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| | SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) (Linktionary term) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) |
 | | When one TCP/IP system connects with another TCP/IP system over a serial point-to-point communication line (e.g., a dial-up modem), some way is needed to transport IP packets (a network layer activity) across the serial link (a data link layer activity). |
 | | PPP transports other protocols such as DECnet, IPX, and AppleTalk, and supports synchronous transfers, frame error detection, and controls to automatically configure addresses and links. |
 | | SLIP is described in RFC 1055 (A Nonstandard for Transmission of IP Datagrams Over Serial Lines: Slip, June 1988). |
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