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SLIP was removed in 8.x. Given that 7.x will only be supported for

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another 2 months it doesn't make much sense to keep this information in
the FAQ.

Noted by:	Joe Barbish
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Eitan Adler 2012-12-10 15:30:56 +00:00
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<qandaentry>
<question id="slip-ppp-support">
<para>Does &os; support SLIP and PPP?</para>
<para>Does &os; support PPP?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Yes. See the manual pages for &man.slattach.8;,
&man.sliplogin.8;, &man.ppp.8;, and &man.pppd.8;.
&man.ppp.8; and &man.pppd.8; provide support for both
incoming and outgoing connections, while &man.sliplogin.8;
deals exclusively with incoming connections, and
&man.slattach.8; deals exclusively with outgoing
connections.</para>
<para>Yes. &man.ppp.8; provides support for both
incoming and outgoing connections.</para>
<para>For more information on how to use these, please see the
<ulink
url="&url.books.handbook;/ppp-and-slip.html">Handbook chapter on PPP and SLIP</ulink>.</para>
<para>If you only have access to the Internet through a
<quote>shell account</quote>, you may want to have a look at
the <filename role="package">net/slirp</filename> package.
It can provide you with (limited) access to services such as
ftp and http direct from your local machine.</para>
url="&url.books.handbook;/ppp-and-slip.html">Handbook chapter on PPP</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
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<title>Serial Communications</title>
<para>This section answers common questions about serial
communications with &os;. PPP and SLIP are covered in the <link
communications with &os;. PPP is covered in the <link
linkend="networking">Networking</link> section.</para>
<qandaset>