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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Subject: Re: SLIP questions
- Message-ID: <nuq3bao@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Keywords: SLIP slip routed route ifconfig
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Jul30.024400.24079@dsea.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 15:27:17 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <1992Jul30.024400.24079@dsea.com>, lacey@dsea.com (Dan Lacey ) writes:
- > I am experimenting with the SLIP interface on an Indigo. I ran a cable between
- > the serial ports of two Indigos (4 wire). I am using 38400 baud serial lines.
- > I will be using 19200 baud serial for the modems. I am running IRIX 4.0.4.
- >
- > This is to test the functionality of the SLIP interface before I start using
- > modems (saves phone charges. I purchased some RJ45 to DIN8 adapters from
- > Inmac and made a cable using RJ45 connectors.).
-
- You must use 7 (or 8 or 9) wire cables if you want it work.
- So that RTS and CTS are connected.
-
- > How do I cleanly shutdown the SLIPs when I want to disconnect? Will the ttym*
- > serial device shutdown the gateway SLIP?
-
- I use `killall -v slip`.
- I don't understand the 2nd sentence.
-
- > How do I use "routed -F ???" ?
-
- I don't know how to answer that. How about "just fine"?
- More seriously, if you don't understand that a default route is
- or their dangers, it is probably best to not thing about `routed -F`.
-
- If the question is how many zeros to add after the IP network number,
- I know of machines running `routed -hF 192.26.78.0`.
-
- > Every thing seems to work without an explicit "route add host remote gatway 0"
- > command... Am I missing something? I can ping the remote from other
- > workstations on the net.
-
- If you are saying that things work fine without fiddling with routed
- settings, then I'm not surprised. It just means that you are running
- routed with the default settings.
-
- (It could also mean that you did not block the ethernet between the
- machines, but I hope not.)
-
- I added "-F" to routed to reduce the size of the RIP packets sent over
- the wire. Unless you have a network like SGI's, with > 130 routes on a
- machine I just now checked, and so with big RIP packet trains, you
- probably do not need the features or dangers of -F.
-
- > After about a 1/2 hour, on of the SLIPs will die. Does this have anything to
- > do with the 38400 baud?
-
- "die"? How?
- Links should stay up forever, redialing as necessary with "-c".
-
-
- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-