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- From: Frank Lohse <lohse@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
- Subject: Re: Any SLIP software for MacTCP?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.193402.2946@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
- Keywords: mac tcp slip telnet ftp
- Sender: lohse@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Frank Lohse [Informatik])
- Reply-To: lohse@rhrk.uni-kl.de
- Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- References: <mckay.727559192@cambridge>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:34:02 GMT
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- In <mckay.727559192@cambridge> mckay@cambridge (Kyle McKay) writes:
-
- >I have MacTCP 1.1.1, and I need a slip driver for it. I remember seeing
- >something advertised in MacWEEK some time ago, but don't remember the
- >name or where to get it.
-
- Take a look at MacSLIP from Hydepark Software. You can reach them via
- e-mail under info@hydepark.com.
-
- >I'm trying to do dial-up slip internet access. Ideally the slip software
- >would place another icon in the MacTCP control panel (in addition to the
- >EtherTalk and Local ones) allowing you to choose slip as the transport.
-
- MacSLIP does.
-
- >The dial-in access that I can use requires the SLIP implementation to
- >determine its IP address from a string passed back during the initial
- >connection--I understand this is in the SLIP protocol spec, but not
- >always implemented.
-
- MacSLIP does. I have used MacSLIP on a IIcx to connect to a IIci running
- a/ux 3.0. Works pretty well for me. Hope this helps.
-
- Frank
-
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- Frank Lohse
- University of Kaiserslautern
- Germany
- lohse@rhrk.uni-kl.de
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