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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca!not-for-mail From: h5h1@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Markus Meister) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: How to "connect" two computers running FreeBSD 2.0?? Date: 14 Jan 1995 02:39:14 -0800 Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3f89kiINN1lj@anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca Well, I have another question that I couldn't find in a FAQ (and I'm afraid it's something of a newbie question): What is a simple way to "connect" two computers, with a modem, for example. Pardon the term 'connect': I use it because I realize there are several ways. I tried a connection via tip, but to no avail. I may have more luck if I give it another shot (I have Nemeth's (et al.) _Unix System Administration Handbook_, and it's very helpful). What I would really like to able to do is to use FTP/telnet over the modem connection. I frequently use a SLIP connection to my universities dialin service, but I just can't figure out how to do it with two, well, "normal" computers. I would appreciate some suggestions what to do, or even where to start fiddling. I have some vague idea of the function of the relevant files in /etc, but I guess my knowledge isn't sufficient. Maybe all I need to know is how to pick the IP numbers properly so that the two machines can talk to each other? But I would guess there's a little more to it ;) - Markus