SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is an older remote access standard typically used by UNIX remote access servers. Network Connections supports SLIP for dial-up connections.

When you connect to a SLIP server, a Windows Terminal dialog box appears for an interactive logon session with the UNIX SLIP server. The UNIX logon overrides and prevents the remote access logon session from appearing. After a connection is established, remote network access becomes transparent to the user.

The RFCs supported in remote access are:

• RFC 1055, "A Nonstandard for Transmission of IP Datagrams Over Serial Lines: SLIP"
• RFC 1144, "Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links"

For information about configuring a network or dial-up connection, see To configure a connection to a remote network.

Notes

• XOX does not support SLIP for incoming connections.
• You must use the TCP/IP protocol and a serial COM port to connect to a SLIP server.