mgetty and null serial cable?

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Hi,

On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 03:40:03PM -0500, Barton Hodges wrote:
> I saw a reference to this not long ago, but I cannot
> find the email.   Can someone please give me some advice?
> 
> I need to connect a win95 machine to my linux box over a ppp link using
> a null srial cable, and give it an ip address.
> 
> I have been doing it for a long while with a modem, but 
> I just found out that the project I am working on will require
> a hard-wire.
> 
> any ideas?

You could do it with "mgetty -r" and AutoPPP, yes.  On the WinXX side,
there is a function to couple WinXX PCs that will use PPP internally, and
should be the right thing here.

OTOH, why not use a $30 network card?

gert
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