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SLIP for Solaris 2.3 - HOW? WHERE?

SLIP for Solaris 2.3 - HOW? WHERE?

Post by Szymon Sok » Sun, 04 Sep 1994 20:45:11



I am posting this on behalf of a friend who do not have USENET access.
He is in a *desperate* need of installing SLIP on his Classic running Solaris
2.3. However, neither The Fine Manual nor the AnswerBook even mentions SLIP.
PPP is part of Solaris now, but "the other end" of the connection cannot be
forced to run PPP, so SLIP is the only choice.
I have checked Solaris2 FAQ maintained by Casper Dik, and it does not mention
SLIP either. So, what does it mean? Surely, someone is already running SLIP
on 2.3? Is it documented ANYWHERE?

I would prefer e-mail answers, since e-mail tends to get here much faster
than news; I'll summarize if anyone asks for that.

Thanks in advance,
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SLIP for Solaris 2.3 - HOW? WHERE?

Post by Szymon Sok » Fri, 09 Sep 1994 16:21:26


: I am posting this on behalf of a friend who do not have USENET access.
: He is in a *desperate* need of installing SLIP on his Classic running Solaris
: 2.3. However, neither The Fine Manual nor the AnswerBook even mentions SLIP.
: PPP is part of Solaris now, but "the other end" of the connection cannot be
: forced to run PPP, so SLIP is the only choice.
: I have checked Solaris2 FAQ maintained by Casper Dik, and it does not mention
: SLIP either. So, what does it mean? Surely, someone is already running SLIP
: on 2.3? Is it documented ANYWHERE?

As promised, I summarize:
While the FAQ does not mention SLIP, it *is* mentioned in the

file, SLIP for 2.x can be found at bcm.tmc.edu.
It was a pain to find it there however, since it was hidden in
/pcnfs/Solaris2.x_pkg.tar. And in the same directory, there is README.93.03.29
which says in particular:

  Solaris2.x_pkg.tar is an SVR4 "package" for SPARC systems running Solaris
  2.1 or later. It includes pcnfsd, SLIP, and RFC1312 messaging components.

  No documentation is provided for the installation of the last two items.
  Please don't install either item unless you know what you're doing. If
  in doubt, purchase a copy of PC-NFS 5.0, which includes full documentation.

  Geoff Arnold
  PC-NFS architect
  SunSelect, A Sun Microsystems Business


So, I advised my friend to buy PC-NFS 5.0 (though he really does not need
PC-NFS). My thoughts about Sun's policy I am keeping for myself :-(

--
                        Szymon Sokol -- Network Manager
U     U M     M M     M University of Mining and Metallurgy, Computer Center
U     U MM   MM MM   MM ave. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, POLAND
U     U M M M M M M M M TEL. +48 12 338100 EXT. 2885  FAX +48 12 338907

                        WWW page: http://www.uci.agh.edu.pl/~szymon/

 
 
 
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1. SLIP for Solaris 2.3: slip-solaris-3

I have been trying to use Bruce Orchard's slip-solaris-3 to make slip
connections from my Solaris 2.3 system.  So far I have been
unsuccessful, and wonder if anyone can help.

I tip into my slip server, which delivers the appropriate Internet
addresses (in dotted form).  Then I run slip-attach with these
addresses, and this completes fine.  But pinging the server then
fails, as does everything else.  The modem lights indicate that I am
sending out packets to the server, but I am not getting anything back.
Any pointers?

Two notes:
1) In a recent article by Jason Davis on PPP (Id no longer available),
he writes that for PPP it is necessary to tell the network how to
route packets back to the remote client using arp.  Perhaps the same
problem arises with SLIP?  If so, what kind of object is required for
the first argument in:
        arp -s ???? "Ethernet address of client" -pub
It doesn't accept the dotted Internet addresses delivered by the
server, but what else could there be?  Perhaps this is a blind alley.

2) In the slip dox, it states that the modem must not follow DTR
(AT&D0).  If your modem is set to do this, then the tip process grabs
the CPU and drives the load through the roof.  Killing tip returns
normality, but closes the modem connection.  I mention this, since I
wrestled with this for the longest time, and figure that there is
little reason for anyone else to.

Any help greatly appreciated -- Dave
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        The best lack all conviction, while the worst
        are full of passionate intensity.

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