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Re: Point-to-point



On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Denis Kopylenko wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I'd like to know how to configure the point to point (any)
> connection between two computers on the modem line.
> None of machines has internet access.

There are several ways of course :-)
First you should try to get a simple shell access when you connect
the both computers. This is achieved by running a getty process on the
appropriate serial port. You can configure your getty in /etc/inittab or
on the command line. Please look in the NAG (Network Admin Guide). 
Then when the modem rings the getty runs /bin/login.
I personally recommend using mgetty from Gerd Doering or faxgetty from
Sam Leffler because with those getties you do not need to put the 
modem in auto-answer mode.
After you succesfully have got a connect and logged in into the other 
computer you can use ppp (point to point protocol).
In order to be able to use ppp you have to use the ppp module on both
machines.
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make modules
# make modules_install
# insmod slhc	<--- header compression
# insmod ppp

When you got that far please send me further E-Mail.

Yours,

-- martin

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