Serial Line Internet Protocol
<communications, protocol> (SLIP) Software allowing the Internet Protocol (IP), normally used on Ethernet, to be used over a serial line, e.g. an EIA-232 serial port connected to a modem.
It is defined in RFC 1055.
SLIP modifies a standard Internet datagram by appending a special SLIP END character to it, which allows datagrams to be distinguished as separate.
SLIP requires a port configuration of 8 data bits, no parity, and EIA or hardware flow control.
SLIP does not provide error detection, being reliant on other high-layer protocols for this.
Over a particularly error-prone dial-up link therefore, SLIP on its own would not be satisfactory.
A SLIP connection needs to have its IP address configuration set each time before it is established whereas Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) can determine it automatically once it has started.
See also SLiRP.
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