Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!ucbcad!zen!ucbvax!CLUTX.CLARKSON.EDU!nelson From: nelson@CLUTX.CLARKSON.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: SLIP for IBM-PC Message-ID: <8711301437.AA13757@clutx.clarkson.edu> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 09:37:24 EST Article-I.D.: clutx.8711301437.AA13757 Posted: Mon Nov 30 09:37:24 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Dec-87 04:58:06 EST References: <8711300744.aa07357@Louie.UDEL.EDU> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 > SLIP and its 'fixed' IP address is a problem which prevents >greater/more functional use of SLIP. I don't understand why this is a problem. There are two simple and workable solutions: give one IP number per phone line, or, if using unix, give one IP number per userid. Surely bootp can be made to recognize a serial line address as well as it does an ethernet address... -russ