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From: plocher%sally@Sun.COM (John Plocher)
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Subject: Re: FTP or UUCP for PC
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Date: 21 Apr 89 06:28:34 GMT
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>SLIP (Serial Line IP), you can dial it up and "become" a net node yourself.

For those who have done it:

Consider a company which has an internal internet (i.e., lots of machines
on lots of networks all gatewayed together).  For discussion, let's call
this company Sun :-)

Consider the person who would like his machine at home to be on said
network using some method over dialup phone lines.  For discussion, let's
call this person me :-)

Also assume that there are many others who would like to do the same
thing.

The question is:  "How do you set it all up?"

That's cheating - there are really many questions:
	What methods are there to allow one to dial in to a TCP connection.
	What software do I need?
	What measures does the Company need to take to facilitate this?
	Does my home machine have to be on it's own subnet?

Most people I've talked to (who have not DONE it) say that it is simple -
just set up a SLIP connection and have fun.  The people I know who have
tried it all tell me that they didn't get it working and that it
definitely is NOT simple.

  Thanks,
	-John Plocher
	plocher@sun.com