Subject: Re: PPP server + windos client
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/15/2001 13:48:25
On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 10:21:21AM -0400, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:

> PPPD is extreme overkill.  Use SLIP, it's designed for hardwired serial
> links as opposed to PPP which is designed for dialup.  See this entry in
> the NetBSD guide to see how easy it is to setup.
> 
> http://www.mclink.it/personal/MG2508/nbsdeng/chap-net.html#AEN2353
> 
> All you need is a null modem cable and two commands on each machine.

but you can't do IPv6 on SLIP.  ;)

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
     "No single layer of abstraction can save the world or even make
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