Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: dialup IP (was Re: Telebit and V.32bis) Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 03:49:29 GMT References: <1991Jun8.235355.23219@stb.info.com> Sender: usenet@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: andyb@stb.info.com's message of 8 Jun 91 23:53:55 GMT In article <1991Jun8.235355.23219@stb.info.com> andyb@stb.info.com (Andy B.) writes: Do you mean dialup IP just as dialup uucp is done for news/mail transfers now? I didn't know you could do that. There are two popular methods of encapsulating IP datagrams for transmission over serial lines (including over dialup modems): the Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) as defined in RFC 1055, and the more recent and functional Point to Point Protocol (PPP) as defined in RFCs 1171 and 1172. There are several implementations of each available for free, and several companies are incorporating them into their products. Our engineers use PPP heavily over Telebit T1600s and T2500s and Trailblazer Plusses to make their home Suns appear to be part of the office network, and therefore part of the Internet in general. It all works very nicely.