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- From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
- Subject: Re: network over modem...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.173549.9922@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: The Linux Inquisition, Propaganda Division
- References: <1992Dec14.072238.20580@cuug.ab.ca>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:35:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.072238.20580@cuug.ab.ca> jeremiah@cuug.ab.ca (Jerry Jeremiah 290-8941) writes:
- >Newsgroups: poster
- >I have a modem. I have a site that has a modem that connects to a unix
- >machine. How do I get telnet and ftp to start my modem connection
- >and do everything that way instead of an ethernet adapter?
-
- It's called SLIP (Single Line IP), and it's currently in development for
- Linux. Most other operating systems support SLIP connections, however to be
- of any use you need a fast modem (9600bps at the very least), because you're
- actually transmitting packets over the modem connection, and telnet, ftp, etc.
- aren't as simple as just "dialing up" (which works fine for slower modems).
-
- Once it's available for Linux, it should be very easy to get yourself SLIP
- access from another system, thereby putting yourself on the net via modem.
-
- Cheers,
- mdw
-
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- Matt Welsh mdw@tc.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center
- "Go on, emote! I was raised on thought balloons!"
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