On 6/22/07, Leslie Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm trying to transfer a large file from computer A to computer B using
a null modem cable. The file is a compressed file which, when
transferred, will allow me to install on computer B the distribution
called Delilinux. I have no other way of getting the file onto computer
B than via the cable.
Preparatory to such a transfer, I've run a couple of installation floppy
disks on computer B. They're supposed, among other things, to install
pppd on computer B. In order to make it easy to transfer the file using
pppd, you're prompted to do certain things after the installation on
computer B of pppd.
One is obviously to run pppd on computer A. However, computer B tells
you, in effect, that computer A must have the address 192.168.0.1. I've
run on computer A the command I'm told to, but no connection between the
two computers is created.
Computer A is behind a modem/router and already has the address 10.1.1.1.
Is that likely to be the reason why no connection is created?
Well, it may have something to do with it, however computer A probably
has the IP address 10.1.1.1 on its network card, rather than on the
ppp interface on the serial port.
What is the result of the command "/sbin/ifconfig" if run on computer
a after you've performed the pppd command as instructed?
If so, is there a way to give 10.1.1.1 the alias of 192.168.0.2?
You can - with an alias IP address - but that's not necessarily going
to fix your problem - especially if you alias this interface on the
network adapter rather than the ppp interface.
If not, it seems that computer B has on it Telnet. Can I use that to
transfer the file instead?
Theoretically, if you had a file transfer protocol like sz on one end
and rz on the other - but it would need some serious tweaking, and
unless you get a valid network existing between the two machines, it's
telnet is not going to work either. It'd be far easier to use ftp or
scp to transfer the files from one machine to another, but this still
relies on the ppp connection between computer a and computer b being
established and working.
Run ifconfig on both machines once you're attempted the pppd commands
and see what you get - then post the results.
DaZZa
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