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Re: PD ka9q and SLIP

#1335
From: Stephen Dunne
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:23
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In article <93011.150423IO20903@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IO20903@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:

>I am terribly sorry to clutter all the deep technical messages with one as
>simple as this, but....
>
>I read a message that talked about a program only working with SLIP.
>Is this the same thing as ODI aand NDIS, just a way of communcating software
>with the NIC?
>
>And if this is true, how to I change, or can I from ODI drivers to SLIP, and
>is this at all possible with OS/2 and Netware Requester?
>
>Thanks,
>Nathan Evan Tableman
>

Not quite.. SLIP is the older SERIAL protocol for point to point TCP/IP
Now commonly replaced by PPP (But not yet via IBMs TCP/IP offering)

Stephen
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