Original question:
>
> Hello again, managers.
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I asked about dialup Internet access, and received
> many responses. I've now come to find out that our parent division is
> in the process of setting up a direct 56kbs leased line to the Internet.
>
> My understanding is that it is a PC compatible running Banyan VINES. We
> would like to somehow gain dialup access through this Internet gateway, so
> my questions are:
>
> 1) Are there SLIP or PPP programs, commercial or free, which would run on
> the Internet gateway, and one of our local (SunOS) machines?
>
> 2) If there isn't anything that would work well on a PC, we could hook a
> UNIX box up to the ethernet which the gateway supports and run SLIP or
> PPP through there. Where can I find a good program to do this?
>
> CAVEATS: If possible, the SLIP or PPP software (on both ends) should
> recognize IP packets being sent outside of it's local domain, dialup the
> corresponding modem, establish a connection, and disconnect after some
> specified time.
>
And the winner is...
Morning Star Technologies
1760 Zollinger Rd
Columbus OH USA 43221-2856
+1 614 451 1883 (voice)
+1 800 558 7827 (voice)
+1 614 459 5054 (FAX)
marketing@morningstar.com (e-mail)
ftp.morningstar.com:pub/ppp (anonymous FTP)
This product does everything mentioned above (see features attached below).
It retails for about $800, but my service providers offer it at a significant
discount.
Cetin Seren (cs@karin.att.com) also mentioned a free product called DP
(version 2.3), although I have no information on features.
Other packages mentioned were PD PPP and KA9Q.
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| Randy J. Ott | randy@sisdbell.Logicon.COM |
| Logicon, Inc. | (402) 291-7750 (Voice) |
| 1408 Fort Crook Road South | (402) 291-2503 (Fax) |
| Bellevue, NE 68005 | |
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Morning Star PPP At A Glance (PPP version 1.4beta, April 22, 1993)
Standards Support:
- The Internet standard Point to Point Protocol (PPP) as defined in
RFCs 1331, 1332, 1333, and 1334, with
- Link-level error detection (16 or 32 bit FCS)
- Asynchronous control character mapping
- Packet size negotiation at connection time
- Physical link loopback detection
- IP address negotiation and assignment
- PPP Addr/Ctl field and Protocol field compression
- Link-level authentication by PAP or CHAP
- Link status monitoring by LQM
- The popular Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), as described in RFC 1055
- automatically detects whether other end does TCP header compression (CSLIP)
Optimal Performance:
- `VJ' TCP packet header compression as described in RFC 1144
- TCP `fast queue' for priority transmission of interactive packets
- Asynchronous speeds as high as UNIX provides, usually 38400
- Synchronous speeds to T1 (1.544 Mb/sec) or CEPT (2.048 Mb/sec) using our
SnapLink(tm) SCSI-attached high speed synchronous serial interface
Ease of Management:
- Easy and extremely flexible configuration
- Transparent on-demand link establishment and idle line disconnection
- Flexible `chat script' for connection management
- Packet filtering and logging by protocol, source, destination, etc.
- Flexible daemon implementation
- Operates as either the remote (calling) or hub (answering) site
- Uses most asynchronous modems or dedicated lines, over the workstation's
native serial ports or most aftermarket expansions
- Shares modems with interactive users, and other applications like UUCP
- PPP configuration/negotiation problems reported in English
- Can connect via TCP over existing network
- Can negotiate through security barriers like SecureID
- Can return appropriate ICMP Destination Unreachable codes
- NIT support on SunOS (etherfind, tcpdump, etc.)
- Monitors link status, reliability, and performance
- Multiple line failover for redundancy and high availability
- Many features are provided to help work around deficiencies in other PPPs
- Thorough, readable documentation includes examples and troubleshooting tips
Wide industry support:
- Currently runs on
- SPARC (SunOS 4.0.3 through 4.1.3) - Sun-3 (SunOS 4.0.3 through 4.1.1)
- DECstation (Ultrix 4.2 and 4.3) - ISC UNIX (Release 3.2 v3.0)
- IBM RS/6000 (AIX 3.2) - Silicon Graphics (IRIX 4.0.x)
- SCO UNIX (SysV/386 3.2.2 or 3.2.4; TCP 1.1.3 or 1.2)
- NeXT (NEXTSTEP 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 3.1 on M68K and i486)
- HP 9000/700,800 series (HP-UX 9.01)
- Future Projects
- Solaris 2.1 on SPARC, i386/i486 - SCO Xenix System V.2.3.4
- various SVR4 on i386/i486 - BSDI on i386/i486
- SNMP support for most platforms
- Interoperates with network connectivity providers
- PSInet - Merit - NEARnet - CSN
- OARnet - Alternet - BARRNet - most EUnet members
- CICnet - JvNCnet - MSEN - ANS
- CERFnet - PREPnet - Sesquinet - NorthwestNet
- AARNet - UKnet - PIPEX - Demon Internet Services
- any other network that provides dialup access via SLIP or PPP
- Interoperates with other asynchronous and synchronous PPPs and SLIPs
- Telebit NetBlazer - Livingston Portmaster IR-4
- 3Com NetBuilder - NAT LANB/820
- Proteon cnx500 - Cayman GatorBox
- Brixton Systems BrxPPP - KA9Q
- MERIT's MacPPP - ISC SLIP
- Network Systems 6400 - Novell LAN WorkPlace
- Novell MP Router - Datability terminal server
- FTP Software PC/TCP - Intercon TCP/Connect II
- Wellfleet - cisco AGS, CGS, IGS, 500-CS, STS-10
- Xylogics Annex-3 terminal server
- Marble Associates Teleconnect
- The popular free UNIX PPPs
- Works with any asynchronous dial-up modem; pre-configured for
- Most Telebit modems - Codex 3260 series
- NEC N9631 - AT&T 2296
- UDS V.3224 and V.3229 - Forval SA9600, SA14400
- AT&T Datakit - Practical Peripherals 9600SA
- Hayes V-series Ultra SmartModems
- US Robotics V.32 and V.32bis
- Digicom 9624E+ and V.32bis
- Hayes ISDN System Adapter
You can get all our marketing literature and the entire user guide via
anonymous FTP from ftp.uu.net:vendor/MorningStar/ppp/, in either
mst-ppp-user-guide.ps.Z (nicely formatted PostScript) or
mst-ppp-doc.shar.Z (shell archive of troff sources and more
configuration examples); or from ftp.morningstar.com:pub/ppp; or we'll
be happy to send them to you via electronic mail or even on paper.
For more information, contact Jamey Laskey or Dean Schell of our
marketing group:
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