Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:38:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, imdave@mcs.net Subject: Re: Parallel link Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414113737.1526W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804141659.JAA06076@tao.thought.org>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Gary Kline wrote: > This is directed toward Dave Bodenstab or Doug White, primarily; > but if anyone else on the list has any insight, I'd be much > obliged to hear back. I'm here. > I've finally got my two FBSD boxes configured with a Laplink > cable on /dev/lpt1. In /etc/sysconfig (P90//2.2.0-R) is: > > ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 -link0 > > # estalish the routing necessary for the two to talk; the ``add -net'' > # because of my existing default networking with tera.tera.com. > route add -net 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 > > And in /etc/rc.conf (6x86//2.2.5) > is: > > ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 -link0 ## in sage > route add -net 10.0.0.1 ## sage Don't forget to add the route on the other side too. > Doug, you're probably right about doing this thru two NE2000's > and some twisted pair. That's my next hardware adventure. Point to point Ethernet is just as fun, although it is faster. 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
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