For a good overview of TCP/IP, including figures, visit www.cisco.com/warp/public/535/4.html or visit oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/staff/snewton/tcp-tutorial/index.html. When you use a dial-up line to access the Internet, you need a special version of TCP/IP, such as SLIP, or PPP. For an explanation of the differences between PPP and SLIP, visit www.ccsi.com/survival-kit/slip-vs-ppp.html. The Windows 95 Page: Configuring Dial-Up Internet Access at www.halcyon.com/cerelli/dialup.htm provides step-by-step directions on how to add a dial-up networking adapter to the Windows 95 control panel and how to add and configure the TCP/IP protocol. Articles at www.windows95.com/howto set out to make dial-up networking easy. The articles include detailed, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on establishing PPP, SLIP, and PPP Dial-back connections.
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