Re: Serial connection to windoze box

["Stephan Hachinger" <Stephan.Hachinger@gmx.de>]

Hello!

I've now got the inf file, and I'm trying to use the dial-up-networking
(German: short: DFUE) to get a PPP connection over the serial line.

Now, although I've read some chapters of the PPP FAQ, I've got some problems
(don't know which one is the cause of that it doesn't work)

First of all, what protocol would you suggest? TCP/IP or IPX?

Secondly, how can I get the DFUE to send the username and password to the
Linux box correctly?

And, how can I configure the TCP/IP adresses of the Linux box (tried pppd
(...) home:remote) and what PPPD options are important furthermore?


I know, these all are "RTM"-questions, sorry, but please send me only some
important tips, or links to the right howto places, if anyone knows about
this issue.


Kind Regards,
Stephan Hachinger

BTW: Ethernet cards are very cheap at Germany, too, but I don't have any
money left at all :(

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@creighton.edu>
To: Stephan Hachinger <Stephan.Hachinger@gmx.de>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: Serial connection to windoze box


> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'd like to connect my slink box to my W95 machine over a serial cable.
If
> > anyone knows a more or less comfortable way to do this, please let me
know.
> >
> > Best solution was of course some network emulation, but I think this
isn't
> > possible.
>
> There's two ways of doing this:
>
>  * Using HyperTerminal (or some other program) to make the slink system
>    act like a terminal server.
>  * PPP/SLIP over a serial cable.  Unfortunately, when Win9x thinks of PPP
>    or SLIP, it also thinks of a modem.  I hear there's a .inf floating
>    around that lets Win9x use PPP over a null modem.
>
> The best way of doing things, I think, is ethernet.  I don't know how much
> things cost in Germany, but here in the US you can get a "home networking
> kit" for about US$70.  It includes two PCI cards, a hub, and two ethernet
> cables.
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Phil Brutsche pbrutsch@creighton.edu
>
> "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
> universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
>
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