I've got 2 computers and I'd like them to be linked using plip. One is a
Duron 1000, the other is an old 486dx2, both pc's with Slackware 8.0 and
kernel 2.4.17. So, I configured the kernel (with parallel port and plip
support statically linked to the kernel), I configured the network, and the
ping from the Duron to the 486 works fine (max 1%-2% packets lost, tcpdump
running in the 486 shows the route of all datagrams), while from 486 to the
Duron I get 100% packets lost (there aren't problems of unknown host, because
network configuration should be all right). Maybe could be a problem of the
486, because its hardware is quite old. In fact the kernel couldn't find an
irq for the parallel port (it's a PC-SPP in 0x378). I tried without irq, and
I get the problems above, I tried with irq 5 and also with irq 7 and nothing
changes. Something else: I tried to connect with an ftp client to the proftpd
server installed in the 486. With tcpdump running in both machimes I see the
datagrams outgoing from the Duron and ingoing into the 486. But after few
datagrams (3-4) the connection fails. So I have to close the ftp client.
Once, I saw a datagram outgoing from the 486 with the extension .ftp (so it
should be a reply of the ftp server to the client) abount 30 secs after I
closed the client. I don't really know where the problem could be. Maybe it
could be an hardware trouble... Does anybody can help me? Thanks.
Roberto
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