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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 22:28:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM>
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To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: [Q] Laplink? Slip or PPP?
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On Sat, 17 Jun 1995, Julian Elischer wrote:

> > 
> > 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 
So I just type in:
ifconfig lp0

> and assign each an address and set it to point-to-point mode..
How do I do that?
Do I make up an address?
Should one be a slip server?

Why am I clueless?
:-)

> after that it should be up and running, and faster than
> the serial port anyway..
uh, okay..  I haven't seen the laplink cable, so I didn't know it was 
parallel.   I just thought it was serial.


> 
> 
> > 
> > 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 **
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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 **