From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 27 20:27:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E3A1608B for ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (doconnor@cain [203.38.152.97]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14790; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:54:06 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="_=XFMail.1.3.p0.FreeBSD:990828125406:18482=_"; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature" In-Reply-To: <37C72D39.FECD29DF@airnet.net> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:54:06 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Kris Kirby Subject: Re: Are the ethernet drivers time dependent? Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, "Matthew N. Dodd" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format --_=XFMail.1.3.p0.FreeBSD:990828125406:18482=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 28-Aug-99 Kris Kirby wrote: > It's not a bandwidth issue; it's a speed issue. I'm trying to find an > extremely cheap way to get data in and out of a PC. I've got the > National Semiconductor application sheets for the 8392(?) and plan on > using one "cut in half": Half duplex, but split into seperate TX and RX > lines. I'm also looking at a scaleable way to go up or down in speed, > without dealing with async... A layer two device if you will. RS232? RS485? VERY cheap and the later is at least moderatly resistant to noise :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum --_=XFMail.1.3.p0.FreeBSD:990828125406:18482=_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.3ia iQCVAwUBN8dWVlbYW/HEoF9pAQEFwAQAjj65ZNtRqOLwlOX/c5Svg8yUjDz9dqDn FV3l50onTdx/8/zQjDrUQFr3/4/GMegBKyGxgS4ZSXFCm3yp8JALTs9qVvM5GB12 FuqxOmD4tUzlXN1R7PK58u6HQb4v8mVQUvZ10q09Q1L5pPhPteIPyUsTLuCTqyYM IaoN00YVbwY= =N366 -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --_=XFMail.1.3.p0.FreeBSD:990828125406:18482=_-- End of MIME message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message