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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Connecting to Internet
Date: 9 Feb 2000 22:14:17 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <k%jo4.34756$ox5.8508727@tw11.nn.bcandid.com>,
<cangel@famvid.com> wrote:
: ...
: The version recommended is not the latest release and without a working
: packet driver (as yet unnamed) you won't get far. If you chose the wrong
: one it will be more difficult.
:
When using PPP, a PPP driver is used instead of a packet driver, but it
looks like a packet driver to the application. This is the world of "shims"
in DOS networking. Sometimes you need two or three layers of them, but in
this case just the one should suffice. The question is which one. Several
are available and we've had conflicting reports about each one. So some
trial and error is needed.
- Frank