hich starts up the pppd as the login
> shell on the other end. ... Before ethernet that was quite a common
> way to network two computers on the local site.
Exactly. In absence of a driver for an Ethernet adapter, serial crossover
with PPP is quite effective. After starting mgetty int
John Hasler wrote:
> It's not clear what you are trying to do. For a PPP link you want pppd
> on both ends.
I assume Peter is having ppp on one end login to the other end at the
login: prompt as the ppp user which starts up the pppd as the login
shell on the other end. That will result in two pp
pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> PPP over a serial crossover cable between two machines.
Fun retro! :-)
What clues are found in the mgetty debug log file?
> If mgetty is started interactively by root, PPP works, including PAP.
> I haven't found any effect when the mgetty command is in /etc/inittab.
It's not clear what you are trying to do. For a PPP link you want pppd
on both ends.
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From: Reco
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:49:35 +0300
> Are you trying to setup a dial-up old fashioned way?
PPP over a serial crossover cable between two machines.
If mgetty is started interactively by root, PPP works, including PAP.
I haven't found any effect when the mgetty command is in
Hi.
On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:09:37 -0700
pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Traditionally, mgetty was started with a line such as this in /etc/inittab.
> T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
In Debian it's customary to use getty for the serial console. That line
got the job done since etch was testing:
T0:2
pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Traditionally, mgetty was started with a line such as this in /etc/inittab.
> T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
> Not working in wheezy and this seems relevant.
> From: Don Armstrong
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:15:32 -0800
> Message-id: <20150222191532.gm6.
Traditionally, mgetty was started with a line such as this in /etc/inittab.
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
Not working in wheezy and this seems relevant.
From: Don Armstrong
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:15:32 -0800
Message-id: <20150222191532.gm6...@teltox.donarmstrong.com>
> 1. The C
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