From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 18 09:07:31 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA17512 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 09:07:31 -0700 Received: from aries.ai.net (ai.net [198.69.35.206]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA17506 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 09:07:29 -0700 Received: (from nc@localhost) by aries.ai.net (8.6.11/8.6.12) id MAA13838; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 12:04:22 -0400 Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 12:04:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator To: Daniel Baker cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] Laplink? Slip or PPP? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 17 Jun 1995, Daniel Baker wrote: > > 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 > > Both machines are FreeBSD boxes. Okay, If you are using the YELLOW laplink cable, you are doing this parallel, if you are using the BLUE cable [4 heads] you are doing this serial. If you are doing it serial, you should set your port to be a dumb terminal on both ends which basically just means you are setting the baudrate as high as you can go, most likely 115kbaud. Whether you are using a cuaa1 device or the lp0 device [for the parallel port deal] you will need to setup two IP addresses [if you are not connecting to a larger network, especially the internet]. Actually to be on the safe side, use IP addresses in the 100.x.x.x block which have been assigned for non-live internet usage. Anyway, two IP addresses say 100.1.1.2 and 100.1.1.3 on each machine. run ifconfig [device] ipaddress1 ipaddress2 and on the other ifconfig [device] ipaddress2 ipaddress1 I don't remember if both machines can just slattach at that point at the whole thing works. I would think you might have to use sliplogin on one of the machines which will set the IP addresses for you if you set it up correctly [as in the FAQ] the other machine can just ifconfig and slattach after a sliplogin and everything *should* work. -Jerry.