Everhart,Glenn
From:	Mark D. Jilson [jilly@clarityconnect.com]
Sent:	Thursday, May 07, 1998 12:21 PM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: PPPD on OVMS 7.1
You will also want to explore the ALPPPD01_071 patch kit.

Geoff Bryant wrote:

> Michael Moroney wrote:
> >
> > Prof Dave Miller <dmiller@CSLAB.Bemidji.MSUS.edu> writes:
> >
> > >Gang:
> >
> > >Just reading my OVMS 7.1 new features book and ran across PPPD.
> > >Point-to-Point-Protocol I presume. Hanven't had time to look further.
> >
> > >Anyone tried it out yet? Does it work?
> >
> > You need UCX 4.2 to use it. But yes it works.
> > Don't know if any other IP packages know of it yet.
>
> TCPware and Multinet do not use the new PPP support in VMS.
> PPP support has been available with the products for some time.
> I doubt that we would switch to the VMS PPP support as we also
> support PPP on VMS versions prior to VMS 7.1.
>
> > >Does OVMS Netscape work with it? FTP? Etc.
>
> PPP provides a network interface and therefore any application
> can send packets across it.
>
> > Anything that can use UCX will work.  FTP comes with UCX.  Netscape
> > is at a higher level and doesn't care what is used at the lower layers.
> >
> > -Mike

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