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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: How to hook up via PPP
Date: 17 Sep 1995 14:14:05 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <064310Z16091995@anon.penet.fi>, <an369375@anon.penet.fi> wrote:
: My Internet service provider has just started offering PPP
: connectivity (but not Usenet, hence the reflector). I would like
: to use Kermit TCP/IP features, but have been unable to grasp how
: over a serial port. I have used packet drivers for ethernet
: cards, but don't know which driver may work serially. I am using
: MS-DOS but not Windows, so Winsock would not help. Any advice?
:
Note that the current version of MS-DOS Kermit is 3.14.
PPP is, in most cases, problematic -- maybe somebody else who has gotten
this to work can pipe up. But you can certainly use Kermit over SLIP
using the SLIP8250 driver that comes on the Kermit diskette, and following
the instructions in NETWORKS\SETUP.DOC, section "Making SLIP Connections".
- Frank