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From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Are Trailblazers good for SLIP 9600 Baud? What then?
Summary: ok if you header compress
Keywords: trailblazers slip modems tcp
Message-ID: <37389@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: 2 Jul 89 00:25:37 GMT
References: <219@csis.oz>
Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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In article <219@csis.oz>, scott@csis.oz (Scott Milton) writes:
> 
> Do Trailblazers work well with SLIP?
> What modems should I use for 9600 Baud SLIP?
> -- 
> ACSnet: scott@csis.oz           Scott MILTON    (ph  +61-62-750923)
> email:  scott@csis.oz.au                        (fax +61-62-571052)
> CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Acton, Canberra. ACT. AUSTRALIA.

TB+'s work for FTP, RCP, &co over SLIP if you do not compress TCP/IP
headers.  If you compress headers, they do almost as will as with cu/tip
for interactive stuff.  If you do not compress TCP/IP headers, TB+'s are not
useful with SLIP--at least that's what I've found.

The only reason I know to use SLIP is if you want to multiplex a stuff over
a single line.

Vernon Schryver
Silicon Graphics
vjs@sgi.com