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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA2089 ; Thu, 25 Feb 93 10:11:18 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!destroyer!ccs.itd.umich.edu!nosegoblin.css.itd.umich.edu!pauls From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PC <-> Sparc Date: 24 Feb 1993 14:34:48 GMT Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1mg128INN44u@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu> References: <1mfb0p$fgc@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nosegoblin.css.itd.umich.edu In article <1mfb0p$fgc@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> dulimart@cps.msu.edu (Hansye S. Dulimarta) writes: > I'd like to have a TCP/IP connection between a PC and a Sparc via a serial >line. Recently, I've been reading about PPP/SLIP and come to a conclusion >that with PPP/SLIP, the connection has to be dialed up. > >Is it correct? Or, can I use PPP/SLIP via a null modem cable? They just need a serial connection, not a phone line. paul w southworth | computer systems consultant | university of michigan 313 763 0452 | pauls@umich.edu | 3113 school of ed | ann arbor, mi 48109-1259 archivist | red.css.itd.umich.edu | anonymous ftp | politics & zines