On 08-Mar-99 Michael Meissner wrote:
> From reading the docs many years ago, SLIP wants a fixed IP address, PPP can
> deal with dynamic addresses. PPP can negotiate many options, whereas with
> SLIP
> you have to specify them before you begin the connection. SLIP uses 1 less
> byte than PPP does. PPP can handle multiple protocol stacks (IP, IPX,
> Appletalk, etc.), while SLIP can only handle IP.
Not quite true. PPP includes getting IP address info in the negociation phase.
SLIP has no such phase; IP address discovery and authentication have to be done
before SLIP starts. But SLIP logins typically print the assigned IP addresses
before the server starts up SLIP, so clients typically scan the message and
extract the IP from that. diald supports a few standard(ish) message formats.
I used SLIP until relatively recently - in many ways it is easier to get
working with diald, as you don't have the interaction with a separate program -
but I've switched because PPP 'feels' a bit faster (subjective, that) and with
my ISP PAP authentication is quicker than the ogin: sword: ocol: sequence.
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