[GLLUG] serial null-modem

[David Lee Lambert]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Wald wrote:

> I am trying to implement a  connection between my desktop and
> a gateway2000solo notebook through a serial null-modem. In order
> to understand the process better I have read some howtos,
> including "The Serial Laplink Howto", but haven't succeed. The
> desktop looks to operate properly, but the notebook... One of
> the problems I am facing up with is to establish an IP number
> to serial (if it's strictly necessary), I suppose that the IP number
> is defined by the pppd (it isn't clear in the howto).

look at the manpage for pppd ... it's fairly clear

> concern that comes up is that I am using a minidist in my
> notebook (freesco), which one has the cua0 as the device for
> the serial interface, on the other hand the desktop, running a conectiva
> linux, has the ttyS0 for the device. I suppose that the cuax is somehow
> sort of obsolete if compared to the ttySx (I don't know if that could be

/dev/cua* and /dev/ttyS* both exist on my box.  PPPD uses /dev/ttyS*.

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