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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: Slcompress, slip header compression ? 
Message-ID: <hastyC9pxAJ.MDD@netcom.com>
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References: <hastyC9IFM3.F9u@netcom.com> <741900278snz@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1993 00:56:42 GMT
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In article <741900278snz@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <hastyC9IFM3.F9u@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com writes:
>
>>If you are using NetBSD, the command to enable header compression is:
>>
>>slattach -c -s modem_speed /dev/com???
>>
>
>What about 386bsd pk0.2.4 ?  slattach hasn't changed !

Well I suggest taking a look at the slattach.c and slip code
in /sys/net in NetBSD. Or simply try to compile or get the
NetBSD slattach binary and try it out.

Next bug the patch kit team to be kind and do something
about the lack of compression header support in slattach.

	Happy Hacking,
	Amancio
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