From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 18:57:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15695 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:57:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA15678 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 01:56:54 GMT (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00844; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:25:48 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA06576; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:25:47 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980415112547.P1870@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:25:47 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Cc: imdave@mcs.net Subject: Re: Parallel link References: <199804141659.JAA06076@tao.thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199804141659.JAA06076@tao.thought.org>; from Gary Kline on Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 09:59:42AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 April 1998 at 9:59:42 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > People, > > This is directed toward Dave Bodenstab or Doug White, primarily; > but if anyone else on the list has any insight, I'd be much > obliged to hear back. > > I've finally got my two FBSD boxes configured with a Laplink > cable on /dev/lpt1. In /etc/sysconfig (P90//2.2.0-R) is: > > ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 -link0 > > # estalish the routing necessary for the two to talk; the ``add -net'' > # because of my existing default networking with tera.tera.com. > route add -net 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 > > And in /etc/rc.conf (6x86//2.2.5) > is: > > ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 -link0 ## in sage > route add -net 10.0.0.1 ## sage When testing things, don't use /etc/rc.conf. Otherwise you need to reboot every time you change anything. Your tools are ifconfig and netstat--see "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm) for techniques. At this stage, it would be good to see the output from 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' on both machines. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message