Definitions for "SLIP/PPP"
Keywords:  ppp, serial, modem, throuh, tcp
Serial Line Internet Protocol/Point to Point Protocol. Two methods of connecting to the Internet over standard telephone lines and modems. If you want to connect to the World Wide Web from home, via a modem, you need a SLIP or PPP connection.
a SLIP or PPP connection allows any user who is connecting to the internet via modem, to emulate a direct connection to the internet. Once this connection is established, the user is free to use a software package of their choice(Netscape, Mosaic, Telnet, etc.).
To connect to the Internet via Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) or Point to Point Protocol (PPP), you need to have TCP/IP software on your computer. When connected by SLIP/PPP, your computer actually becomes another node on the Internet. You can then run popular client software directly. This has an advantage over a shell account where you will have to double download in order to transfer a file by FTP because the data first goes to network and then to a local machine.