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From: rick@SEISMO.CSS.GOV.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Using SLIP to link two ethernets?
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Date: Sun, 17-May-87 00:54:45 EDT
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The reason SLIP is popular is that it doesn't cost anything
(except maybe CPU cycles). You don't have to buy an external
board, you don't have to buy the software.

In most cases it is almost as good as a dedicated board.

---rick