Article 4958 of vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek:
On Fri, 3 May 1996, Christine Kronberg wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> 
>   I've just installed the latest version of CMU IP on my
>   Microvax and read in an old FAQ (is there a newer one ?
>   The one I have is at least a year old) that slip is 
>   supported. Unfortunately I do not know too much about
>   slip and now I wonder how to set it up correctly. I did
>   editing the INET$CONFIG so that the SLPDRV is loaded, but
>   how to go on ?
>   My vax is connected to modem to establish connection to the
>   outer world. What do I have to do to dial out ? Presumably
>   I need a piece of software but I haven't found the right
>   one yet. Any hints what to take or to do ?
> 
>   Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
>                                             Chris Kronberg.
> 

If you are going to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) via modem
with a temporary SLIP connection you will have to:

01.	Comment out the SLPDRV definition in INET$CONFIG.  You will have to
	Stop, then restart IPACP, NAMRES and any other processes that die if
	you previously defined SLPDRV in INET$CONFIG because IPACP becomes
	the Owner of the line assigned to the SLIP driver.

02.	Call your ISP using CKERMIT or SET HOST/DTE.

03.	LOGIN and read the temporary IP address assigned to you by the ISP.

04.	SPAWN out of your communication process.

05.	Uncomment the SLPDRV definition in INET$CONFIG and edit it to use
	the assigned IP address.

06.	Stop, then restart IPACP, NAMRES and any other processes that die.

07.	Use the internet resources that you are now connected to.

08.	When finished, comment out the SLPDRV definition in INET$CONFIG.

09.	Stop, then restart IPACP, NAMRES and any other processes that die.

10.	Logout of your spawned process (returns you to your communication
	process).

11.	Exit your communication process.

I wrote a CKERMIT script and a DCL command procedure that work together to
automate the whole process.  If you have access to an Internet Browser, you
can get SLIP.ZIP (the compressed file archive) from:

http://www.afn.org/~rpuller/.

KLIP.INI will require some modification to match it's input/output to that
required by your ISP, but it should be easy to figure out.  SLIP.COM
"should" work out of the box.  Obviously, you'll need CKERMIT.

BTW, if anyone else is using these utilities, grab the latest one.  I just
finished version 2 which further automates the sign on/off procedures.

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