On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about, Re: "This is very simple" -
>Direct serial connection.:
> > Thanks for the advice so far, I'm sure I'm doing something really basic
> > wrong, here's the update (12 hours of trying further on)....
> >
>What does 'route -ne' say.
This is route -ne after trying to bring up ppp. ppp is running on both
machines, it's not starting then exiting because I can see it with
ps aux | grep ppp.
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
192.168.0.10 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.20 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
> I don't understand why you want to run ppp, simply having something like the
> following defined in /etc/inittab should work, providing both sides are set
> up the same way.
>
> d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100
>
> That will give direct access to both machines, you should get a login
> prompt in the same maner as if you were on the keyboard.
>
I've got that bit (terminal access) working ok, I'm trying to get the ppp
link up because I'm trying to lern how it works, and eventaully so I can
dial into the machine. This was meant to be the easy bit with no modems
involved!
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