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From: adrian@ibmpcug.co.uk (Superuser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386BSD] Patchkit and slip?
Message-ID: <Bw3yEK.A7E@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Date: 14 Oct 92 10:56:42 GMT
References: <Bw2Dpz.66o@ssesco.com>
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
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In article <Bw2Dpz.66o@ssesco.com> cwc@ssesco.com (Craig W. Carlson) writes:
>I installed the patch kit last night and everything went fine until I tried
>to use slip.  The slip configuration seemed to work, and I seemed to be able to
>send packets out, but incoming packets appeared to be getting thrown away (at
>least it seemed that way by watching the lights on my modem).
>
>I am using the same connection procedure and stty settings that worked before
>the patch.  I use kermit to dial into our slip server and initiate the
>connection on the remote end and then do the slattach locally with stty setings
>"cs8 -istrip crtscts -parenb -parodd -cstopb".  I am running at 38400 through
>a FIFO port.

Funnily enough, I had this problem as well. I reverted to the old
if_slip.c file, and all was well again.

Adrian
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