[Oberon] Re (3): n-o PPP modifications

Jack Johnson knapjack at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 17:37:41 CET 2005


On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:13:09 +0000, Bob Walkden <bob at web-options.com> wrote:
> I haven't followed this thread, so please forgive me if I've missed
> something (and I'm dredging my memory from the late 80s). Wouldn't it
> be even easier to put the serial line into local loopback mode? That
> way you don't need a null modem or a 2nd machine.

That trick works to test serial connections, but to test PPP you need
a PPP server at the other end.

-Jack



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