The Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) is an encapsulation of the Internet Protocol designed to work over the PC parallel port via a null-printer cable. It is the analogous to what SLIP is for serial connections and null-modem cable, but allows transfer of four bits at times rather than one, and generally works at higher speeds.
For most uses PLIP has been replaced by increasingly-common Ethernet protocol based networking support and cross-cable setups –– or other point-to-point connections such as an USB host-to-host bridge/cable –– used to transfer files between two computers where a network is not necessary or available.
See also
External links
- TLDP: PLIP-Install-HOWTO
- A description of the PLIP protocol by Alessandro Rubini