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<TITLE>LINUX PLIP MINI-HOWTO: Introduction: what is PLIP and why should I use it?</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction: what is PLIP and why should I use it?</A></H2>
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<P>There are many ways to create a connection between multiple hosts. PLIP,
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like SLIP, allow a local connection between two machines, but uses the
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parallel ports.
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<P>Parallel ports transfer more than one bit at a time, this means it is
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possible to achieve higher speeds than with a serial interface.
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<P>The speed achieved depends completely on your hardware (CPU and parallel
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port) and system load, in general it may be from 5 Kb/sec up to even
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40 Kb/sec.
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<P>The PLIP interface is fast enough to allow some decent tcp/ip functions,
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like NFS. So, you may have a computer with all your Linux stuff and
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another with only the minimal system, where you can mount all the rest
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from the main machine.
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<P>The disadvantage is that most users have only one parallel port, this
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means that you won't be able to print and use PLIP together. Even with two
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parallel ports it is impossible to print and use PLIP without using kernel
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modules.
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<P>This disvantage can be also eliminated, if you have two or more parallel
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ports, applying a patch that you can find in this Mini-HOWTO.
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<P>Finally I am now able to give a hopefully good way to set up a PLIP link
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between DOS and Linux.
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<P>I won't stress it enough: so far nobody reported a successful link between
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Linux and Windows95.
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