Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!broehl
From: broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
Subject: Re: SLIP gateway
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.034926.9190@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <1991Feb25.225814.2089@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 1991 03:49:26 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.225814.2089@odin.corp.sgi.com> keng@zcar.asd.sgi.com (Ken Greenebaum) writes:
>if possible I would like to configure one to
>turn a 286 (or 8086??) based PC with a wd8003e ethernet board into a SLIP 
>gateway.

Easy -- just use NOS (a descendent of KA9Q).  It's on thumper.bellcore.com
in the pub/ka9q directory.  It supports dial-up SLIP, and will support the
wd8003e with a packet driver (available from Clarkson).
>
>  -I assume that the PC will become a dedicated router and won't be able to
>   do anything else (as DOS is not multi-tasking)

You could run it as an FTP server, a mailbox server (using SMTP and POP),
have it pick up news from a remote host, and run a simple BBS all at the

>  -Should I just get a 386 PC and run Unix on it to do the routing
>   correctly?

If you have lots of money to spend, sure.

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