[6503] in RedHat Linux List
Re: serial cable connection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Nielsen)
Wed Nov 27 19:08:30 1996
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:05:18 -0700 (MST)
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>
Reply-To: nielsen@primenet.com
To: Alex de Joode <usura@replay.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611272223.XAA01723@basement.replay.com>
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Alex de Joode wrote:
>
> 2 computers both running redhat 3.0.3, are connected via a serial
> cable. (cua3 and cua2)
>
> computer A is connected to the Internet via a leased line,
> computer B logs in to A via PPP (win3.11 or terminal dos),
> the serial port on A has getty enabled.
>
> when computer B boots to linux, I'm unable to get to the login
> prompt of computer A, (dip -t doesn't give me the 'login'), while
> everything works fine under dos/win.
>
>
> questions: does dip work on serial cables ?
> anyone else has this 'poor students network' working ?
You don't need to use dip; use slattach instead (for a slip connection).
I assume your cable is configured for null-modem.
Here is what I have:
/sbin/slattach -d -p cslip -s 115200 /dev/cua1 &
sleep 1
/sbin/ifconfig sl0 broadcast 44.255.255.255 pointopoint 44.124.64.8 mtu 256 44.124.64.9
/sbin/route add 44.124.64.8 sl0
/sbin/route add -net 44.124.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 gw 44.124.64.8
You could also use ppp with a serial cable (or plip with a parallel
cable).
Bob
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