From: cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR) Subject: Simple Q's on SLIP, DIP and a bad trip. Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1993 05:59:47 GMT
Greets!
Already 2 days have gone by now and all signs are pointing
yet again to failure. Having abandoned ka9q as a viable
SLIP interface, I've turned to the pl11 kernel and NET-2
(a very impressive piece of work... way to go!) only to
realize that my SLIP dreams are about to be dashed again.
Damn.
Here are my simple questions:
(1) Does DIP default to CSLIP? Our server will not do CSLIP.
If it is doing CSLIP, can I make it operate in the other mode?
(2) Our terminal server only gives out an IP address. This, I
figure, is to prevent unauthorized persons from using yorku as
a gateway (no authentication precedes connection to terminal
server and hence, slip connections). The terminal server
operates like so:
nova> slip
Your IP address is 130.63.122.87.
As you can see, no server address is given. Having read the FAQs
approx. 500 times, I cannot at this point see any clear solution.
I know the address of nova.ts.yorku.ca to be 130.63.122.11 but
what are the odds that this machine is itself the SLIP server?
(3) The NET-2 FAQ is not too clear on one point... if you are
using SLIP and loopback, then I would imagine that you would have
to fully configure your net (ie. get a unique IP number and all
that terribly unfortunate business). Just how wrong am I?
(4) Will SLIP, ideally, allow me to say, ftp remote machines in
all the world with my local software, telnet to anyplace in the
world with local software, play netrek on remote servers with
local clients (my main motivation! :-) or is it just a glorified
kermit?
Thanks for listening to my laments. I'm really not as stupid as
I sound... just misinformed! :-)
cak
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