From: kutcha@eos.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) Subject: Questions about SLIP Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 20:02:26 GMT
I have a couple questions about running SLIP under Linux. When I found out
that the dialup system I use here at RPI supports slip, I started to look
around for SLIP support with Linux. I noticed that telnet and ftp come pre-
compiled with the 0.98 SLS distribution, so I figured that it'd be pretty
easy to get things going, all I'd need is the stuff to do that actual SLIP
biz.
After poking around, the only thing I found was the 0.0 "pre-alpha
release" of SLIP. Though the title scared me, the guy who wrote it claimed
to have had no problems with it and was even running a machine off the net
with it. When I got it, however, I found that it was a group of patches
relative to an old kernel (0.97.5).
My questions are these.
1) Is this still the only SLIP available for Linux?
a) If it is, can I get patches relative to a newer kernel?
b) If I can, where can I get them or who should I talk to?
2) If there's some other package, where can I get it or who should I talk to?
Also, just a general question about SLIP. I've never used it so I'm not
fully familiar with how it works. Do I need to have the tcpip net code
compiled it my kernel to make it work with SLIP (assuming I am going to be
going through a modem?) Or do I just need to have compiled net packages
like telnet and ftp?
Thanks aplenty.