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- From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
- Subject: SLIP set up, but how to connect?
- Message-ID: <r0rn0hj.alm@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 02:10:25 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- I am using "Unix System Administration" by Nemeth, Synder, Seebass as a
- reference, which is very helpful, but it doesn't seem to cover SLIP...
-
- On one system SLIP autologin is set up as per the sliplogin man page
- (sliplogin linked to /etc/, passwd entry added with vipw, etc). On the
- second system, only the 386bsd distribution installation disk is
- installed (and a patched kernel from the first system). I can use
- the second system as a serial terminal (connecting with tip) on the
- first. But how to I get a SLIP connection?
-
- Following the 386bsd installation instructions for loading 386bsd via
- SLIP, I do:
-
- # slattach /dev/com2 9600
- # ifconfig sl0 192.100.92.2 192.100.92.1
-
- (192.100.92.1 and .2 are the arbitrary IP addresses that I have
- assigned to the first and second system, respectively. They appear
- in the first system's /etc/hosts file).
-
- Is the route command necessary now? If so, do I use the first system's
- IP address as the <local gate number>?
-
- In the mean time, I try:
- # ftp 192.100.92.1
-
- No complaint, but no connection either. So I try:
- # route add default 192.100.92.1
-
- adds default OK. Again:
- # ftp 192.100.92.1
-
- nothing. So then I try tip, but that doesn't work now.
-
- Other variations I have tried:
-
- login via tip before slattach to the first system using SLIP login
- name (Sworm). autolgoin fails in slip.login.
-
- connect via tip and at the "login: " prompt ^Z back to local system.
- Do slattach, fg back to tip - the diagnostic appears: "write not
- support by device"
-
- etc. What am I doing wrong?
- -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>
-