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SLIP vs PPP: Protocol Overview

SLIP is a serial line protocol that allows IP to operate over serial links, enabling the transmission of IP datagrams over serial connections between computers. It was created informally in the 1980s to address the need for a data link layer protocol for serial links. While never formally standardized, SLIP was eventually published in 1988 but was intentionally not designated an official Internet standard due to deficiencies. Today, SLIP is less frequently used than its successor, PPP, which provides enhanced error detection and automatic configuration.

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SLIP vs PPP: Protocol Overview

SLIP is a serial line protocol that allows IP to operate over serial links, enabling the transmission of IP datagrams over serial connections between computers. It was created informally in the 1980s to address the need for a data link layer protocol for serial links. While never formally standardized, SLIP was eventually published in 1988 but was intentionally not designated an official Internet standard due to deficiencies. Today, SLIP is less frequently used than its successor, PPP, which provides enhanced error detection and automatic configuration.

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SLIP

SERIAL LINE INTERNET PROTOCOL


SLIP

 The need for a data link layer protocol to let IP

operate over serial links.

 To send IP datagrams over serial connections

linking computers together.

 This protocol is called the Serial Line Internet

Protocol, or SLIP for short.


Contd.,

 SLIP has never been defined as a formalized


standard.
 Created informally in the early 1980s.
 Even when it was eventually published, in 1988, the
decision was specifically made that SLIP
would not be designated an official Internet
standard.
 The protocol has so many deficiencies that the
IETF apparently didn't want it given the status of a
formalized standard.
Contd.,

 Today, SLIP is not used as frequently as its

successor, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), which


provides enhanced error detection and
automatic configuration.
PPP Protocol

 Point-to-point Protocol.

 Communication between two computers using a

serial interface.

 Transports multi-protocol datagrams over point-

to-point links.
Three Components

1. A method for encapsulating datagrams.

2. Link control protocol (LCP) for establishing,

configuring and testing data-link connection.

3. Network control protocols (NCPs) for establishing

and configuring different network layer


protocols.
Design Requirements

 Packet framing

 Transparency

 Multiple network layer protocols

 Multiple types of links

 Error detection

 Connection liveliness – Detect failure and report

 Network layer address negotiation

 Simplicity
Design non-requirements

 Error control

 Flow control

 Sequencing

 Multipoint links – Only a single sender and a

single receiver.
Data frame format

 Address and control not supported/required.

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