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From: ron@TROUT.NOSC.MIL (Ron Broersma)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: CSLIP on SunOS 4.0.3 & KA9Q
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Date: 10 Mar 91 16:13:05 GMT
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Be aware that the cslipbeta/sunos4 stuff ALWAYS does compressed SLIP.  If
the remote node can't handle compressed packets, you won't be able to
communicate.

It is fairly easy to add the code to make it do both.

--Ron