>If so, I'd appreciate a short note from you. I'd like to know if you
>use SLIP because PPP is unavailable, more expensive, or otherwise
>inconvenient.
I'm using slip because ppp is a more lower level protocol and as such
produces more traffic for the same payload. As I'm only interested in TCP/UD
I use SLIP because I have been using it for years and would need to
reconfigure things to use ppp. Also, SLIP is easy to set up: you set
five parameters, and it works -- with PPP, it only really needs one
(the phone number) but if it doesn't work, the debugging problem is
harder. (SLIP is also mo
On 16:47:57 Mike Taylor wrote:
>>If so, I'd appreciate a short note from you. I'd like to know if you
>use SLIP because PPP is unavailable, more expensive, or otherwise
>inconvenient.
>
>Thanks
>Mike
Yes, I do. At home I use SLIP (slattach) to connect two other machines
(both running MiniLinux :
If so, I'd appreciate a short note from you. I'd like to know if you
use SLIP because PPP is unavailable, more expensive, or otherwise
inconvenient.
Thanks
Mike
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