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#! rnews 1396 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Query: PLIP connection. Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:37:55 +1000 Organization: Monash University Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3337D533.2E22@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <33369B7E.41C67EA6@sees.bangor.ac.uk> <87sp1kfbsf.fsf@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-2-09.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37712 Phillip Musumeci wrote: > > On machine 1, adjust your /etc/sysconfig system configuration file to > contain > > network_interfaces="lp0 lo0" > ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.6 192.168.1.7 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > > where in this example, we are saying that we have an lp0 device and a > loopback lo0 device, and then give the arguments to the ifconfig command to > set them up. On machine 2, use > > network_interfaces="lp0 lo0" > ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.7 192.168.1.6 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > How about a connection between a FreeBSD box and a Win 95 box using PLIP? Anyone accomplished this ? David H. dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au