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Re: TCP/IP over parallel or serial cable
On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 09:00:24PM +0200, Eran Tromer wrote:
> I need to set up a quick&dirty temporary LAN. Can Linux do TCP/IP over
> standard LapLink-style parallel cables or, failing that, serial cables?
Yes, Linux can do TCP/IP over parallel cables.
Look for information regarding the PLIP device. There is a PLIP-HOWTO, and
if your hardware is not a problem, setting up a PLIP connection is a matter
of minutes.
Note, though, that the parallel port on your machine must be using a free
IRQ, that isn't used by other devices.
This tends to be an annoying problem, as many soundcards are configured on
IRQ 7, which is the IRQ the first parallel port usually uses.
Good luck.
Nimrod