From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 287 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 13:59:30 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 6 Dec 2004 13:59:30 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CbJOj-0005uO-SZ for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:59:29 +0000 Received: (qmail 18998 invoked by uid 89); 6 Dec 2004 13:59:11 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 5152 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 13:59:11 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:07:51 -0500 From: Bill Davidson To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20041206140751.GA5898@tux.billshome.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cable Link X-Archives-Salt: 92d526ad-cbe1-4a34-8126-8cf346ae1af1 X-Archives-Hash: 403afc82e82f821dbb2a41fe990f43a2 On 21:07 Sun 05 Dec , Adam wrote: > I have a cable with serial on one end and parallel on the end and I > was wonder if I can use it to share my Internet connection with my > FreeBSD laptop (I would put Gentoo on it if I had an Internet > connection).? Serial ports come in 15 pin and 25 pin varieties. If the 25 pin connector on the cable is female, it's serial, if it's male, it's parallel. But to answer your question, you can set up a slip connection. Check tldp.org for a howto. HTH. Bill -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list