Re: SLIP slidin' away...

[knarf@nasim.nasim.cube.net (Frank Bartels)]

roemer@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:

> > >4) Line speed, start/stop bits is setup correcly I assume.
> > 
> > Yup, no problems there.

Are you really sure? My SLIP-Users often do the following mistake: They
dial into my system using kermit or something else with 19200 and then
switch to 38400 an wonder why no packets get transfered.

> > >6) Is the slip interface up, ie shows 'ifconfig sl0' something like:
> > >	% ifconfig sl0
> > >	sl0:	flags=0x??<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUINNING>
> > >		link-level-flags=0x??
> > >		addr 100.0.0.1 dstaddr 100.1.0.1 netmask 100.255.255.255
> > >		metric 0 mtu ???
> > >		out-packets  0 out-errors 0 collsions 0
> > >		in-packets   0 in-errors  0
> > >	%
> > 
> > Yup.  I wonder if my netmask is set wrong, though.

> The netmask is set to the default class A,B or C netmask of your IP address,
> that should be correct in most cases, ie needs no hand fixing...

Huh? The default netmask for a class A address is 255.0.0.0 and not
100.255.255.255. This is the broadcast address, which is useless(?)
for Point-to-Point connections.

Bye,
Knarf
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