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From: romkey@ASYLUM.SF.CA.US (John Romkey)
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Subject: What do I need to get to do SLIP?
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Date: 2 May 91 05:59:54 GMT
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Er, I think you're making it too complicated. You don't want to
replace any kernels.

SLIP would only be involved in the link between the PC and whatever
its connection to the network is. If your Sparcstation is connected to
an ethernet, and that ethernet is connected to a terminal server, and
you want your PC to speak SLIP to the terminal server, you don't need
to do anything to the Sparcstation.

People don't normally talk about "SLIP servers". They talk about SLIP
drivers, because SLIP is a form of network media as far as TCP/IP is
concerned. So you run a TCP product with a SLIP driver on your PC, and
make sure the port you connect to on the terminal server is in SLIP
mode, and you should be moving packets. One caveat is IP address
assignment. Your PC must be assigned an IP address. Some terminal
servers tell you the IP address they want your PC to use when they
put the port in SLIP mode.

Then you can proceed to use TCP applications just as if you were on an
ethernet, only slower.
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