Configuring and Managing SLIP Ports 15-3
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: