Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!alberta!auvax!louis From: louis@auvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: PC UNIX wide area networking Message-ID: <272@auvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 12:30:07 EDT Article-I.D.: auvax.272 Posted: Tue Jul 14 12:30:07 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 00:50:50 EDT Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada Lines: 26 Keywords: PC TCP-IP SLIP Xref: utgpu comp.protocols.tcp-ip:528 comp.sys.ibm.pc:4959 We are starting to plan for wide-area networking of PCs with our central UNIX machines. The PCs will be spread out across the Province of Alberta with dial-in access and/or Datapac (X.25) access to the central machines. At the central site we now have Berkeley UNIX on VAXEN and SUNs connected by Ethernet, but we will also be considering 3B2s. The PCs will be used by students to run CAI courseware on MS/DOS but with administration and tutorial services from the central UNIX systems. Some CAI will also be delivered directly from the UNIX systems. We will be starting with 1200 and 2400 baud lines. The PCs will be standalone workstations with only a modicum of computer skills assumed for a typical student. What experience has anyone had using TCP-IP on PCs for wide-area networking? Where can we get information on SLIP? Any other suggestions? Please e-mail me and if there is enough response I will summarize. -- Louis Schmittroth My employer has no opinions. Computer Science Athabasca University ...{ubc-vision, ihnp4}!alberta!auvax!louis