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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
