From e1ac948ad26b587a005ec2b9e8580e8f18d4b0ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Fonvieille Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:49:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Various fixes in Parallel Line IP section: - remove contractions - punctuation fixes - use of manual page entities and hostid tags --- .../handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml | 20 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml index 55160ed54d..177272f09b 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml @@ -6002,7 +6002,7 @@ server-program-arguments - connecting two computers with PLIP. + Connecting two computers with PLIP. @@ -6010,8 +6010,8 @@ server-program-arguments Creating a Parallel Cable You can purchase a parallel cable at most computer supply - stores. If you can't do that, or you just want to know how - it's done, here's how you make one out of a normal parallel + stores. If you cannot do that, or you just want to know how + it is done, the following table shows how to make one out of a normal parallel printer cable. @@ -6134,7 +6134,7 @@ BUSYGet a laplink cable. - Confirm that both computers have a kernel with lpt driver + Confirm that both computers have a kernel with &man.lpt.4; driver support. &prompt.root; dmesg | grep lp @@ -6145,14 +6145,14 @@ lp0: TCP/IP capable interface Plug in the laplink cable into the parallel interface on both computers. - Configure the network interface parameters for lp0 on both + Configure the network interface parameters for lp0 on both sites as root. For example, if you want connect - the host host1 with host2 + the host host1 with host2: host1 <-----> host2 IP Address 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 - Configure the interface on host1 by doing: + Configure the interface on host1 by doing: &prompt.root; ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 @@ -6165,16 +6165,16 @@ IP Address 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 manual pages &man.lp.4; and &man.lpt.4; for more details.You should also add both hosts to - /etc/hosts. + /etc/hosts:127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost 10.0.0.1 host1.my.domain host1 10.0.0.2 host2.my.domainTo confirm the connection works, go to each host and ping - the other. For example, on host1: + the other. For example, on host1: - &prompt.root; ifconfig lp0 + &prompt.root; ifconfig lp0 lp0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000 &prompt.root; netstat -r