Hi,
it works! It was the 'local' option in combination with 'cdtrcts' (to
satisfy macs).
Thanks,
Sebastiaan
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Andrei D. Caraman wrote:
>
> Sebastiaan,
>
>
> you may find the following options of some use (unfortunately i
> can't verify now, this is all from my poor memory). here goes:
>
> - local
> - passive
> - ipcp-accept*
> - noipdefault
>
> i seem to remember that when i configured leased lines, i used
> to have the server assign ip addresses and have the clients
> accept whatever the server sent them. i would try removing the
> ip addresses from the client's commandline and add noipdefault
> and local there, and i would also add passive and local on the
> server. of course, you get to decide which computer is the
> server and which is the client.
>
> take all this with a grain of salt, since it's been a while
> since i've last done anything like it.
>
>
>
>
>
> happy ppp-ing,
> adc
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 10:17:58AM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that this is not isp related, but on this list there are people who
> > know a lot about pppd (I hope).
> >
> > I am trying to set up a network connection between two computers which are
> > connected with a serial cable (null modem).
> > One computer is an i386 with 2.4.0, the other is an Macintosh Quadra 610
> > with 2.2.10, both running stable.
> > I found an old conversion cable so I can connect apples with rs232 ports.
> > It works, I have a connection (I can cat a file at one machine, and it
> > comes out unscrambled on the other).
> >
> > I do:
> > pppd -detach crtscts lock 192.168.2.254:192.168.2.1 /dev/ttyS1 19200 noauth
> >
> > on both computers (and the ip's swapped), as described in the ppp howto.
> >
> >
> > Both return:
> > Using interface ppp0
> > Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> >
> > and wait, and after a while they get a LCP timeout sending
> > Config-Requests.
> >
> > In the manpage of pppd there is said that crtscts does not work correctly
> > on macintoshes, but they do not say what will work. I tried other options
> > like xon/xoff, cdtr/cts, modem, but without succes.
> >
> > I also tried to set up the ppp0 interface with ifconfig while both
> > computers are waiting for connection, but also without succes.
> >
> > Am I forgetting something?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Sebastiaan
> >
> >
> >
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