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- From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
- Subject: Re: network over modem...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.014538.22575@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1992Dec14.072238.20580@cuug.ab.ca> <1992Dec14.173549.9922@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:45:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.173549.9922@tc.cornell.edu> mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec14.072238.20580@cuug.ab.ca> jeremiah@cuug.ab.ca (Jerry Jeremiah 290-8941) writes:
-
- >>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
-
- Isn't that Serial Line Interface Protocal? (I could be wrong)
-
- >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.
-
-
- No need to wait. Get ka9q from tsx-11 or wherever and away you go.
- Remote X11, telnet, ftp, ping... What more can you ask for? All
- without even compiling tcpip into the kernel.
-
- >
- >Cheers,
- >Matt Welsh mdw@tc.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center
-
- - Ken
-