Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 09:59:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Mailing List) Cc: imdave@mcs.net Subject: Parallel link Message-ID: <199804141659.JAA06076@tao.thought.org>
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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 Doing: # ping 10.0.0.2 from tao should work if the route exists, but it doesn't. I'm assuming that the cable is good. (?) Does anybody see anything obvious that I'm missing here? dmesg reports: lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port on both machines. Do I need to change something in the kernel CONFIG files or boot: -c and enable the driver? Things are close, hardware-wise; but no cigar. Doug, you're probably right about doing this thru two NE2000's and some twisted pair. That's my next hardware adventure. thanks, guys, gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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