Quoting Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 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.
I would add "debug" and look at the logs to see what, if anything, is passing between them. Sorry I can't help with Mac handshaking. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
