SUMMARY: SOMEWHAT OFF TOPIC: PPP over direct serial link to PC

Harry Ford (hford@economeister.com)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:56:36 -0500

Hi all,
(orig. quest. below)

got the following reference to a null-modem driver for 95:
http://www.vt.edu:10021/K/kewells/net

looks like this is exactly what I need.

A hearty thanks to: Ron Kelly, Mr. Venkat D for their instructions and
reassurance, and Arthur Darren Dunham <add@netcom.com> for digging through
archives to find this modem driver.

ORIGINAL QUESTION:

Hi all,

I would like to establish a PPP connection from a PC to my 4.1.1 box via a
direct serial connection into a port expander box (no modem). I've seen
documentation that says you can do it rather easily from UNIX to UNIX, but
no mention of PC to UNIX. I'm using PPP v.2.1 and planning on applying the
recommended patches to get ppp to work reliably on the Sun.