Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 17:02:02 -0400 From: Otter <otter@otter.cc> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connecting two FreeBSD machines Message-ID: <3925ABCA.5A0CE59A@otter.cc> References: <20000519204434.FCVZ22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > On 19-May-00 Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > > > I have a desktop FreeBSD box and a laptop FreeBSD box. Both running > > FreeBSD 4.0-release. I want to connect them with a parallel cable to > > transfer files between them. I assume that the parallel cable is the one > > used to connect a PC to a parallel printer. Can someone tell me how to do > > this step by step? > > You can run TCP/IP over this, but you need a special cable, the equivalent > of a null modem cable, but for printer instead of for serial. > I hadn't really thought of this until now, but... I do use PC Anywhere at works sometimes. Has anyone had any luck using the parallel cable they send you with the application for use in something like this? If I knew what the pin-out was, I could look up whether it matches a null modem cable. -Otter > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > -Zhihui > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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