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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: Advantage of SLIP?
- Message-ID: <BxsoMB.DKJ@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Nov15.200543.17492@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <1e6iqiINN4sv@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:58:44 GMT
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- carsten@pizza.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Carsten Schultz) writes:
-
- >Robert Delucca writes
- >> This is a naive question perhaps. I want someone's opinion concerning
- >> the utility or advantage of installing the SLIP package available
- >> at the archives. I know of course how useful it is to be on
- >> the net, but what I need is a speed comparison and conveniency
- >> comparison between SLIP with a V.32 modem and my present setup,
- >> where I use UUCP for mail and dial out with MicroPhone to access
- >> my account on the university's network, ftp to sites, obtain files,
- >>
-
- >It is worth the money: SLIP is free!
- >The trouble should not be too big, as there have been hints on the net.
- >What I like is to be able to use NewsGrazer, rsh, rcp, ftp (and several of
- >them at the same time). You might also be able to use -NXHost (although it
-
- Another consideration is whether or not SLIP is available at your
- site. Can you get it as easily as you can UUCP? (At UIUC, most
- people can not get UUCP access unless they have a really good
- reason, while any university-connected person can get a SLIP account
- through our terminal servers)
- Aside from that, I think that having SLIP is a terrific way to have
- your NeXT connected -- no worries about dialing in, and best of all,
- mail, news, etc. works how NeXT planned them to work - as though you
- were connected via ethernet to the 'real internet'. Of course, if
- your UUCP connection works just fine now, and you don't mind having
- to transfer files with zmodem or whatever in Microphone you do now,
- then "if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. You will notice a small
- file transfer throughput drop with ftp and SLIP vs. zmodem (unless
- you can get CSLIP at your site, which I cannot get here so I cannot
- comment on that speed). It's usually worth it, though, to be able
- to have 4 internet connections going on at once with a decent speed.
- (Also, you absolutely 'need' a v.32 or higher modem, and
- v.32bis/v.42bis is a really nice thing to have for SLIP).
- --
- David Lemson (217) 244-1205
- University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
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