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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > Serial terminal (via a DOS or Linux term program).
> >
> > We did this with telnet
>
> No, this is quite different from telnet.  The second
> computer is hooked directly into the getty (via the
> serial port).  It is not TCP/IP.  It runs a DOS
> terminal program, like telix or commo.

We did this with both telnet and the terminal program methods, a couple of 
years ago, using a serial nullmodem cable and your instructions and 
various terminal programs, including kermit and microcom, between DOS or 
BL2 and BL3.  I had to edit a file (the serial mouse stopped working after 
that, no surprise).

> > how does Xterminal work and did you try it in BL?
>
> I use it several times a week.  BL3 on a 486 laptop with
> 12mb RAM gets icewm from the desktop (via ethernet) and
> runs Firefox (etc.) at excellent speed.

I only want to run links or lynx on both computers at once.  We did that 
via the serial nullmodem cable but don't want to run them all over the 
house.

> > Is a 100MHz laptop powerful enough (we have a PCMCIA
> > wireless card)?
>
> As I said above, if the gateway computer is not the
> most powerful system, you probably want to make it
> an IP-masking firewall.
>
> > How do we set up IP-masking firewall?
>
> I suggest you start with BL1.  It was designed for
> this purpose (see netsetup in BL1).  Floppy version
> works fine -- insmod, ifconfig, route, ipfwadm.
> Then ppp-on and you will be able to share that
> connection with the rest of the TCP/IP network.

For BL3 would we need to insert additional modules or use the larger 
kernel?


> > I presume crossover network cable from the wireless-
> > connected computer to the other computer (or use a
> > hub if several).
>
> Not just ethernet.  Any TCP/IP network can be used
> (PLIP, SLIP, whatever).

Same as for your send/receive routine, which I used to use via plip and 
now use via ethernet.

> > If we network with a Windows laptop for which we have
> > the wireless card driver, can we run a linux browser?
>
> The Windows laptop will simply be routing the TCP/IP
> traffic.  It does not care which operating system was
> used to generate the traffic.
>
> > If so, how?
>
> I can't tell you how to configure Windows. But once
> the Windows computer is functioning as a TCP/IP
> gateway (eg 192.168.1.1), you do this on your Linux
> computer:
> --------------------------------
> route add default gw 192.168.1.1
> --------------------------------

BL2 does not have ipfwadm.  Do I put BL1 (ramdisk or floppy disk) on both 
computers or just one?

I will download BL1 and look at netsetup.

> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
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