Compressed SLIP

Compressed SLIP

Introduction

The access server has the ability to enable compressed SLIP (CSLIP). Enabling CSLIP compresses the lengthy headers of IP datagrams on low-speed asynchronous serial lines. Therefore, enabling CSLIP can improve performance.

Enabling CSLIP

Use the SET/CHANGE PORT n SLIP COMPRESSION command to enable or disable CSLIP. By default, compression is disabled. When you enable CSLIP, make sure that it is enabled at both ends of the communications link. If only one end of the link is running CSLIP, performance degrades.

Example: Enabling CSLIP

The following example shows how to enable CSLIP on port 5:

Local> CHANGE PORT 5 SLIP COMPRESSION ENABLED

Disabling CSLIP

The following example shows how to disable CSLIP on a port:

Local> CHANGE PORT 5 SLIP COMPRESSION DISABLED

Automatic CSLIP

You can enable a port to start CSLIP automatically if the port receives compressed data over an already existing SLIP session. The following example shows how to enable automatic CSLIP on a given port:

Local> CHANGE PORT 5 SLIP COMPRESSION AUTOCOMPRESS

Compression States

You can specify the number of connections that can be compressed over the data link at one time. The following example shows how to change the number of compression states on a port:

Local> CHANGE PORT COMPRESSION STATES 10

The default number of compression states is 16.

Configuring and Managing SLIP Ports 15-13