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From: misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: High-speed SLIP/PPP
Summary: SLIP doesn't need ASY, FAS works fine
Message-ID: <370@abhg.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 91 17:36:38 GMT
References: <7275@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <1991Apr12.050710.3363@telebit.com> <1991Apr17.133255.2117@nstar.rn.com>
Organization: W. Miskovetz - Consulting, Danville, CA
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In article <1991Apr17.133255.2117@nstar.rn.com>, larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
> 
> Hmm - At least with Interactive if one runs SLIP they need
> to run it on the stock ASY port.  We've tried numerous
> smartboards and had nothing but problems - and finally
> we received information that 386/ix has specific hooks in
> the ASY driver to support SLIP.  With a 16550AFN and the
> buffer enabled (the ASY driver enables the FIFO) throughput
> is quite good (with the DTE locked at 38400).

This certainly isn't true.  I run SLIP on a generic 2 port serial card
with 16550As and an APT 8 port card, both using FAS, and SLIP works with
no problems.  So, ISC's stock ASY driver isn't required.  This is with
ISC 2.2 and their TCP/IP 1.2.

> 
> >Yes, very.  Most of the router vendors have adopted PPP for
> >interoperability on their sync links.  Telebit, Interactive, FTP,
> >Intercon, and others support async PPP in their products.  PPP has
> >many more advantages over SLIP besides the ability to escape the
> >control characters.

Has Interactive shipped an update to their TCP/IP that supports PPP?

Bill Miskovetz
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