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Date:      Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:35:40 +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:  <19981009103540.F3369@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810090059.IAA27922@b1.hkstar.com>; from Chan Yiu Wah on Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 08:59:02AM %2B0800
References:  <19981009094606.A3369@freebie.lemis.com> <199810090059.IAA27922@b1.hkstar.com>

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PLEASE COPY -QUESTIONS ON YOUR REPLIES.

On Friday,  9 October 1998 at  8:59:02 +0800, Chan Yiu Wah wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>
>
> network <----> Host A (with ed1 adapter 192.168.217.13)
> 		^
>               |
>               +--> Laptop (192.168.217.143)
>
> Should I create another ip address for plip instead of using the one
> engaged by ed1 ?

No, there's no need for that, though many people will tell you it must
have a different address.

Greg
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