Don't know much about Laplink cable ... but the following URL has information about this cable (and others) : http://www.hwb.acc.umu.se/menu_Cable.html Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Polak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 19 February 2001 10:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: problems connection HP-LX palmtop to /dev/ttyS0 in Linux ... > > To all in this list: > > Today, I was playing with serial cable connection my HP-CX > paltop to PC, and I failed to setup serial connection > between COMTOOL as terminal on DOS (HP-CX) side and MINICOM > on Linux side (/dev/modem linking to /dev/ttyS1, where laplink > is connected...) > > Is it possible to setup PPP connection over standard HP-CX(LX) > laplink cable ? I am not sure if I don't need special > "crossed" cable, ie. I am not sure if null-modem cable and > laplink cables are the same, or not. > > I finaly succeeded in configuring PPP connection from my > home to Arachne Labs office over Siemens Gigaset M101 wireless > serial-cable extender (cca 0.5 km distance, maybe even more...). > (Well, this is Linux-to-Linux link, Arachne (EPPD or LSPPP) > is not using directly the serial cable extender, but rather > ethernet card, and there is IP masquerading configured on > my local Linux workstation. This is why I won't write any > "Siemens gigaset howto" for Arachne - it behaves really just > like piece of serial cable...) > > Now I would like to start experimenting with getting online > with stripped down version of Arachne running on HP-CX palmtop > (1 MB RAM, XT-compatible, 8 Mhz, CGA card...), either > against PPP server running on my Linux, or using GSM cell > phone (here in .cz, there are "free" ISPs offering PPP > connection over GSM - "free" means, that you pay "only" > per-minute rate for being online with cell phone, which is > same as when you are just talking...). > > So far, I haven't been able even to see what I am typing > in COMTOOL running on HP-CX, configured to 9600 bps, in > MINICOM in Linux, configured also to 9600 bps. So it is really > not yet time starting to play with any PPP link, if I cannot > see not even plain characters in terminal... > > Any idea ?
