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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:17:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Eric Bilodeau <darkshad@smtp.generation.net>
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Eric Bilodeau wrote:

>  I want to know EXACTLY how connecting my DOS computer with my freebsd 
> computer via PLIP.

With DOS?  No way unless you have a PLIP driver for DOS.

This is how I understand it doing FreeBSD<->FreeBSD:

If you have an interrupt-driven parallel port (all parallel ports are
interrupt-driven by default) then the lpt driver creates a network device
lp? that corresponds to the lpt port.  All you need is a parallel
crossover cable ("laplink" or "interlink" cable).  Then ifconfig the
device just like you would an ethernet device, with an ip address and all
that.  That should establish the connection.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major