Subject: SLIP and APO

From: James R. Fowler

Submitted: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:51:55 -0700 (MST)

Message number: 105 (previous: 104, next: 106 up: Index)

      23 Nov 96

  I have learned some new things about the box that is used to support
dial-in SLIP at APO.  First, I have made some changes to the aposlip
script and it does not seem to work now. In particular the box does
not seem to be sending out rarp and routing information correctly when
aposlip is used.  However, I did find out that you can use the default
script and it seems to work.  Two changes should be made to do this,
first, the default script uses compressed slip rather than
uncompressed slip so you need to change this on your SLIP panel.
Second, the command to start the default script is 'set slip' instead
of 'set slip aposlip'.  I am begining to think that we should be using
the default script instead of the aposlip script.  It looks like I was
making life too complicated for myself with this script.  Use of the
default script also appears to allow the system to use both ports at
the same time.  Apparently only one user can use the aposlip script at
a time.

  Testing with Gretchen is going on as I type this letter.  This
testing indicates that the default script is definitely the way to go.
Gretchen and I are both dialed in, and both running slip successfully.

			Jim

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James R. Fowler                         Computer Operations Manager
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