Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: IP on a serial line -- which RFC? Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 90 23:58:21 GMT References: <18466181.ARN13a9@acdhq.north.de> <1882@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Distribution: comp Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: hild.ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu's message of 28 Nov 90 01:45:43 GMT Originator: enag@hild In article <1882@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, David L Stevens writes: You probably will also want to check out RFC 1055 and maybe 1144. 1055 Romkey, J.L. Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams over serial lines: SLIP. 1988 June; 6 p. (Format: TXT=12911 bytes) 1144 Jacobson, V. Compressing TCP/IP headers for low-speed serial links. 1990 February; 43 p. (Format: TXT=120959, PS=534729 bytes) In addition to these two documents, a full-blown point-to-point protocol has been developed. (Serial lines is the archetypical point-to-point link...) 1172 Perkins, D.; Hobby, R. Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) initial configuration options. 1990 July; 38 p. (Format: TXT=76132 bytes) You may also find this document interesting. -- [Erik Naggum] Snail: Naggum Software / BOX 1570 VIKA / 0118 OSLO / NORWAY Mail: , My opinions. Wail: +47-2-836-863 --