Poor Man's Net Mini How-TO
Ewald Arnold,
ewald@ewald-arnold.de
v1.1, 23 Jan 1999
How to set up a little net under Linux using RS232 to connect a laptop to a desktop computer
1.
Why this document
2.
Hardware
2.1 The simple nullmodem cable
2.2 The full-featured nullmodem cable
3.
Software
3.1 Launch the ppp deamon
3.2 Using the desktop's printer
3.3 Mounting the desktop's filesystems
3.4 Offline browsing with wwwoffle
4.
Experiences
5.
Author
6.
Thanks
7.
Open questions