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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: any way to run graphical WWW browser (xmosaic) over kermit dialup?
Date: 19 Jul 1997 19:01:25 GMT
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In article <5qqfko$hhm$1@news.fas.harvard.edu>,
Michael Levin <mlevin@login1.fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
: I dial in to a Unix machine at work using Kermit, and then log in to a
: Unix shell. My home kermit is also running on a Unix box. Is there any way
: to run a graphical WWW browser (I have xmosaic) on my machine at home over
: the kermit dialup line? Please email to mlevin@fas.harvard.edu. Thanks,
:
This is another way of asking what is rapidly becoming our Most Frequently
Asked Question: Can Kermit be my SLIP or PPP Dialer? The answer is pretty
much No, for the reasons explained in our FAQ (item 27):
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.txt
The Web browser on your local computer wants a TCP/IP connection, not a direct
serial one. You can have a TCP/IP connection, but then you probably have to
dial it using whatever primitive facility is provided with your OS for making
SLIP or PPP connections. Yes, Kermit could dial it, and Kermit could start
SLIP or PPP on the *far* end, but it has no way of handing the connection over
to the SLIP or PPP driver on your local computer.
On the other hand, once you do have a SLIP or PPP connection, then Kermit can
use it via "set host" or "telnet" rather than "set line" and "dial".
- Frank