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<TITLE>The SLIP and PPP Drivers</TITLE>
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<A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR>
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<B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node53.html">Setting up the Serial </A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node41.html">Configuring the Networking Hardware</A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node51.html">The PLIP Driver</A>
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION005600000">The SLIP and PPP Drivers</A></H1>
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<A NAME="hardwaredriversslip"></A>
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SLIP (Serial Line IP), and PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) are a widely
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used protocol for sending IP-packets over a serial link. A number of
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institutions offer dial-up SLIP and PPP access to machines that are on
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the Internet, thus providing IP-connectivity to private persons
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(something that's otherwise hardly affordable).
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<P>
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To run SLIP or PPP, no hardware modifications are necessary; you can use
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any serial port. Since serial port configuration is not specific to
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TCP/IP networking, a separate chapter has been devoted to this. Please
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refer to chapter-<A HREF="node53.html#serial"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> for more information.
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<ADDRESS>
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<I>Andrew Anderson <BR>
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Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I>
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