Serial Line Internet Protocol

Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) allows the Internet Protocol (IP), normally used with Ethernet, to be used over a serial line, such as one connected to a modem. It is defined in RFC 1055.
==Description==
SLIP modifies a standard by appending a special SLIP END character to it, which allows datagrams to be distinguished as separate. SLIP requires a port configuration of 8 bits of data with no , and hardware . SLIP does not provide , being reliant on other high-layer protocols for this. Therefore, over a particularly error-prone dial-up link, SLIP on its own would not be reliable.. 1995-04-30.
A SLIP connection needs to have its IP address configuration set each time before it is established, whereas Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) can determine it automatically once it has started.
==References==
==External links==
* at Wikipedia
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