[comp.unix.i386] Is there slip for 386/ix?

johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) (01/02/90)

Has anyone come up with a version of slip for 386/ix host-based TCP/IP?
The best would be something which lets a remote machine log in like a user,
then start a slip session, sort of like uucp, but anything will do.

I know how simple slip is, the problem would be getting the async and tcp
drivers to talk to each other.

Thanks,
-- 
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howardl@wb3ffv.ampr.org ( WB3FFV) (01/03/90)

From article <1990Jan1.172600.1208@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>, by johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine):
> Has anyone come up with a version of slip for 386/ix host-based TCP/IP?
> The best would be something which lets a remote machine log in like a user,
> then start a slip session, sort of like uucp, but anything will do.
> 
> I know how simple slip is, the problem would be getting the async and tcp
> drivers to talk to each other.

I too would be very interested in hearing if there is a version of SLIP for
either 386/ix or AT&T V/386 3.2.1.  I am lookinh at setting up a fulltime
IP link with a VAX and SLIP looks like a logical choice for the internet 
connect.

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ji@close.columbia.edu (John Ioannidis) (01/03/90)

In article <1990Jan1.172600.1208@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
>Has anyone come up with a version of slip for 386/ix host-based TCP/IP?
>The best would be something which lets a remote machine log in like a user,
>then start a slip session, sort of like uucp, but anything will do.
>
>I know how simple slip is, the problem would be getting the async and tcp
>drivers to talk to each other.
>
>Thanks,
>-- 

There is the `official' Interactive implementation, which should be out
with the next release of HB TCP/IP (I think). Ask your sales droid.

If you are really in a hurry, or want to look at some crufty code, I
can send you the SLIP package I wrote a couple of months ago. It never
got beyond beta-test (I had no real use for it -- I wrote it as an
excersise in STREAMS programming, before I wrote another driver for an
experimental network interface I'm using), but apparently people have
been using it successfully. 

/ji

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thinman@cup.portal.com (Lance C Norskog) (01/04/90)

Streamlined Networks' TCP/IP product for Interactive 386/ix includes
SL/IP support.  The SL/IP driver pair grabs on to an existing serial
line, so you can configure an account to pop into SL/IP mode
when you log in.  The driver has been tested with the base serial
ports and several third-party multi-port cards.

If you send your postal address, I'll send you our literature.

Lance Norskog
Sales Engineer
Streamlined Networks
thinman@cup.portal.com
1-415-659-1450