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Article #1821UUCP vs SLIP, info wanted
From: Thor Legvold
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:05
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:05
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A quick question: I would like to know whether I should be setting up SLIP or UUCP from my home NeXT to work/school. Here is the situation: NeXT cube at home, gig hard disk, NO OD (I just sold it :-) (I was all set to buy a Floptical only to find out that PLI isn't delivering them.) From 1.1.93 my central goes ISDN digital... I have a 2400 modem and cable. I need to be able to back up one way or another. The host machine at school will most likely be a Sun. From now until the new year, I have to have at the minimum a way to transfer files to/from home. I don't have a floppy, nor will I buy one. I would like to buy a Floptical, if PLI would be finished soon. Mostly these files are .ps output, and some stuff like mail, new apps, etc. The University is setting up a SLIP server, which will also handle UUCP. I have discussed the possibility of setting up a communication with them and they are positive, but we don't know if SLIP or UUCP is most appropriate. The main problem is: 1. slow (2400) modem and 2. I don't have call out possibility (i.e. only incoming calls) so the U has to initiate all connections. I know that a UUCP link would work fine for mail, and it isn't a problem to be called in the middle of the day or in the middle of the night, when I wouldn't otherwise use the phone. But it will be a mess extracting .ps from NeXT mail attatchments (I don't usually use a NeXT at work :-( to print out, and NeXTmail encoding (well, I could of course just uuencode them) new apps (Games! ;-) things to be transferred to my home machine. Also, as I recall from Seebass, Garth, & Snyder (Unix Sys admin bible), one receiving a UUCP connection should offer the service to others, something I can't as long as I'm restricted from dialing out. A moral dilemma. If SLIP is possible, would it be better to set it up? Would it work in the situation I have described? Non NeXT mail e-mailed responses are appreciated. Regards, Thor
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!alf.uib.no!edmtl From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Subject: UUCP vs SLIP, info wanted Message-ID: <1992Nov16.150537.18505@alf.uib.no> Organization: University of Bergen, Norway Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:05:37 GMT Lines: 40