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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!bnrgate!bnr.co.uk!zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk!uknet!warwick!qmw-dcs!qmw!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!brian
Subject: SLIP initiation
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 21:38:42 +0000
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First of all, I apologise in advance if I'm asking stupid questions,
or if the questions I'm asking have been answered recently. Either
way, I would appreciate if someone would take the time to answer me.
I've recently joined demon.co.uk, and am running both DOS and 386BSD
on a PC. I've pulled down the DIS.EXE software for DOS, and am now
looking into getting my 386BSD side connected (as DOS is a pile of
s**t in my opinion).
Firstly, I assume that the standard way of connecting is via the SLIP
protocol. I also assume the following:
sliplogin is a SLIP server program - ie. something like the
program that demon runs on gate.demon.co.uk.
slattach conditions a given serial line so that it may become
a SLIP connection (creating a pseudo sl? device ???).
ifconfig attaches the sl? device, allowing it to become a
'route' to the rest of the _world_.
I'm fairly certain of these assumptions, as I have achieved the
following:
With kermit, I did the following:
set line /dev/com1 (my modem)
set sp 9600
c
atdt3434848
gate login: awfulhak
Password: <password>
Protocol: slip
- all standard stuff. I then escaped back to my machine,
'push'ed a shell, ran
slattach /dev/com1
ifconfig sl0 inet awfulhak gate ....
and succesfully ping'd gate.
My questions/problems are as follows.
1) Is there an easier way to auto dial ? - there _MUST_ be !
2) How do I set up gate.demon.co.uk as being a nameserver ? - doing
the above I could use ftp, but couldn't open any connections
besides gate.
--
Brian Somers
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