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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!noc.tor.hookup.net!news From: Thomas Schroecker <thomas@server.bruce.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: SLIP over serial ports?!? Date: 10 Jul 1995 22:38:32 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3tsa58$gpk@noc.tor.hookup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: server.bruce.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) X-URL: news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/3867-3966 Hi'yall My FreeBSD machine is lacking a diskdrive (for a reason which is too long to explain). Anyhow, I've got a serial port which I connect to my laptop via a null cable. Now I've got some networking utilities for dos which I use to transfer files to and from the BSD machine, but if I use them I have to reboot my machine every time. Is there a quick way to connect my dos machine to the freebsd machine via slip? Or is there any way I can log into the freebsd machine over the serial port. I've entered terminal programs, while the otehr machine is running freebsd but I've had no luck so far getting a login prompt. Anyhow, any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanx Thomas Schroecker thomas@server.bruce.net schroect@sos.wingham.com