From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: Re: Linux SLIP Date: 30 Apr 1993 14:37:32 GMT
In article <177q3B5w165w@underg.ucf.org> max@underg.ucf.org (Max Cray) writes:
>hp@ccs.northeastern.edu (Lawrence P Mallett) writes:
>> so I was wondering if anyone could help me out by telling me what I
>> need to do to set up a SLIP connection with Linux.
>
>From what I have read Linux does not support SLIP in the kernal, but
>there is code for it and when it becomes stable it will be included.
>Maybe next official release?
> Meanwhile you will have to use a package called KA9Q.
Er... There is alpha code for kernel-based SLIP, being worked on by
Fred van Kempen and others. His code will replace the entire net layer
in the kernel once it's ready for distribution. This is a total rewrite;
it is a Good Thing.
ka9q is outdated as far as SLIPish implementations go. I suggest using
term-1.0.7, which is IMHO the best thing since sliced bread. It will allow
you to do many ``important'' TCP/IP applications over the phone line,
like SLIP, but it doesn't run in the kernel, and you don't have to be root
to run it. You can even run Xwindows apps over the phone line, and redirect
TCP/IP packets for a certain destination port on your remote machine to your
machine. Very good stuff.
mdw
-- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu "That kernel's got a mean streak A MILE WIDE!!" --Chip Salzenberg