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From: rpw3@amdcad.AMD.COM (Rob Warnock)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: FTP or UUCP for PC
Message-ID: <25311@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 21 Apr 89 02:57:55 GMT
References: <294@dekalb.UUCP> <42300011@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: rpw3@amdcad.UUCP (Rob Warnock)
Organization: [Consultant] San Mateo, CA
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In article <42300011@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
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| >/* Written by greg@dekalb.UUCP in uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu:comp.mail.uucp */
| >Since we don't have FTP access, I am looking for a program that allows FTP 
| >from a PC.  Does such a thing exist?
| Yes, such programs exist, as long as you have an ethernet card, and a well
| connected ethernet network to connect your PC to.  You will not be able to
| FTP from your PC at home.
+---------------

Not quite true. If you have an account on an Ethernet host which supports
SLIP (Serial Line IP), you can dial it up and "become" a net node yourself.

I do this on occasion [with an older version of KA9Q], and have found that
on a Telebit modem, FTP over SLIP can give up to 10% greater throughput
(disk-to-disk) than UUCP, EVEN IF THE TELEBIT IS USING UUCP "SPOOFING".
[To get this, you need a large "window" size. I use MSS=512, WIN=4096.]

The Clarkson packet-driver archives include a SLIP packet driver, which can
be used (I am told) by either NCSA Telnet or Phil Karn's newest KA9Q package.

I'm not quite ready to replace my UUCP mail links with dial-up SLIP + SMTP
mail... but someday, someday...


Rob Warnock
Systems Architecture Consultant

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