From: mm@cicero.IN-Berlin.DE (M. Mueller) Subject: Re: MANY NET-2, SLIP QUESTIONS ANSWERED. (dynamic IP add's too) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 15:28:42 GMT
juphoff@chaos.aoc.nrao.edu (Uppie) writes:
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: X-related: some success. I left slip running from my home computer and
: went to my office. On one of the Suns (running X) there, I did
: xhost +128.118.25.???, then telnetted back to my Linux
: box at home (tying up the phone all day =) ) and did:
: DISPLAY=nomad.astro.psu.edu:0.0 (the office machine).
: I ran xlander, xeyes, and xgas on my home machine, and *poof*
: the displays showed up in my office perfectly (albiet a little
: jerky because of the phone-line lag).
: I tried the exact reverse of what I had done once I
: returned home that evening, and had no success. the
: proesses appeared to be running, but no windows ever
: appeared on my Linux box running (running olvwm).
:
Just set the mtu to <=512 and it will work in the other direction too!
You only need to change the mtu on the Linux side.
Yours Martin