Subject: Re: Dumb SLIP question.
To: None <current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- Iowa State University <michaelv@iastate.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 05/03/1994 19:14:46
>> Netbsd apparently lacks the "sldialup" command I'm familiar with.
>>What's the best way to *initiate* the slip connection from the caller's
>>side. I've tried using tip/cu, but once I'm done and exit from it, it
>>hangs up the phone.
>I run screen, use cu to dial in, then ~!slattach [options], then detach
>screen. Gross, but it works.
>
>--Michael
That *is* ugly. ;-)
I simply use kermit. When the session is connected, you type ctrl-\
z, which suspends the kermit sessions and brings you back to the
shell, where you can type your pppd command, or slattach.
--Michael
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