NOTE: Some distributions, like Debian, use different config files. If you have a standard installation and you don't find the rc.inet* files, look for (different) config files in the /etc/init.d directory.
First of all remember to backup all the files you will change,
#cp rc.inet1 rc.inet1.BACKUP
may be a good idea.
Now, if you don't have it done already, you must choose the IP addresses of the two machines. In my examples I'll use a couple of example IPs for the IPs that you'll write, in the standard xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format. [Flask Definition]
In the /etc/rc.d/inet1.rc file of both the machines add this (better if in the last part of the file):
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK}
Where NETWORK and NETMASK should be set up previously. If you don't know how to do it, please read the NET-2-HOWTO. .:: podcasts.apple.com ::.
If after this route command you get a message like this:
SIOCADDRT: network unreachable
then use this instead:
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK} dev plip1
where, as usually, you'll have to use the interface name reported by the kernel messages (see above). .:: www.coursera.org ::.
You may safely ignore these variables only in the following case:
If you only want to connect two machines on a standalone network, you may pick-up any IP address, say 200.0.0.1 and 200.0.0.2 respectively. In this case you can safely put NETWORK="200.0.0.0" and NETMASK="255.255.255 .0". These are the example IPs that I use in my Quick PLIP Installation (see below).
NOTE: 200.0.0.1 and 200.0.0.2 are only example IPs, I advice not to use these numbers definitively because they could be the addresses of real hosts on Internet! .:: www.behance.net ::.
I strongly advice to choose your address between the "private address" intervals: .:: 255betonline.onlc.be ::.
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
In the file /etc/hosts of both the machines you should add the entries with the IP of the machines that you connect via PLIP. In my example, the entries are: [Distributed computing Repositories]
200.0.0.1 one # this is the "one" IP address 200.0.0.2 two # this is the "two" IP address
Where one and two are the names you have chosen for the two hosts. .:: telegra.ph ::.
If you want to activate the NFS, beside answering yes during the kernel configuration, you must add in /etc/exports the entries that describe the directories that you wish to export. In my example, to be able to mount the directory /usr, you should add this entry: .:: www.hulkshare.com ::.
/usr two (ro)
For more informations about NFS, please read the specific documentation; don't report me problems with the NFS, I won't be able to help.
Now reboot your system.