Federico Sevilla III writes:
> Hi there everyone,
>
> I don't know if this qualifies as on-topic, off-topic, or slightly
> off-topic. So please pardon the post if it's off-topic. :)
>
> I have a laptop whose PCMCIA slots are kaput, but it's all I've got to be
> able to test my PostgreSQL-ODBC-M$Access97 setup. I therefore need to be
> able to establish a network connection between my laptop that will be
> running Windows95, and my desktop computer running Linux. The laptop has a
> serial port and a parallel port. Is there any way for me to be able to
> link the two (and not via a dumb terminal program, I need TCP/IP working)
> using the parallel or serial ports on both computers?
Use the serial port and a null modem cable, with PPP on the Linux box.
Unfortunately Win95 does not have a null modem device to make a null modem
usable with Dialup Networking. Fortunately someone wrote a null modem INF
and made it public. Unfortunately I cannot remember who or where to get it.
Fortunately I wrote an article (complete with ASCII diagrams) on how to do
this a couple of years ago, being in the same situation as yourself.
Unfortunately, I can't remember where I posted it.
Fortunately, http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/471/103.html has everything
you need to get it up and running.
HTH
Brian
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