Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!rutgers!njin!jross From: jross@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Ross) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: slip Keywords: slip tcp/ip ftp Message-ID: Date: 30 Aug 90 16:35:32 GMT Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 25 I'm a little new to the management of a ultrix system so my question may be a little trivial but anyway, here is the situation. I am running ultrix 3.0 on a MVII with 16Mb of memory. this machine is connected to our local ethernet and is connected to a slip line running at 9600bps (granted, not overly fast, but enough for right now) the problem is thus, if I come from one of 2 other machines via tcp/ip on the ethernet side, and I attempt an ftp to someplace, the microvax provides the nameservice to the machine then I attempt to connect to the ftp site which happens, however from then on, I sometimes will get a prompt for my username sometimes I don't, if I do, I'll also get the prompt for my password, then ftp just seems to hang. I can however connect from the mv using ftp without any problems. telnet seems to work (or at least as far as I can tell) am I doing something wrong? is it because of my slow line to the outside? thanks in advance... Jeff -- Just plain and simple.... arpa: jross@pilot.njin.net uucp: jeff@wisdom.UUCP (uunet!tronsbox!wisdom!jeff)