Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:20:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40833 - in head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook: advanced-networking config kernelconfig Message-ID: <201301301920.r0UJKv7j057852@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013 New Revision: 40833 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40833 Log: Remove mention of plip0, the parallel-port network device. As Diane Bruce succintly explains it: "PLIP is obsolescent, blah blah blah." Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml Wed Jan 30 19:12:36 2013 (r40832) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013 (r40833) @@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>How to connect two computers via PLIP.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> <para>How to set up IPv6 on a FreeBSD machine.</para> </listitem> @@ -5420,231 +5416,6 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80</pro </sect2> </sect1> - <sect1 id="network-plip"> - <title>Parallel Line IP (PLIP)</title> - - <indexterm><primary>PLIP</primary></indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>Parallel Line IP</primary> - <see>PLIP</see> - </indexterm> - - <para>PLIP lets us run TCP/IP between parallel ports. It is - useful on machines without network cards, or to install on - laptops. In this section, we will discuss:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Creating a parallel (laplink) cable.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Connecting two computers with PLIP.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <sect2 id="network-create-parallel-cable"> - <title>Creating a Parallel Cable</title> - - <para>You can purchase a parallel cable at most computer supply - stores. If you cannot do that, or you just want to know how - it is done, the following table shows how to make one out of a - normal parallel printer cable.</para> - - <table frame="none"> - <title>Wiring a Parallel Cable for Networking</title> - - <tgroup cols="5"> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>A-name</entry> - <entry>A-End</entry> - <entry>B-End</entry> - <entry>Descr.</entry> - <entry>Post/Bit</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry><literallayout>DATA0 --ERROR</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>2 - -15</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>15 - -2</literallayout></entry> - - <entry>Data</entry> - - <entry><literallayout>0/0x01 -1/0x08</literallayout></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><literallayout>DATA1 -+SLCT</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>3 -13</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>13 -3</literallayout></entry> - - <entry>Data</entry> - - <entry><literallayout>0/0x02 -1/0x10</literallayout></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><literallayout>DATA2 -+PE</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>4 -12</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>12 -4</literallayout></entry> - - <entry>Data</entry> - - <entry><literallayout>0/0x04 -1/0x20</literallayout></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><literallayout>DATA3 --ACK</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>5 -10</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>10 -5</literallayout></entry> - - <entry>Strobe</entry> - - <entry><literallayout>0/0x08 -1/0x40</literallayout></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><literallayout>DATA4 -BUSY</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>6 -11</literallayout></entry> - - <entry><literallayout>11 -6</literallayout></entry> - - <entry>Data</entry> - - <entry><literallayout>0/0x10 -1/0x80</literallayout></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry>GND</entry> - <entry>18-25</entry> - <entry>18-25</entry> - <entry>GND</entry> - <entry>-</entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="network-plip-setup"> - <title>Setting Up PLIP</title> - - <para>First, you have to get a laplink cable. Then, confirm - that both computers have a kernel with &man.lpt.4; driver - support:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>grep lp /var/run/dmesg.boot</userinput> -lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 -lpt0: Interrupt-driven port</screen> - - <para>The parallel port must be an interrupt driven port, you - should have lines similar to the following in your in the - <filename>/boot/device.hints</filename> file:</para> - - <programlisting>hint.ppc.0.at="isa" -hint.ppc.0.irq="7"</programlisting> - - <para>Then check if the kernel configuration file has a - <literal>device plip</literal> line or if the - <filename>plip.ko</filename> kernel module is loaded. In both - cases the parallel networking interface should appear when you - use the &man.ifconfig.8; command to display it:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0</userinput> -plip0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500</screen> - - <para>Plug the laplink cable into the parallel interface on - both computers.</para> - - <para>Configure the network interface parameters on both sites - as <username>root</username>. For example, if you want to - connect the host <hostid>host1</hostid> with another machine - <hostid>host2</hostid>:</para> - - <programlisting> host1 <-----> host2 -IP Address 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2</programlisting> - - <para>Configure the interface on <hostid>host1</hostid> by - doing:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2</userinput></screen> - - <para>Configure the interface on <hostid>host2</hostid> by - doing:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1</userinput></screen> - - <para>You now should have a working connection. Please read the - manual pages &man.lp.4; and &man.lpt.4; for more - details.</para> - - <para>You should also add both hosts to - <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>:</para> - - <programlisting>127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost -10.0.0.1 host1.my.domain host1 -10.0.0.2 host2.my.domain host2</programlisting> - - <para>To confirm the connection works, go to each host and ping - the other. For example, on <hostid>host1</hostid>:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig plip0</userinput> -plip0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 - inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000 -&prompt.root; <userinput>netstat -r</userinput> -Routing tables - -Internet: -Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire -host2 host1 UH 0 0 plip0 -&prompt.root; <userinput>ping -c 4 host2</userinput> -PING host2 (10.0.0.2): 56 data bytes -64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.774 ms -64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.530 ms -64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.556 ms -64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.714 ms - ---- host2 ping statistics --- -4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss -round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.530/2.643/2.774/0.103 ms</screen> - - </sect2> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="network-ipv6"> <sect1info> <authorgroup> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Wed Jan 30 19:12:36 2013 (r40832) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013 (r40833) @@ -1060,7 +1060,6 @@ dc1: flags=8802<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING, inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP status: no carrier -plip0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 @@ -1083,12 +1082,6 @@ lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,M </listitem> <listitem> - <para><devicename>plip0</devicename>: The parallel port - interface (if a parallel port is present on the - machine)</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> <para><devicename>lo0</devicename>: The loopback device</para> </listitem> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml Wed Jan 30 19:12:36 2013 (r40832) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml Wed Jan 30 19:20:57 2013 (r40833) @@ -1164,11 +1164,6 @@ device ppc</programlisting> printer support.</para> </note> - <programlisting>device plip # TCP/IP over parallel</programlisting> - - <para>This is the driver for the parallel network - interface.</para> - <programlisting>device ppi # Parallel port interface device</programlisting> <para>The general-purpose I/O (<quote>geek port</quote>) +
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