Good question... anyone know for sure :) I should be able to just make a plip connection, and setup the connection as the default gateway to the internet like normal. As far as the machine running IP masq., I don't know if there are any problems there. weston George Winn wrote: > Is it possible to IP masquerade through PLIP? > George > > At 04:33 AM 5/28/99 -0500, Weston Sewell wrote: > >I've been trying to set up PLIP, because I don't wanna buy two more net > >cards, and it'd be great to get these three OLD pc's sitting on my floor > >to talk to each other :) > > > >Anyway, when I try to load the module "insmod plip" or "modprobe plip" > >it complains about the device being in use or already open. With > >"lsmod" I noticed a module "paraport", and two supporting modules > >"paraport_probe" and "paraport_pc". I assume these are Parallel port > >drivers for the PC style parallel port ?(I am on a PC) If I rmmod these > >three, or any combination of them, and then try to "modprobe plip" it > >complains about different paraport functions "can't find > >paraport_thisfunction". > > > >I've looked in /proc/devices and there's no listing for any lp devices > >so I'm clear there. I Deleted the one entry for a printer through the > >control panel for RH6, but still no luck. Is there anywhere else I > >can/should look for something still using the parallel port? Any other > >ideas? > > > >I... I have a modem in each box, is there a method for using directly > >connected modems to network two systems? I'm not looking for a fast > >connection, at least not at this point. Just something other than the > >ONE floppy drive I have > > > >weston > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
