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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!news-out.internetmci.com!peerfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!arg1.demon.co.uk From: Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP: lp0 --> plip packet driver Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:44:27 +0000 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3292465B.167EB0E7@net-tel.co.uk> References: <nigel.15.0014A0D7@znet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: arg1.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: arg1.demon.co.uk X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nigel Gorry wrote: > I'm trying to connect a DOS based laptop via a Parallel laplink cable to my > FreeBSD box, without sucess. > > I'm using the PLIP.COM packet driver on my DOS machine & the lp0 interface on > the FreeBSD box. > > I use the following line to setup lp0 > ifconfig lp0 203.61.202.20 203.61.202.24 You need at least to add "link0" to that ifconfig - "man 4 lp" for more info on the subject.