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- From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
- Subject: Re: Dumb TCP/IP question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.192345.13136@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1992Nov9.050419.1856@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:23:45 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <1992Nov9.050419.1856@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR) writes:
- >
- >Can anyone tell me how to tell whether TCP/IP is compiled
- >into the system? I wish to eventually use SLIP (or something
- >similar) to connect to the school so I can get on the
- >Internet (is this a naive pipe dream?).
- >
- >I'm sorta ill-informed in this area but am willing to listen
- >to anyone who cares :-)
- >
- >
- >C. Armour-Kidson
- >cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca
- >
- >
-
- Hi. Get ka9q from tsx-11 or whereever. It works very well. You can
- ftp, telnet, and do remote X (neat) over SLIP.
-
- TCPIP is in the kernel (join the NET channel). Kernel SLIP is in
- pre-alpha.
-
- - Ken
-