Subject: Re: ppp on parallel port
To: None <newhouse@pimin.diac.com>
From: Hacksaw <hacksaw@user1.channel1.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/10/1997 09:50:16
>Q1: Can you run ppp on a NetBSD(i386) parallel port?
> If yes: Q1a: Are there any special configuration entries?
> Q1b: Is anybody running one of these on NetBSD?
> Would like to here from you.
Probably.
>Q2: Anyone care to suggest a good way to go connecting to ISDN?
> I've got 3-NetBSD PC's (two running analog connections) and one Win95,
> already connected by ethernet.
You might consider an ISDN Router (~$800).
>I've been looking around for a "null modem" parallel cable so I could do some
>speed tests between two machines. Nobody seems to understand what I'm talking
>about. I think I must not be using the commonly used name for this cable.
Not sure whether it will work, but a "LapLink Parallel" cable might be
a name for it. It seemed to me LapLink had a parallel option.
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Hacksaw