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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: tcp/ip over lp0
From:       "M.R.Murphy" <mrm () Mole ! ORG>
Date:       1996-07-31 20:58:45
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> there do these errors come from ? - is there any timing i may change to get it
> working or is it the hardware (i had it working between the two machines some
> time ago - but now some parts of them have changed - and the cable was
> different) ? - or can it be that the cable is too long (it's really long -
> about 5 meters or so) ?
>
> does anyone have any ideas ? nate ? - thanks in advance
>

TCP over parallel port worked fine for me with a 486DX2/66 laptop to
a p5/133. Very different speed cpu's in that case, and about 50Kbytes/sec.
I think you're on the right track with the cable. Mine was an 8ft commercial
molded cable.

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Mike Murphy  mrm@Mole.ORG  +1 619 598 5874
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