Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 22:28:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: nc@ai.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] Laplink? Slip or PPP? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950617222709.216A-100000@concorde.neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199506180237.TAA01049@ref.tfs.com>
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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 **
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