Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] PPP vs. SLIP
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gecko@freecar.com wrote:
In VERY VERY simple terms: protocol is nothing more than a specified way of soing something. PPP and SLIP describe to a programmer a way of connecting to other computers. the TCP, UDP and IP talk tell us ways of getting sending information back and forth... etc.
the best place to start would be in a general networking book... don't have a title, though.
This is _the_ book on UNIX network programming: Unix Network Programming, Richard Stevens $68.00, 772 pages Published by Prentice Hall ISBN: 0139498761 To get deeper into the protocols look ionto the RFCs, which come with our CD... Ciao, BB -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873 bb@suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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