At 06:47 PM 2/28/97 -0800, Jim wrote: Hmmm - how fast is PLIP? Are you able to give me some stats on FTP's and ping times? I'm wondering if it's faster than 115200 serial...
Regards >Compile both lp and plip as modules- lp otherwise takes priority and >since only one device per port is allowed, plip will not exist. You >can make an ugly hack to kernel sources if you wish. > >With the 11 wire plip cable on port 0x278 (IRQ 5), I connect machines >edp0 and edp1 (.1 and .2) as follows: > >/sbin/insmod plip io=0x278 irq=5 >/sbin/ifconfig plip0 arp 10.0.0.1 pointopoint 10.0.0.2 up >/sbin/route add -net 10.0.0.0 plip0 >/sbin/route add -host 10.0.0.2 plip0 > >edp0 is the gateway machine (short.circuit.com) and the above is used >on edp1 with the difference of .1 and .2 being swapped around in the >command lines. In addition, edp0 is defined as the gateway on edp1: > >/sbin/route add default gw 10.0.0.1 plip0 > >Slow machines like mine need "klogd -c4" to stop plip errors from going to >the screen. > >To take the network down: > >/sbin/ifconfig plip0 down >rmmod plip > > >-!- > > > -- ___________________________________________________________________ Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-9-455-3446 Fax: +61-9-455-2776 http://www.star.net.au ___________________________________________________________________