SLIP and Bootp services setup

Hello!
For a project concerning a release of 2.11BSD running on the
SIMH/PDP-11 setup, I need to setup a SLIP services connection on my
Linux box. He is running Slackware-current (Current as of the beginning
of the month.)

Creating the SLIP connection is the easy part. Its the Bootp services
bootptab file creation that has me confused. I've read the man page and
it gives an example for one, namely the one used at its original
location CMU as matter of fact. And I'll even go over the documentation
that is stored in the usual directory, and even go over the HOWTOs as
well, but I am looking for advice here. As such since the majority of
these services are obviously retained for supporting older systems and
services I suspect my problem just might fall under that guise's
purview.
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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hello!
> For a project concerning a release of 2.11BSD running on the
> SIMH/PDP-11 setup,

Woa. Is there some sort of weird time warp ?

Geronimo W. Christ Esq wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > Hello!
> > For a project concerning a release of 2.11BSD running on the
> > SIMH/PDP-11 setup,
>
> Woa. Is there some sort of weird time warp ?

Hello!
Explain. It happens that I happen to own an entire collection of normal
operating systems. As opposed to ones that are cranky, like that from
the Evil Empire, and even the one who runs with the birds. For a vaild
reason, namely work that I do, that is a necessary function. Did you by
chance read the entire post before entering a comment?
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On 16 Jul 2006 in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in article
<(E-Mail Removed). com>, (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

>For a project concerning a release of 2.11BSD running on the
>SIMH/PDP-11 setup, I need to setup a SLIP services connection on my
>Linux box. He is running Slackware-current (Current as of the beginning
>of the month.)

Well, OK, I suppose.

>Creating the SLIP connection is the easy part. Its the Bootp services
>bootptab file creation that has me confused.

OK - minor confusion here. BOOTP (RFC0951, updated by RFC1542) is an
Ethernet protocol. I'm not sure how you've got this into SLIP (RFC1055).
I haven't dealt with SLIP in over 12 years, but it contains no mechanism
that I'm aware of to use BOOTP. The address data was exchanged as text
before the slip link was started (unlike today's pppd IPCP protocol).
You might want to see if you can find a copy of 'dip' that _used_to_ be
the standard wrapper around SLIP to bring up a link.

See if you can find a copy of the "Linux Network Administrator's Guide" from
the LDP. Both the first ('network-guide') and second (nag2) editions cover
SLIP and dip after a fashion. It's in Chapter 7 in both editions. If this
document isn't on your system, hit any LDP mirror, or
http://tldp.org/guides.html

* The Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

version: 1.1
authors: Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson
last update: March 2000
ISBN: 1-56592-400-2
available formats:
1. HTML (read online)
2. HTML (tarred and gzipped package, 690k)
3. PDF (1.5MB)

The ISBN number is the O'Reilly dead tree edition. They have a third edition
(from February 2005, ISBN 0-596-00548-2, 362 pgs, US$35), but I don't know if
it still includes the chapter on this ancient/unused protocol.

'dip' is available on any sunsite mirror in the ./system/network/serial/dip/
directory. You seem to be in the USA, so try ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/ as
a starting point.

Old guy