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SLIP
SLIP stands for Serial Line Internet Protocol, a way of establishing a temporary, low-speed connection to the Internet through a dial-up modem. Both SLIP and PPP (Point to Point Protocol) accounts are designed to work with much slower connection methods than the dedicated network connections to the Internet enjoyed by government, educational, and nonprofit organizations. But because they work with low-cost modems, SLIP and PPP provide decent performance in normal situations to large numbers of people.
SLIP is simpler than PPP and thus more prevalent; however, PPP is more carefully designed and more flexible. Both, however, support popular and widely used MacTCP-based programs such as Anarchie, Fetch, and TurboGopher.
Three different programs provide SLIP connections for the Macintosh: MacSLIP from Hyde Park software, VersaTerm SLIP from Synergy Software, and InterSLIP from InterCon Systems. InterSLIP is available as freeware on the Internet. If you do not have an Internet connection, you can obtain the software when you establish an account with an Internet service provider, or from the disk that accompanies Internet Starter Kit by Adam Engst.
Some SLIP hosts cause a computer “timeout” to occur if your computer has been idle for a certain amount of time while connected to the Internet. This might be considered a courtesy, especially if you are paying for connection time and forget to disconnect before leaving your workstation.
If your connection hangs up before you are finished (and if you use manual addressing, where you specify an IP address when you dial in), simply switch back to the InterSLIP Setup or other SLIP setup control, disconnect, and then reconnect. If, however, you use server addressing (in which the server assigns an IP address to you each time you log in), you must quit all active MacTCP programs before you reconnect via SLIP. Otherwise, your MacTCP program (such as a Web browser) will get confused when you reconnect with a different IP address than you had before.
Creating a SLIP connection for computers without network cards or NICs[edit]
As an example, getting an Amiga 4000 onto the network with an Origin300 acting like a router between serial and network.
Amiga 4000[edit]
- required software
Origin 300[edit]
- required software: uucp.sw.eoe on foundation disk 2.
Required hardware[edit]
NULL modem cable.