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- From: djarvis@u.washington.edu (David Jarvis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Slirp??? (Re: Alternatives to AmiTCP)
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 08:57:11 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- Message-ID: <4ilst7$fdf@nntp5.u.washington.edu>
- References: <19960308.7B94508.2383@mother.com> <fredh-0803961742590001@fhamilton.nsc.com> <4igma6$ll4@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <1998.6650T985T378@crl.com>
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- In article <1998.6650T985T378@crl.com>,
- Joseph Waldvogel <joewald@crl.com> wrote:
-
- <preceding cut>
-
- >>Are there Amiga SLiRP files needed? Is there a site with Amiga-specific
- >>information about using SLiRP? Or is ti just so simple that I don't even
- >>need toworry about it, just "plug and play"? :>
- >
- >>Information appreciated!
- >
- >Slirp gives you SLIP/CSLIP/PPP access depending on what YOU want. Unlike
- >MLINK which has one part on the UNIX system and the other part on your AMIGA,
- >and Emulate a TCP or As-225 connection. SO you just can just run whatever you
- >want.
- >
- >Programs like SLIRP with is FREE, or TIA which is Sharware, I use TIA myself
- >are made to be use with ANY computer system with TCP software. You Run
- >Slirp/TIA whatever on your ISP's Unix System, It's give you SLIP, CSLIP, or
- >PPP acess depending on how you have it setup, but once you have that access
- >you STILL need something on your Amiga to deal with that kind of connection,
- >with it be AmiTCP or Inet-225, Whatever. It's a lot harder to setup then
- >MLINK is! I used MLINK for around a year before I switched over to using
- >TIA/AmiTCP connection.
- >
- >If you havn't figured this all OUT, I suggest you just stick with MLINK for
- >now. There's not that many advantages of using SLIRP.
-
-
- Thanks for the info. I finally got AmiTCP to make a good connection, by
- fixing my PPP script, and telling Napsaterm the name of the host computer.
- But it sure is SLOW compared to MLINK, although that may be due to running
- on a different host computer at school now.
-
- Dave Jarvis
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