Heimo Claasen wrote: > > the simple task to transfer some files from one Linux > box to another by direct - nullmodem cable - connection > demands setting up a whole "network" and using PPP.
PPP is not necessary. For direct serial connections, I prefer slattach. ------------------------------ slattach -s 115200 /dev/cua0 & ------------------------------ That's all you need to establish a SLIP interface on COM1 (if your kernel does not have built-in support for SLIP, you'll also need to insmod slhc and slip). Since it is a TCP/IP network, you need to assign an address to the interface. ------------------------------------------------ ifconfig sl0 192.168.1.2 pointopoint 192.168.1.1 ------------------------------------------------ Your network is now ready (unless you have an old version of ifconfig, which needs an explicit route to the destination). --------------------- route add 192.168.1.1 --------------------- Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
