Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:46:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Chan Yiu Wah <c5666305@b1.hkstar.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to config PLIP ? Message-ID: <19981009094606.A3369@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199810081023.SAA26260@b1.hkstar.com>; from Chan Yiu Wah on Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 06:23:25PM %2B0800 References: <19981008174049.N443@freebie.lemis.com> <199810081023.SAA26260@b1.hkstar.com>
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Please copy -questions on your replies. On Thursday, 8 October 1998 at 18:23:25 +0800, Chan Yiu Wah wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 8 October 1998 at 14:52:59 +0800, Chan Yiu Wah wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I just want to config PLIP in make my laptop (3.0-980222-snap) to >>> connect to the local network, but I can't find any man page >> >> It's lp(4). Isn't that obvious? OK, then it isn't. >> >>> and even not much detail in the handbook. Can anyone show me the >>> steps to do so ? >> >> You need an IP address at each end. Say, 192.168.217.13 your end, and >> 192.168.217.143 the other end. Enter: >> >> # ifconfig lp0 192.168.217.13 192.168.217.143 >> >> That's it! >> >> To have it automatically at boot time, put the following in your >> /etc/rc.conf: >> >> network_interfaces="ed1 ed2 ep0 lo0 tun0" > > Should I add lp0 to the network_interfaces. Yes, that's what I'm saying. >> The important thing here is that you have lp0 in the list. Don't >> remove whatever else you have there. >> >> ifconfig_lp0="192.168.217.13 192.168.217.143" >> >> This line should look familiar from above. > > e.g. laptop ip is 192.168.217.13 > and host is 192.168.217.143 (already engaged by ed1) > should I create other ip for hosts say 192.168.217.144 Sorry, I don't understand this question. These are numbers I picked out of a hat. Did I match one of your IPs by chance? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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