Added a section how to connect 2 FreeBSD boxes over a parallel line (PLIP)

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     <sect1>
+      <heading>Connect 2 FreeBSD boxes over a parallel line (PLIP)
+	</heading>
+
+      <p>Get a laplink cable. Make sure both computer have a kernel
+      with lpt driver support.
+
+      <verb>
+      $ dmesg | grep lp
+      lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
+      lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
+      lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
+      </verb>
+
+      <p>Plug in the laplink cable into the parallel interface.
+
+      <p>Configure the network interface parameters for lp0 on both
+      sites as root. For example, if you want connect the host max
+      with moritz
+
+      <verb>
+                 max <-----> moritz
+IP Address    10.0.0.1      10.0.0.2
+      </verb>
+
+     on max start
+     <verb>
+	# ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
+     </verb>
+
+on moritz start
+
+     <verb>
+	# ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1
+     </verb>
+
+     <P>Thats all! Please read also the manpages lp(4) and
+     lpt(4).
+
+     <P>You should also add the hosts to /etc/hosts
+
+     <verb>
+     127.0.0.1               localhost.my.domain localhost 
+     10.0.0.1                max.my.domain max
+     10.0.0.2                moritz.my.domain moritz
+     </verb>
+
+     <P>To check if it works do:
+
+     on max:
+
+<verb>
+$ ifconfig lp0
+lp0: flags=8851<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
+        inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000 
+</verb>
+
+<verb>
+$ netstat -r
+Routing tables
+
+Internet:
+Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire
+moritz              max              UH          4   127592       lp0
+</verb>
+
+<verb>
+$ ping -c 4 moritz
+PING moritz (10.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
+64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.774 ms
+64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.530 ms
+64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.556 ms
+64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.714 ms
+
+--- moritz ping statistics ---
+4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
+round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.530/2.643/2.774/0.103 ms
+</verb>
+
+    <sect1>
       <heading>
         Can I install on my laptop over PLIP (Parallel Line IP)?
       </heading>