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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!tezcat!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!chaos.crhc.uiuc.edu!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newsfeed.concentric.net!news-master!news From: averba@eden.rutgers.edu (Andrew Verba) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How do you setup Plip? (I have lp0*) Date: 30 Dec 1996 17:41:04 GMT Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5a8urg$k3k@herald.concentric.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 61049d0007la.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33291 I have two freebsd machines connected by a lap link cable. when I run netstat -i on both machines, I get something like this: gauss# netstat -i Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll lp0* 1500 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 16384 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 16384 your-net localhost 0 0 0 0 0 sl0* 552 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 tun0* 1500 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 gauss# So as you can see there is a parallel port interface, and it is recognized. What do I need to do to throw packets out through this interface? Thanks for your time, Sincerely Andrew Verba