Al salaam a'alaykum Charles

21 Aug 03 21:58, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> Apparrently PLIP is still offered with Slackware 8.1 

 CA> Those who build intranets within their homes are happy campers
 CA> when it works. At that time it is "the only way to go".

Tough if one has more than two machines to network or requires greater than
5 metre distances.

 CA> When it won't work or stops working they suddenly realize what a pita
 CA> it can be trying to find out why it won't work. Seems to happen
 CA> frequently even though most would deny it. 

We never had any trouble with SLIP way back when we used it with a modem.
Can't comment with PLIP - can't see why it would be any less stable than
any other parallel port connection.

 CA> I think PLIP and SLIP are there for those times when the
 CA> 'lesser gurus' can't get a NIC installed or they "lose the
 CA> network" and can't figure out how to get it back again. ;-) 

If they can install and configure PLIP, I'd think they could do NICs.

 CA> I've seen the book required to study for CNA rating. It looks
 CA> like an unabridged dictionary and I'd wager few, if any, have
 CA> ever actually read all of it. Was quite expensive too if I
 CA> remember correctly. 

CNA rating is an ego badge - usefull perhaps if one was chasing jobs a few
years ago. I doubt it would be of much use nowdays.

It is not a necessary qualification to set up a small home network. I have
no CNA rating, and even I can do it. 

Regards,
David

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