Xref: utzoo news.groups:30818 comp.dcom.lans:7806 comp.dcom.modems:9267 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!dorm.rutgers.edu!jim From: jim@dorm.rutgers.edu (Jim Martin) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: PPP: discussion of new group "comp.protocols.ppp" Summary: Some aditional thoughts on the newsgroup focus and name Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 09:00:23 GMT References: <1991Apr16.140003.5590@homecare.uucp> Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 22 jessea@homecare.uucp (Jesse W. Asher) writes: >I think you've hit the nail on the head with this last statement but >your name does not reflect it. There is a lot of discussion of _serial_ >communications including slip, cslip, and ppp. What is needed is a >group for discussion about serial related protocols and not just ppp. >ppp may be much better and hopefully will be what is used in the future, >but many people are already using slip and will probably continue to do >so. Perhaps something like comp.protocols.serial-ip, or perhaps >comp.protocols.serial? I would prefer _not_ to see something like >comp.protocols.tcp-ip.serial. Definitely too long. Comments? I agree wholeheartedly with this, but for a slightly different reason. With the advent of PPP, there is the ability to carry non-ip protocols, therefore naming the group comp.protocols.tcp-ip.serial would be incorrect. Has it been decided when the voting will begin on this? Jim -- Jim Martin Internet: jim@dorm.rutgers.edu Dormitory Networking Project UUCP: {backbone}!rutgers!jim Rutgers University Phone: (908) 932-3719