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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!usenet From: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve Hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tia using ppp? Date: 22 Nov 1995 03:33:22 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 13 Message-ID: <48u5m2$qvr@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <48j3d1$o9p@news.csus.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dppp9.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.2 In article <48j3d1$o9p@news.csus.edu>, wleong@sfsu.edu (WEE-KING LEONG) says: > > >The school provided tia connection. Can I still use ppp to >connect ? > If the version of tia on the platform they offer tia access does PPP emulation you can. Otherwise you would have to attach with SLIP. In either event, PING and TRACEROUTE will not work because TIA does not pass ICMP packets. Also, you will not have a true IP address of your own while connected - so no one will be able to connect into you.