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From: romkey@ASYLUM.SF.CA.US (John Romkey)
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Subject: Dial-Up Slip??
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Date: 4 Dec 90 05:33:42 GMT
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   Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 19:11:57 -0500
   From: "James B. Van Bokkelen" <jbvb@ftp.com>

   Others use PPP, which has the address/default gateway
   negotiation built in.

No default gateway negotiation. But picking a default gateway is easy
when your only link to the world is a point-to-point serial line to a
router. However, if it's not really a router but a box that's doing
proxy arp to make it look like you're really on the local ethernet
when you're not, PPP does not help you figure out what router to use.
		- john romkey			Epilogue Technology
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