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[oddball ISP setups deleted]

In a message dated 96-01-10 10:41:49 EST, dennis@etinc.com (dennis) writes:

>Surely this is the "exception" and not the rule! Imagine if everyone was
>set up like this??????
>
>
>db

     You would be surprised at how many people that are using TIA, slirp or
other
slip emulators from shell accounts.  To my knowledge, none of these support
ping and ICMP packets.

Steve