[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] PC to Sun sparc via slip/modem

uucigj@swbatl.sbc.com (Greg Jensen - UCI - 5-3531) (07/03/90)

	I would like to get a little clearer understanding about using a SL/IP
	connection between a PC and a Sun using a 2400 baud modem.  If I get
	a version of ka9q for the PC and I use the sliplogin for the Sun will I
	be able to make the connection and use say; ftp or telnet?  Which
	binary of ka9q for the PC do I need? (net.exe?).  Is there a version of
	slip available that allows dialout from the PC?  Am I correct in the
	understanding that to get ka9q to get connected to the Sun over the
	2400 baud modem that I have to use another comm package to actually
	dial the phone and get the connect, then back out of the comm package
	without hanging up and startup the ka9q program?  On the Sun side, I
	have a program that can be used as the program to be started after
	logging in named sliplogin.  I have added the appropriate parameters to
	the kernel and have successfully built a new vmunix. I tried the
	example test situation according to the following:

                stty -tostop
                sliplogin 192.12.180.1 192.12.180.2 < /dev/ttya &
                sliplogin 192.12.180.2 192.12.180.1 < /dev/ttyb &
	
	with a short cable with the appropriate wires crossed.  As soon as I
	start one it finishes, which I thought was supposed to continue until
	killed.  Am I supposed to have something else running?  Is this all
	that I need to let my PC communicate (other than the modems)?  Is there
	a better PD slip package, for both PC and Sun?

	To top this off is there a PD package available to accomplish an NFS
	mount on the PC? I would like to find out if the PC-NFS is possible
	over a serial line (via modem, not direct connect) and if it someone
	has donated it to the Public Domain.  Otherwise if this is possible
	what is the cost of such a program?

	Excuse these somewhat overpublished questions, but I have not been able
	to see the answers to all of these questions in one place. The basic
	question - what are the steps necessary to to accomplish this situation
	(connecting PC to Sun via modem using slip)?

      Gregg Jensen
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