Hi, all!

O.K. - I've managed to set up a SLIP connection, so I'm going to try to
describe an "easy" installation process. To install a slip connection you
need an ordinary NULL-modem cable - 3 wires (RX,TX,GND) will do. You also
need the dip program written by FvK. You can find it in the net-std stuff.
By the time you read this you should know enough to setup a static SLIP 
connaction. If you want dialup connections read this doc & then have a look
at the man page to dip. This document assumes you will be using 2 linux machines. 
To do a quick test of SLIP:
  - connect the cable between the two machines
  - decide on hostnames for the two machines [in this doc I'll call them mach1
    & mach2] 
  - as root, run dip  with the argument "-t" (Test).
  - on mach1 type the following:
local mach1
remote mach2
port [line - ttyxx, can be tty64, tty65, ttys0,...]
speed 19200
mode SLIP
  - when you type "mode SLIP", dip will exit into the background & mach1 will
    be ready for SLIP connection 
  - on mach2 type the same thing with reversed hostnames (local mach2, remote
    mach1)
  - O.K - you can try it out now with a ping and/or telnet command...
  - when you want to finish send a SIGINT to dip on both machines to shut down
    the link & clean up
To put this stuff in /etc/rc.net:
  - create script files for dip - the file name MUST end on .dip. 
  - e.g. mach1.dip for mach1 input on mach1, mach2.dip on mach2 with mach2
    input. 
  - in /etc/rc.net add "/some/where/dip [scriptname]" where scriptname is the
    full pathname of the script [ e.g /some/where/mach1, /some/where2/mach2]
    note that when giving the path to dip you can leave out the .dip extension.
  - reboot & you should have a SLIP connection set up :-> ...

Any comments, suggestions, etc. to me by E-MAIL to lucina@alpha.dcs.mff.uniba.cs
OR as a reply to this article on c.o.l.
Yet again - if you want dynamic [dialup] connections - see the man page on dip. 

Martin Lucina