SUMMARY: SLIP vs PPP, Slip install

From: Stephen Miller (stevem@csdc02.orl.mmc.com)
Date: Sat Jul 24 1993 - 02:39:46 CDT


Hey All:

I'm posting this summary quite late; my apologies. I got a lot of enlightening
responses, which answered my questions. I feel kind of stupid after researching
what I was asking... Oh well, here goes;
 
BTW: A couple of people flamed me because this was an inappropriate subject for
this group. I've been reading posts for quite awhile now, and I'm not sure I
agree with that. At any rate, I received a lot of "me too's" so I've opted to
write a summay despite what they say!

Original problem:

* Sorry if this is in a FAQ, but does anybody know where I can download
* PPP? Is that the PD form of slip (the only one?)?

In short; amir@matis.ingr.com (Amir J. Katz) wrote;

>PPP and SLIP are two different protocols. They're both for running
>ethernet on a serial line, though. There's also dp (dial-up ppp).
>Try archie with 'ppp.tar', 'ppp-sunos' and 'dp-2.2'. I'm saving mail
>bandwidth, but I can send you archie's replies (about 2 months old)
>for those.

Or another good one; Matt_Mauss_-T@hqdev.3mail.3com.com wrote;

>first, slip ( Serial Line IP ) is not PPP ( Point-to-Point ). they do
>serve a similar purpose in reguards to getting IP over a serial line but
>this is where the similarity ends. if at all possible, PPP should
>provide you with a much more robust link. armed with that information,
>you'll have to check the anon ftp archives, my firewall system is down
>at the moment, try ftp.uu.net or gatekeeper.dec.com...

ian@greybox.ucnv.edu.au (Ian Couroulis) gave me a FAQ on PPP. Its just too
large (don't what to be flamed!), but email me if you'd like a copy of it.

jhendric@spock.resd.honeywell.com (Jim Hendrickson) gave me a previous summary
on also on PPP (for PC's). Email me directly if you'd like a copy of that too.

Now, I automatically opted for slip, because that's what my specs called for.

Many people gave ftp sites, the primarily;

ftp.morningstar.com (137.175.2.7) (received and installed slip-4.1.1

ftp.uu.net /networking/ip/
telnet archie.funet.fi
ftp.biostat.washington.edu /pub/msdos/network.setups

Not public domain, from cheng@humu.nosc.mil (Jimmy Y. Cheng);

>Not a PD version, but you can order it from MorningStar via
>Mr Bob Sutterfield at 800/588-7823. Cost is about $700.
>but their support is great. Tell him I sent you.

Many Thanks to;
amir@matis.ingr.com (Amir J. Katz)
Stefan Mochnacki <stefan@centaur.astro.utoronto.ca>
djiracek@orl.mmc.com (Dan Jiracek)
shandelm@jpmorgan.com (Joel Shandelma FIMS Information Systems - 212-648-4480)
dougj@iplab.health.ufl.edu (Doug Jones)
dbrown@lizzard.med.utah.edu (David B. Brown)
blenherr@analytics.abb.com (Bill Lenherr)
nick@dsd.es.com (Nick Nickerson)
strombrg@hydra.acs.uci.edu Dan Stromberg - OAC/DCS
russ@issi.com Russ Walsh
jhendric@spock.resd.honeywell.com (Jim Hendrickson)
Matt_Mauss_-T@hqdev.3mail.3com.com
jhunter@pcs.cnu.edu (Thar is grumpy)
helios!electron.var.com!scb@uunet.uu.net (Steve Brown)
Aydin Edguer <edguer@alpha.ces.cwru.edu>
cheng@humu.nosc.mil (Jimmy Y. Cheng)
ian@greybox.ucnv.edu.au (Ian Couroulis)
barnes@sde.mdso.vf.ge.com (Barnes William)

 

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