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<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.11 1998-09-08 09:47:20 wosch Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.12 1998-10-30 23:15:03 wosch Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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you will get an error that complains about the record size being
too big.
<sect1>
<heading>Connect 2 FreeBSD boxes over a parallel line (PLIP)
</heading>
<p>Get a laplink cable. Make sure both computer have a kernel
with lpt driver support.
<verb>
$ dmesg | grep lp
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
</verb>
<p>Plug in the laplink cable into the parallel interface.
<p>Configure the network interface parameters for lp0 on both
sites as root. For example, if you want connect the host max
with moritz
<verb>
max <-----> moritz
IP Address 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
</verb>
on max start
<verb>
# ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
</verb>
on moritz start
<verb>
# ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1
</verb>
<P>Thats all! Please read also the manpages lp(4) and
lpt(4).
<P>You should also add the hosts to /etc/hosts
<verb>
127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost
10.0.0.1 max.my.domain max
10.0.0.2 moritz.my.domain moritz
</verb>
<P>To check if it works do:
on max:
<verb>
$ ifconfig lp0
lp0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000
</verb>
<verb>
$ netstat -r
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
moritz max UH 4 127592 lp0
</verb>
<verb>
$ ping -c 4 moritz
PING moritz (10.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.774 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.530 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.556 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.714 ms
--- moritz ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.530/2.643/2.774/0.103 ms
</verb>
<sect1>
<heading>
Can I install on my laptop over PLIP (Parallel Line IP)?