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Subject: Re: [Q] Laplink? Slip or PPP?
To: dbaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM (Daniel Baker)
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 19:37:03 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nc@ai.net, hackers@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950617212913.689B-100000@concorde.neosoft.com> from "Daniel Baker" at Jun 17, 95 09:29:52 pm
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> 
> On Sat, 17 Jun 1995, Network Coordinator wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 1995, Daniel Baker wrote:
> > 
> > > Hackers --
> > > 
> > > I'm pretty new at this, but my friend and I are trying to link are two 
> > > computers togther via a laplink serial cable.  I've heard that I can 
> > > setup my system to be a SLIP server, but it dosen't mention serial 
> > > connections, and it is designed for the pre 2.0 releases.
> > > 
> > > If anyone could send me instructions on how to setup my computer to be 
> > > the PPP/SLIP server and how to setup his to connect to mine, and to 
> > > "work". :-)
> > > 
> > 
> > Combine the "setup for dial-in" FAQ and the slip-server FAQ, both 
> > available on www.freebsd.org and you will be in business. Its not tough 
> > at all (or the directions are excellent, or both)
> Should I set it up for modem dialin or dumb terminal dialin?  The laplink 
> cable will go into my com2/cuaa1
with two FreeBSD boxes, use the laplink cable on your parallel port
not on a serial port..

then just use 'ifconfig' 
on the lp0 network device on each machine 
and assign each an address and set it to point-to-point mode..

after that it should be up and running, and faster than
the serial port anyway..


> 
> Both machines are FreeBSD boxes.
> 
> > -Jerry.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Daniel Baker -- NeoSoft Student Assistant (UseNet, FTP & CivNet Admin.)
> DBaker@NeoSoft.COM
> DBaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM
>       ** http://www.neosoft.com/neosoft/staff/dbaker/default.html **
> 
>