Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:25:25 -0800 (PST) From: Marisa <wirspinnen@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about serial connections via nullmodem Message-ID: <20030122072525.96478.qmail@web40807.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030122023253.GG25795@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
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Well I have seen with SLIP seems easier, but I need to do it with ppp if possible, because it gives me the possibility to negociate/change parameters (MTU , for example) between computers. --- Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:50:33AM -0800, Marisa > wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I have a FreeBSD3.2 PC connected to a LAN network. > I > > would like to connect my Win98 notebok to it via a > > serial null modem connection in order to have > access > > to the Lan network. > > > > I would like to do this with pppd command; I have > been > > trying to do it but without result. > > > > It's possible to do so? And how should I do this? > > I have readen in the Freebsd handbook something > about > > it, but it said something about "kermit" and it > seemed > > to be configurations file to a modem dial-up call, > > isn't it? > > > > Thx in advance for your answer ;) > > > > Marisa > > Using SLIP would probably be more simple than PPP > over a null modem > cable. Take a look at: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/slip.html > > Nathan > > -- > GPG Public Key ID: 0x4250A04C > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 4250A04C > http://63.105.21.156/gpg_nkinkade_4250A04C.asc > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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