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Re: [BL] plip connection in BL1 and BL2

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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Subject: Re: [BL] plip connection in BL1 and BL2
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:51:14 +1300

Christof Lange wrote:
>
> the command line
>
> ifconfig plip0 server pointopoint client
>
> does not work, whereas
>
> ifconfig plip0 192.168.1.1 pointopoint 192.168.1.2
>
> works. Why are the aliases not accepted?

AFAIK the tiny ifconfig in busybox does not look in
/etc/hosts. So, you need to put the numerical address
in the ifconfig. After that (for ping, etc.) you can
use the hostname.

Cheers,
Steven

[BL] plip connection in BL1 and BL2, Christof Lange, 01/14/2007
- Re: [BL] plip connection in BL1 and BL2, sindi keesan, 01/14/2007
- Re: [BL] plip connection in BL1 and BL2, 3aoo-cvfd, 01/14/2007