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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Andreja Zivkovic <andy@zt.zivkotech.net.au>
  Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 12:19:09 +0930 (CST)

Re: networking over a serial cable?

Andreja Zivkovic wrote:

 > I have a laptop with a broken net card, but I do have a 'null modem'
 > cable. I was wondering if it's possible to network two computers with this
 > cable?

SLIP or PPP will do the job nicely (albeit slowly).

If you get a "Laplink" cable you can use PLIP.

    - mark

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