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hi there, here's some stuff from a book -> page 233 of linux complete says "Please note the some laptops use chipsets that will not work with PLIP because they do not allow some combinations of signals that PLIP relies on, that printers don't use." default IRQ setup should be device i/o IRQ plip0 0x3bc 5 plip 1 0x378 7 plip2 0x278 2 but these can be changed when inserting the module or using ifconfig. then ~/#ifconfig plip1 localplip pointopoint remote plip [up] then add the route ~/#route add remoteplip plip1 which could be the line you are missing - this says 'any packets to go to machine remoteplip are to go via plip1 and make sure 'remoteplip' machine is in your hosts file - or you could be specific route add 192.168.0.2 plip1 please note - i've just got this from a book - so i am certainly not sure of any of it!!! kev Trevor Sansom wrote: > My attempts to connect my laptop & desktop computers, > for file exchange through the parallel ports, is > progressing. I have established that the connection is > > possible by using Window cable to cable connection > succesfully & would save myself any further hassel if > this did not truncate linux filenames when transfering > from a CD rom. > > I am using Peanut linux (which I believe is based on > Slakware) on both machines. Plip is installed as a > module. > /etc/hosts/ has > 192.168.0.1 target > 192.168.0.2 source > on both machines. > Then:- > # ifconfig plip0 source pointopoint target netmask > 255.255.225.255 up > on desktop > # ifconfig plip0 target pointopoint source netmask > 255.255.255,255 up > on laptop > ifconfig shows plip0 OK but ping from one to another > gets 100% packet loss. > Telnet also fails to open a connection. The RTFM > approach has been tried until my fingers bled & my > brain exploded. I feel that I've made a leap but not > yet a quatum one. Any help would be highly > appreciated. > > Trevor Sansom > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.