The Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) is an encapsulation of the Internet Protocol designed to work over a personal computer parallel port via a null-printer cable, sometimes called a'laplink' cable. It is the analogous to what SLIP is for serial ports and null-modem cables, but allows transfer of four bits at times rather than one, and generally works at higher speeds. The method is based on the "Crynwr" standard devised by Russ Nelson.
For most uses PLIP has been replaced by increasingly-common Ethernet protocol based networking support and cross-cable setups –– or other point-to-point connections such as an USB host-to-host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.
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See also
External links
- TLDP: PLIP-Install-HOWTO
- A description of the PLIP protocol by Alessandro Rubini