Re: Major problem with Speakup.

[Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk@1tree.net>]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> How do you give a machine access to stuff like
> ip masq. and samba via a serial cable?
> I've got a system here that would benefit from such a connection,
> but I thought all of that was possible
> only over ethernet.

Actually, this is where the superiority of linux over a certain popular OS
comes into play. ipmasq, samba and other tools work the same over any
network connection. It matters not if you use serial, ethernet, token
ring, or fddi.

If I was setting up the serial connection I would probably look to make it
simple and setup ppp or slip. Both are simply designed around a serial
connection though typically employ a modem. But the modem isn't needed. If
you have one machine connected and a free serial port, you should be able
to setup another using that serial port pretty easily. In fact, I checked
and the PPP howto covers setting it up over a null modem cable.

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