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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers,London,(0956) 361 769,(0181) 840 7880)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: How to "connect" two computers running FreeBSD 2.0??
Date: 16 Jan 1995 21:02:52 -0000
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Markus Meister (h5h1@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
: Well, I have another question that I couldn't find in a FAQ (and
: I'm afraid it's something of a newbie question):
: What is a simple way to "connect" two computers, with a modem, for example.
: Pardon the term 'connect': I use it because I realize there are several
: ways. I tried a connection via tip, but to no avail. I may have more luck
: if I give it another shot (I have Nemeth's (et al.) _Unix System
: Administration Handbook_, and it's very helpful). What I would
: really like to able to do is to use FTP/telnet over the modem
: connection. I frequently use a SLIP connection to my universities
: dialin service, but I just can't figure out how to do it with two, well,
: "normal" computers.
: I would appreciate some suggestions what to do, or even where to
: start fiddling. I have some vague idea of the function of the
: relevant files in /etc, but I guess my knowledge isn't sufficient.
: Maybe all I need to know is how to pick the IP numbers properly so
: that the two machines can talk to each other? But I would guess there's
: a little more to it ;)
: - Markus
Briefly, if you want to SLIP between them...
use something to logon to the other machine. Set up the login prog on the
other machine to sliplogin. Read the slip login docs... once the connection
is made,
ifconfig sl0 inet `hostname -s` targetname netmask -xfffffffe
Sorry it's brief, but read the docs and email me if you've still got problems.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....