Brian Servis writes:
> Just curious. Why are you using an infinite loop and not the persist
> pppd option? I have never used ppp over serial so I may be missing
> something, but it just struck me as odd.
It is. I used to use pppd as a poor man's LAN. Persist works fine.
Try (all on one line, o
I have my win95 laptop connected to my linux box via a null modem serial cable
and
dial-up networking on one side, pppd on the other side.
Works like a charm. I had to write myself a custom modem.inf file for win95,
and a
couple of perl scripts for linux, but everything works beautifully now. The
*- On 7 May, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote about "Re: Network and serial port"
>
> #!/bin/bash
> while true
> do
> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS0 115200 nodetach noauth proxyarp passive
> asyncmap 0
> 192.168.1.2:192.168.1.3
> done
>
Just curious. Why are y
Hey Bob, how are things in happy valley? Anyway, I've done what you're talking
about
many times (for head-to-head linux Quaking!). Here's whatcha do: I'll assume
your
network uses the 192.168.1.0 network and your setup is this:
BoxA (192.168.1.1) BoxB (192.168.1.2)BoxC (192.168.1.3
Hi Bob
If your laptop is a Winzoz box you have to use a terminal emulator because
it's the easiest way to link it to the net.
if it is a Linux box you can use slattach. It works fine to me too.
>I've got my two desktop computers networked using 10base2 and they are
>working nicely, now I'd like
I've got my two desktop computers networked using 10base2 and they are
working nicely, now I'd like to add my laptop into the system. I don't
have a network pcmcia card, but I do have a null modem cable. I think I
should be able to use it to network my little laptop into the system,
> I've got my two desktop computers networked using 10base2 and they are
> working nicely, now I'd like to add my laptop into the system. I don't
> have a network pcmcia card, but I do have a null modem cable. I think I
> should be able to use it to network my little laptop into the system, can
I've got my two desktop computers networked using 10base2 and they are
working nicely, now I'd like to add my laptop into the system. I don't
have a network pcmcia card, but I do have a null modem cable. I think I
should be able to use it to network my little laptop into the system, can
someone
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