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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:40:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ian Huang <ihuang@mynet.ml.org>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Subject:   Re: Accton EN2216 PCMCIA 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310183620.14837A-100000@mynet.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199803102319.PAA21870@austin.polstra.com>

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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, John Polstra wrote:

> > >>> funky TCP/IP over the lpt interface thingy?  I'd forgotten about it.
> > > 
> > > Tell me how it goes, somebody told me this was broken...
> > 
> > Nope, it works fine.  I just did a laplink cable install just yesterday
> > (this is with 2.2.5-R).  Here's how to do it.
> 
> Thanks for the detailed instructions.
> 
> Have you ever tried this technique to install from one of the
> standard FTP sites, using your local computer to route between the
> lp0 interface and the outside world?  Another person told me he'd
> had no luck with it that way.
I've used my notebook to connect to the internet through a parallel
link without any problem (before I got my PCMCIA ethernet card). My
FreeBSD box is running natd. You'll need to configure the gateway as the
IP of the parallel port on the other end.


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