[NTLK] Connect to Internet over serial

[Chris Parana]

That seems to be on the right track maybe, but I’m not sure how to do that on the Mac… some of those utilities are not built into macOS. This also seems to be the way to go, although I haven’t had success yet.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20021103062212288

> On Mar 5, 2017, at 11:03 PM, Scott Ticknor <ticknor at me.com> wrote:
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> Maybe you can use some of the info here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sharing_PPP_Connection <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sharing_PPP_Connection>
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> I will look into trying to emulate your setup here on my Mac one of these days.
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>> On Mar 5, 2017, at 8:10 PM, Chris Parana <chrisparana at mac.com> wrote:
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>> It does not, wish it did as it would make this very easy. I know there’s a way to do it, just not sure of the command. There’s some way to bridge the two via command line.
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>>> On Mar 5, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Scott Ticknor <ticknor at me.com> wrote:
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>>> Does the Keyspan interface show up under the Internet Sharing control preference panel?
>>> 
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>>>> On Mar 3, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Chris Parana <chrisparana at mac.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know how to connect a MessagePad to the internet over a serial link? I have mine connected to my Mac via a KeySpan serial adapter. I was able to successfully make a PPP connection between the two:
>>>> 
>>>> On the Mac
>>>> 
>>>> sudo /usr/sbin/pppd -detach local lock proxyarp 128.0.0.20:128.0.0.5 tty.USA28X1a2P2.2 115200
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On the MessagePad
>>>> 
>>>> Generic Setup
>>>> 
>>>> Protocol : PPP
>>>> Configuration : Manual
>>>> When closing : disconnect never
>>>> Local IP Address : 128.0.0.5
>>>> Gateway/Router Address : 128.0.0.20
>>>> Advanced Setting : Seriell, 115200-None-1, Hardware Flow Control
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> But beyond make the connection, I’m not able to do anything. I’m not quite sure how to bridge the connection.
>>>> Here is the output in the terminal when the connection is made:
>>>> 
>>>> publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
>>>> publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
>>>> Using interface ppp0
>>>> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tty.USA28X1a2P2.2
>>>> Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
>>>> local  IP address 128.0.0.20
>>>> remote IP address 128.0.0.5
>>>> Committed PPP store
>>>> Committed PPP store
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