Packet Forwarding to and from SLIP Hosts

Packet Forwarding to and from SLIP Hosts

Description

During SLIP sessions, the access server forwards packets from an attached SLIP host through the Ethernet interface to the Internet. When the access server receives a packet addressed to an attached SLIP host, it forwards the packet to that host. The access server also directly forwards packets from one attached SLIP host to another attached SLIP host.

The access server acts like an ordinary IP router to an attached SLIP host. The access server appears like a multihomed IP host to the IP routers on the Internet. A multihomed host is an IP host with more than one IP address.

Network Configuration Containing SLIP Hosts

The following figure shows a sample network configuration that contains SLIP hosts:

Configuring and Managing SLIP Ports 15-3