PPP vs. TCP/IP vs. UUCP vs SLIP/PPP???

[WayneW5446]

Can someone tell me this difference in the above protocols. I trying to
buy service and get techo babble instead. Would appreciate a lucite
explanation. Please emal me

Thanks in Advance,

Wayne...@aol.com (wayne)
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[Celeste Stokely]

WayneW5446 wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me this difference in the above protocols. I trying to
> buy service and get techo babble instead. Would appreciate a lucite
> explanation. Please emal me
>

TCP/IP = a protocol for communicating between 2 computers (or devices) in
a "reliable" way. 2 machine talking TCP/IP constitute a small, but real
network. Often, "machines on an ethernet" means "machines talking TCP/IP",
but there are exceptions to this. Each node on a TCP/IP network has a
unique address, like 198.93.200.1.

PPP = a protocol for running TCP/IP over serial lines. As "robust" as communicating
over coax or twisted pair, as long as you have good modems and phone lines.

SLIP = another protocol for running TCP/IP over serial lines. An older protocol
than PPP (I think), and not as "standard". To be avoided if PPP is an option.

SLIP/PPP = SLIP with built-in PPP. Can work, but will make you old before your
time getting it to work well.

UUCP = the Unix to Unix Copy Program. A method of transferring files (often
email) over (possibly slow) connection, including a PPP link. Can be used
with TCP/IP for a "store and forward" email connection. Fairly robust protocol,
still in wide use.

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[James Carlson]

In article <317CEA...@stokely.com>, Celeste Stokely <cel...@stokely.com> writes:
|> WayneW5446 wrote:
|> >
|> > Can someone tell me this difference in the above protocols. I trying to
|> > buy service and get techo babble instead. Would appreciate a lucite
|> > explanation. Please emal me
|> >
|> TCP/IP = a protocol for communicating between 2 computers (or devices) in
|> a "reliable" way. 2 machine talking TCP/IP constitute a small, but real
|> network. Often, "machines on an ethernet" means "machines talking TCP/IP",
|> but there are exceptions to this. Each node on a TCP/IP network has a
|> unique address, like 198.93.200.1.

Not necessarily reliable. The TCP/IP suite includes a number of
different protocols for different tasks; like UDP, which is unreliable,
and TCP, which is reliable.

|> PPP = a protocol for running TCP/IP over serial lines. As "robust" as communicating
|> over coax or twisted pair, as long as you have good modems and phone lines.

PPP is more than that; it's an encapsulation method that allows
virtually any network protocol, not just IP, to run over async and sync
serial connections.

|> SLIP = another protocol for running TCP/IP over serial lines. An older protocol
|> than PPP (I think), and not as "standard". To be avoided if PPP is an option.

Quite a bit older than PPP, and quite IP-specific. It's just raw IP
frames in a simple encapsulation.

|> SLIP/PPP = SLIP with built-in PPP. Can work, but will make you old before your
|> time getting it to work well.

Huh? "SLIP/PPP" is just another term for "any generic serial network
interface." Basically, it is used when you need to talk about point-to-
point lines without specifying a particular protocol.

|> UUCP = the Unix to Unix Copy Program. A method of transferring files (often
|> email) over (possibly slow) connection, including a PPP link. Can be used
|> with TCP/IP for a "store and forward" email connection. Fairly robust protocol,
|> still in wide use.

*Real* UUCP protocol is a batch-mode file transfer protocol for Unix
systems. It's something like kermit in flavor, but much, much more
automated. It's not at all a conventional networking protocol like
TCP/IP, AppleTalk, or IPX. (Though, confusingly, you can run UUCP
protocol *over* TCP.)

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