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Article #83Re: SLIP v. TIA (was Re: Full SLIP for less than $17/month? That's impossible)
From: jazzbike
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 20:11
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 20:11
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And...what does having your own IP address get you? How is it useful? JB In article <billa-2811942335120001@192.0.2.1>, billa@netcom.com (Bill Arnett) says: > >In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.941128183524.20983B-100000@amanda.dorsai.org>, >Tristan Louis <tristan@dorsai.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, Anthony Aldridge wrote: >> >> > What advantages does SLIP offer, and what is involved? >> >> SLIP is marginally faster than a TIA connection because it doesn't have >> the overall processing of a program like TIA. >> It allows for faster and somewhat better processing of Mosaic >> information. > >While this may be theoretically true in practice ones speed is limited by >the modem. I have used both TIA and "regular" SLIP (and PPP) and cannot >discern any speed differences. > >The one big advantage of SLIP is that it's possible to have your own IP >address and hence act as a server. This is possible only in a limited way >with TIA. > >-- >Bill Arnett billa@netcom.com >San Jose, CA "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" >USA ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/bi/billa/billa.html
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 12b2c7,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid12b2c7,public X-Google-Thread: 1418db,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid1418db,public X-Google-Thread: 112c50,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid112c50,public X-Google-Thread: fdfa3,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gidfdfa3,public X-Google-Thread: 146db4,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid146db4,public X-Google-Thread: 106b26,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid106b26,public X-Google-Thread: 118654,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid118654,public X-Google-Thread: 11b69a,58d6eceda305891a X-Google-Attributes: gid11b69a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-29 13:00:33 PST Newsgroups: nyc.announce,dorsai.remote,dorsai.helpdesk,dorsai.communiques,dorsai.development,dorsai.policy,dorsai.info,dorsai.chat,alt.internet.services,a Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.dorsai.org!news From: jazzbike@dorsai.dorsai.org (jazzbike) Subject: Re: SLIP v. TIA (was Re: Full SLIP for less than $17/month? That's impossible) Message-ID: <D01pEt.H7I@dorsai.org> Sender: news@dorsai.org (Keeper of the News) Organization: dorsai.dorsai.org X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.2 References: <199411282301.AA18684@amanda.dorsai.org> <Pine.SUN.3.91.941128183524.20983B-100000@amanda.dorsai.org> <billa-2811942335120001@192.0.2.1> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 20:11:17 GMT Lines: 31