Hello,

You may try to get a linux/other BSD  distro including slip
or add slip from sources over an openBSD installation.

or use pppd from ip networking as mentionned.


> ----------------------------------------
> From: Roderick <hru...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wed Jun 08 08:20:15 CEST 2016
> To: <misc@openbsd.org>
> Subject: Re: No slip anymore?
>
>
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2016, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
>
> > I think modern computers, even on sticks, generally come with wireless
and/or
> > ethernet interfaces?
>
> The Lenovo Stick has Wlan (and Bluetooth). But it is an exageration to
> use it to comunicate with a very old laptop (without wlan) immediately
> near it. The more power consumption, the more heat in the small stick.
>
> > But don't fear, if you only have a serial port, you can
> > still use pppd for IP networking.
>
> Yes, it is an alternative, but slip is not only simple for dealing
> with its commands, but a very simple protocoll (see for example minix
> man page). I wonder why its prensense in OpenBSD was considered a problem.
>
> Rodrigo.
>


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