Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 20:44:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: BSD Mailing Archive <bsdmail@infinetgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] Win95 SLIP/PPP over null modem? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970823204241.19448A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970823175555.16848A-100000@air.infinetgroup.com>
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On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, BSD Mailing Archive wrote: > Hi, > I apologise if this has been answered b4, but I haven't been in this > list for quite a while, and I did search the archives. > > I'm trying to connect a Win95 laptop to my FreeBSD (2.1) machine and > basically have the FreeBSD host act as a gateway to the rest of the > network. I was wondering if I could simply use a null modem cable > between the two COM ports and trick win95 DUN into using that? AFAIK, > DUN will wait for a dial tone, which obviously isn't going to be there. > Any ideas? It is looking for a dial-tone, it looking for a "CONNECT xxx" in response to an "ATDT xxx-xxxx" command (plus some other AT commands it uses). I think you can work around this by using the scripting addon (part of the Plus pack, which also include SLIP support), and write a script which doesn't send AT commands. > Thanks in advance. > Len. > > > > Tom
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