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In article <520l9e$tjg@goliath.apana.org.au>, Frank Merrick wrote:
>By making a few changes to gettydefs and inittab I have managed to get
>a Mac running Zterm to connect up to a PC running Linux across a
>serial connection. This gets a login prompt and is identical to
>terminal emulation to a Linux host using a modem.

Cool o.

>Perusal of relevant Howto documentation, including the network
>"howto", hasn't  shown how a Mac client can be connected across a
>serial line to a Linux host using SLIP or (preferably) PPP.

The serial howto is probably what you want.

>If anyone has connected a Mac to a Linux host across a serial line
>using SLIP or PPP I would be appreciated to learn the full details of
>how it is done.

You acquire MacPPP or something similar on the mac-end, to allow you
to accept a PPP connection...  and set up DIP or something similar on
the linux end, and set up appropriate logins which start up PPP or
slip or whatever on the other end.

Later,

    Thorf

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