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From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Dialup SLIP
Message-ID: <1991May3.214317.3788@unixland.uucp>
Date: 3 May 91 21:43:17 GMT
References: <14633@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <1991May02.174220.6889@nstar.rn.com>
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In article <1991May02.174220.6889@nstar.rn.com> larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>roh@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Lucas Roh) writes:
>
>
>>Since I do not know whether I am ignorant or not, I would like to ask if
>>it is possible to dialup another Unix box and maintain a SLIP connection.
>
>yes - we do  this on a regular basis --
>

How is this done?  You somehow initiate a dial, establish a connection, 
and then you can do TCP/IP stuff?  like telnet, rlogin, ftp, etc?  What
hardware and software is required for this?  I don't think SLIP comes
with ESIX;  is it available elsewhere for a "reasonable" price?



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