What is DIP? DIP is mainly a tool to establish a SLIP connection. It handles all the necessary actions to set up the tty port and the modem, dial out and finally build up a SLIP connection between the tty port and the kernel. To do so, dip offers an own very simple command language (a mostly complete description can be found in the man page). Dip can handle both incoming and outgoing connections using password security for incoming connections. For more details, have a look at the man page! Author's comment: But what I want YOU to do is: Send me a postcard from your city/town. My address: Joachim Bartz Burgstaetter Strasse 17 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld Germany