<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-c (Feb 29, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Serial Line IP</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="EN"> <A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node93.html">General Requirements</A> <B>Up:</B> <A HREF="nag.html">The Network Administrators' Guide</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node91.html">Other Useful Tools</A> <BR> <P> <H1><A NAME="SECTION009000000">Serial Line IP</A></H1> <A NAME="slip"></A> <A NAME="3711"></A> <A NAME="3712"></A> <A NAME="3713"></A> <A NAME="3714"></A> <A NAME="3715"></A> <A NAME="3716"></A> The serial line protocols, SLIP and PPP, provide the Internet connectivity for the poor. Apart from a modem and a serial board equipped with a FIFO-buffer, no hardware is needed. Using it is not much more complicated than a mailbox, and an increasing number of private organizations offer dial-up IP at an affordable cost to everyone. <P> There are both SLIP and PPP drivers available for . SLIP has been there for quite a while, and works fairly reliable. A PPP driver has been developed recently by Michael Callahan and Al Longyear. It will be described in the next chapter. <P> <BR> <HR> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="node93.html#SECTION009100000">General Requirements</A> <LI> <A HREF="node94.html#SECTION009200000">SLIP Operation</A> <LI> <A HREF="node95.html#SECTION009300000">Using dip</A> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="node96.html#SECTION009310000">A Sample Script</A> <LI> <A HREF="node97.html#SECTION009320000">A dip Reference</A> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="node98.html#SECTION009321000">The Modem Commands</A> <LI> <A HREF="node99.html#SECTION009322000">echo and term</A> <LI> <A HREF="node100.html#SECTION009323000">The get Command</A> <LI> <A HREF="node101.html#SECTION009324000">The print Command</A> <LI> <A HREF="node102.html#SECTION009325000">Variable Names</A> <LI> <A HREF="node103.html#SECTION009326000">The if and goto Commands</A> <LI> <A HREF="node104.html#SECTION009327000">send, wait and sleep</A> <LI> <A HREF="node105.html#SECTION009328000">mode and default</A> </UL> </UL> <LI> <A HREF="node106.html#SECTION009400000">Running in Server Mode</A> </UL> <BR> <HR> <P><ADDRESS> <I>Andrew Anderson <BR> Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
