On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about, Re: "This is very simple" -
Direct serial connection.:
> 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
You have a default route to net 192.168.0.0 on eth0 then a seperate route
on eth0 for 192.168.0..10 and a default route to everything on eth0, seems
strange to me.
Let me pull out my old cable cable if i can find it and see what happens.
>
> > 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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