PPP on STREAMS

[Tin "Man" Le]

In article <1991Jan09.203715.2498 at nstar.rn.com> larry at nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>jbreeden at netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) writes:
>
>>AT&T SysV/386 R4's Win/TCP R4 has a SLIP driver (and other goodies).
>
>how about PPP (compressed headers) SLIP?
>

   PPP != SLIP

   They are two different things.

   SLIP = Serial Line IP

   PPP = Point to Point Protocol

   The original SLIP was a straight forward encapsulation type of
   IP onto serial line.  Van Jacobson later added header compression
   to SLIP (CSLIP, available at ftp.ee.lbl.gov).

   PPP is a newer protocol, designed to get around problems in SLIP.

-- Tin

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