From: raynor@cs.scarolina.edu (Harold Brian Raynor) Subject: Re: Networking between two linux machine without Ethernet Card Date: 14 Apr 1993 21:44:13 GMT
Re: hooking up two Linux machines with SLIP
I've also hear of someone working on PLIP (parallel Line IP) which out
to be much faster
I don't know very much about the SLIP protocol, but I have used
Lantastic/Z (the serial port/modem version) over a 56k bps cord (from my
486 to my old Compaq Portable with its 8086) and performance was very
acceptable, considering this was over a standard serial line. It was
slow, but I wasn't booting something huge over the "network" either. I
bet if you had this setup and tried to run X from the "server", then you
could probably go get lunch in the meantime waiting for it to come up!