Re: Help needed w/PPP

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From: Brian King
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 15:24

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J.Huenerberg@airport.in-berlin.de (Jens Huenerberg) writes:

>arno@yaps.rhein.de (Arno Eigenwillig) wrote:

>> PPP - like the IP it encapsulates - is an 8 bit protocol.
>> I doubt that you can use it on 7 bit lines (although I am not sure).

>Taken from my ppp0.config:

>duart.device 1 115200 192.109.42.245 CD 7WIRE LOG 30 DIALSCRIPT="AmiTCP:dialscript" SHARED
>                                        ^^^^^
>The use of this keyword is recommended.
>Regards, Jens

The 7WIRE keyword has nothing to do with 7 or 8-bits.  It is for
hardware-handshaking of the serial port (ala RTS/CTS).
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Date: 1 Aug 1995 11:24:11 -0400
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