From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 11:40:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA09152 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:40:30 -0700 (PDT) (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 SAA08710 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:39:33 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA01678; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:38:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:38:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Gary Kline cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , imdave@mcs.net Subject: Re: Parallel link In-Reply-To: <199804141659.JAA06076@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 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