Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:40:41 -0500 (EST) From: Ian Huang <ihuang@mynet.ml.org> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Subject: Re: Accton EN2216 PCMCIA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310183620.14837A-100000@mynet.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199803102319.PAA21870@austin.polstra.com>
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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, John Polstra wrote: > > >>> funky TCP/IP over the lpt interface thingy? I'd forgotten about it. > > > > > > Tell me how it goes, somebody told me this was broken... > > > > Nope, it works fine. I just did a laplink cable install just yesterday > > (this is with 2.2.5-R). Here's how to do it. > > Thanks for the detailed instructions. > > Have you ever tried this technique to install from one of the > standard FTP sites, using your local computer to route between the > lp0 interface and the outside world? Another person told me he'd > had no luck with it that way. I've used my notebook to connect to the internet through a parallel link without any problem (before I got my PCMCIA ethernet card). My FreeBSD box is running natd. You'll need to configure the gateway as the IP of the parallel port on the other end. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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