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# 4. Connecting...

The moment of truth: connect the computers with the null modem cable, first start the server side (if you are using the "/etc/inittab" approach it should be up already), then start the client side. You should see something like this on the server:

    [root@griis /root]# pppd /dev/ttyS1 nodetach
    Using interface ppp0
    Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
    user zaphod logged in
    Deflate (15) compression enabled
    local  IP address 192.168.0.1
    remote IP address 192.168.1.1

Note that if you started pppd from the "/etc/inittab" file these messages will appear in "/var/log/messages". On the client side you should see something like this:

    [root@wylg /root]# pppd /dev/ttyS0 nodetach
    Using interface ppp0
    Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
    Remote message: Success
    Deflate (15) compression enabled
    local  IP address 192.168.1.1
    remote IP address 192.168.0.1

On either side you can ping the other computer to see if the connection is active:

    [zaphod@wylg zaphod]$ ping 192.168.0.1
    PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) from 192.168.1.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=31.7 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=20.3 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=19.2 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=20.3 ms

    --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max = 19.2/22.8/31.7 ms

You can now access the server through any TCP/IP services it might have available, such as FTP, HTTP, TELNET and SAMBA.

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