SLIP slipping away

[Kai Lockwood]

I was just trying to setup a really simple network with a null modem cable.
I looked into ppp but the documentation I read didn't help and I'm still not
smart enough to figure out how to do it yet.


On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Sin <sinister at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I wasn't going to ask before, but I guess curiosity got the best of me.
> I've been working for an ISP for the past 8 years, so PPP and SLIP talk
> comes up alot. I don't usually post, just read, however I am curious about
> what kind of application could possibly be using slip as opposed to ppp
> now-a-days ??
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am having difficulty setting up a SLIP connection between a Debian 4.0
> > box
> > and FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE. I have enabled the sl driver in the kernel. I
> have
> > tried using slattach on /dev/cuad0 (usually "slattach -s 115200
> > /dev/cuad0)
> > only to watch slattach immediately die with no output as to why. If I
> give
> > the -l option it creates the sl0 interface but will not accept traffic.
> > Reading through the years old FAQs states that a 'netstat -i' with the
> sl
> > driver installed should show sl interfaces but netstat does not list any
> > sl
> > interfaces. I have tried to load the kernel module if_sl but I have had
> no
> > success.
> >
> > Has anyone on this list had any success with using SLIP?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kai Lockwood
>
>