? (Like 127.0.0.02) For the cable, use an `Interlink cable'; I have one that is a parallel->parallel crossover with a null modem cable alltied to it. Very handy to have around if you're short on NICs. Use a private net and configure interface lp0 on both ends. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message