Re: OT: pppd wanted between two compu's (SOLVED!)
Hi,
it works! It was the 'local' option in combination with 'cdtrcts' (to
satisfy macs).
Thanks,
Sebastiaan
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Andrei D. Caraman wrote:
>
> Sebastiaan,
>
>
> you may find the following options of some use (unfortunately i
> can't verify now, this is all from my poor memory). here goes:
>
> - local
> - passive
> - ipcp-accept*
> - noipdefault
>
> i seem to remember that when i configured leased lines, i used
> to have the server assign ip addresses and have the clients
> accept whatever the server sent them. i would try removing the
> ip addresses from the client's commandline and add noipdefault
> and local there, and i would also add passive and local on the
> server. of course, you get to decide which computer is the
> server and which is the client.
>
> take all this with a grain of salt, since it's been a while
> since i've last done anything like it.
>
>
>
>
>
> happy ppp-ing,
> adc
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 10:17:58AM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that this is not isp related, but on this list there are people who
> > know a lot about pppd (I hope).
> >
> > I am trying to set up a network connection between two computers which are
> > connected with a serial cable (null modem).
> > One computer is an i386 with 2.4.0, the other is an Macintosh Quadra 610
> > with 2.2.10, both running stable.
> > I found an old conversion cable so I can connect apples with rs232 ports.
> > It works, I have a connection (I can cat a file at one machine, and it
> > comes out unscrambled on the other).
> >
> > I do:
> > pppd -detach crtscts lock 192.168.2.254:192.168.2.1 /dev/ttyS1 19200 noauth
> >
> > on both computers (and the ip's swapped), as described in the ppp howto.
> >
> >
> > Both return:
> > Using interface ppp0
> > Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> >
> > and wait, and after a while they get a LCP timeout sending
> > Config-Requests.
> >
> > In the manpage of pppd there is said that crtscts does not work correctly
> > on macintoshes, but they do not say what will work. I tried other options
> > like xon/xoff, cdtr/cts, modem, but without succes.
> >
> > I also tried to set up the ppp0 interface with ifconfig while both
> > computers are waiting for connection, but also without succes.
> >
> > Am I forgetting something?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Sebastiaan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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