<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Candid Candice: What is SLIP and PPP?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF"> <IMG WIDTH=221 HEIGHT=391 SRC="http://files.moo.ca/pics/cmib.jpg" ALIGN="left" ALT="[Cool Candice]"> Ask Candid Candice a question about Moo Canada:<BR> <FORM ACTION="http://www.moo.ca/candid"> <INPUT NAME="q" SIZE="60"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Ask!"> </FORM> <HR> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- if (location.search.indexOf("?q=") == 0) { q = unescape(location.search.substring(3)); while ((plus = q.indexOf("+")) != -1) q = q.substring(0, plus)+" "+q.substring(plus+1); document.write("<I>> "+unescape(q)+"</I>\n");} // --> </SCRIPT> <H1>What is SLIP and PPP?</H1> <!-- Warning, this file is automatically generated, modifications to this file will be lost next time Candid Candice reboots. --> <!-- SLIP* --> <!-- PPP* --> SLIP (<B>S</B>erial <B>L</B>ine <B>I</B>nternet <B>P</B>rotocol) is simply a communications protocol allowing your machine to virtually become a machine (or node) on the Internet using a regular phone line. <P> PPP (<B>P</B>oint to <B>P</B>oint <B>P</B>rotocol) is almost identical to SLIP in functionality. Both systems are used to provide full graphical Internet access to someone via a phone line. <P> For more information, see <A HREF="http://www.access.digex.net/~hecker/papers/slip-ppp.html">Personal Internet Access Using SLIP or PPP</A> by Frank Hecker. <!-- Warning, this file is automatically generated, modifications to this file will be lost next time Candid Candice reboots. --> <HR> This page was created and is maintained by <a href="http://www.moo.ca/wizzen">The Wizzen</a>, © 2002. <P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candice/toolbar"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://files.moo.ca/pics/tool.gif" WIDTH="494" HEIGHT="19" ISMAP USEMAP="#toolbar" ALT="English toolbar"></A><BR> [ <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/">home</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/help?%23555">help</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/who">who</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/search">search</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid/setup">setup</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid.:!">code</A> ]</CENTER> <MAP NAME="toolbar"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/" COORDS="0,0,80,18" ALT="Home"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/help?%23555" COORDS="81,0,161,18" ALT="Help"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/who" COORDS="166,0,246,18" ALT="Who"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/search" COORDS="247,0,327,18" ALT="Search"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid/setup" COORDS="332,0,412,18" ALT="Setup"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid.:!" COORDS="413,0,493,18" ALT="Code"> </MAP> </BODY> </HTML>
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