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From: tin@smsc.sony.com (Tin "Man" Le)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.dcom.lans,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: PPP on STREAMS
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.184141.17564@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 10 Jan 91 18:41:41 GMT
References: <1991Jan8.154358.32@cscnj> <20403@netcom.UUCP> <1991Jan09.203715.2498@nstar.rn.com>
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In article <1991Jan09.203715.2498@nstar.rn.com> larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) writes:
>
>>AT&T SysV/386 R4's Win/TCP R4 has a SLIP driver (and other goodies).
>
>how about PPP (compressed headers) SLIP?
>

   PPP != SLIP

   They are two different things.

   SLIP = Serial Line IP

   PPP = Point to Point Protocol

   The original SLIP was a straight forward encapsulation type of
   IP onto serial line.  Van Jacobson later added header compression
   to SLIP (CSLIP, available at ftp.ee.lbl.gov).

   PPP is a newer protocol, designed to get around problems in SLIP.

-- Tin

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