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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: slip (serial line ip) on decstations
Message-ID: <14946@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 8 Oct 90 04:40:51 GMT
References: <27710@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
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In article <27710@boulder.Colorado.EDU> huntting@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Brad Huntting) writes:
> I've been trying for days now to get slip running on a decstation (any
> decstation) with a telebit T2500 modem.
> 
> I have a version of tip which will deal with T2500's (the /etc/slatach
> provided with ultrix doesn't), and slip but it bombs with "no such
> interface" (paraphrased).

I'd suggest that you try to get the acucap entry for trailblazers to
work with slattach.  It shouldn't require that much modification to
set up the T2500 per your needs.  Set up the modem with interface speed
locked at 9600, flow control disabled, reset on DTR drop and report
real DSR and CD.  Clone an T2500 termcap entry from the generic
telebit entry, including any dynamic parameter changes...

	(above based on uucp - slattach in 3.1C seems dead meat)

> Tell me I don't have to rip out the whole kernal network code, and put
> in Berkley please!

I hope not, the stuff is actually supposed to work in 4.0 (I hope!)...

The stuff you mentioned probably failed because slattach does many
secret and probably obscene things to set up the interface and
connection.

Be really nice if there was some way to enable the debugging code in
slattach...  Anybody know why it contains references to /etc/remote
in addition to /etc/acucap?
-- 
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