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From: aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: High-speed SLIP/PPP
Message-ID: <aris.671614810@tabbs>
Date: 14 Apr 91 07:40:10 GMT
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In <7275@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:

>SCO's TCP product includes a caveat that SLIP won't work faster than
>2400 baud for Unix 3.2.0 or earlier; presumably they've made some fixes
>to the serial port driver so it will handle faster data rates without
>flow control.

I've used SLIP between an SCO ODT (SCO UNIX 3.2.1) and SCO UNIX 3.2.2
at 38,400 with no problems at all.

>Finally, PPP (Point to Point Protocol) seems to address many inadequacies
>in SLIP.  For example, it's possible to use XON/XOFF flow control with
>PPP, because it remaps control characters out of the range 01-1F.  Is
>PPP catching on quickly, and is it generally expected that new products
>supporting serial-line IP should also support PPP?  (And, can I get a
>public-domain C implementation?)

I'd also be interested in info on PPP.

Thanks

Aris

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