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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!minnow.render.com!news From: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0 plip <-> amiga tcp? Date: 09 Dec 1994 18:25:57 GMT Organization: RenderMorphics Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <DFR.94Dec9182557@trout.render.com> References: <3c4g2p$m7t@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.render.com In-reply-to: nuggets@cs.tu-berlin.de's message of 7 Dec 1994 14:15:53 GMT In article <3c4g2p$m7t@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> nuggets@cs.tu-berlin.de (Lars Hentschke) writes: > [snip] > But, How can I use the parallel Interface with tcp/ip on FreeBSD > with PLIP on my Amiga? > > The Problem is a cable, i think ... LapLink-Cable is needed for > FreeBSD (uses 4 Data-Lines) and PLIP on Amiga uses 8 DataLines. > > Any Ideas for connects between this graet OperatingSystems? As far as I know, FreeBSD's parallel ip interface uses a different protocol to PLIP. I am afraid you will have to stick with cslip or ethernet. -- Doug Rabson, RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 71 251 4411 FAX: +44 71 251 0939