On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 10:18:07AM -0500, John Alexander Sanabria Ordonez wrote:
> So the problem is that in PLIP howto explain that some laptop's parallel
> port just work like parallel port for printers, not receive data for it.
> But in this howto, explain that you can to try modify your setup in order
> to enable at this port receive data too, not only send.
I use the following script to configure my laptop (.157) to talk to my
friend's laptop (.192). She has a similar script on hers that has to
be run, too, except that the addresses are all vice-versa, of course:
#!/bin/sh
# Add a PLIP connection to the other laptop
ifconfig -v plip1 205.180.230.157 pointopoint 205.180.230.192 up
route add 205.180.230.192 plip1
Obviously you will have to change those IP addresses. I was using
addresses that are private to my company's network. You may have to
use addresses in the range 192.168.1.xxx, which are reserved for
private networks.
> Well with the possibility that my laptop can't receive data by parallel
> port i decide to "build" one null modem. But i don't know how build one
> serial cable with DB9 connectors, Somebody know how?
You should be able to get the parallel port to work; get a LapLink
parallel cable or a clone of one.
