From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 28 23:03:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA09415 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jparnas.cybercom.net (jparnas.cybercom.net [206.28.135.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA09408 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:03:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.cybercom.net (localhost.cybercom.net [127.0.0.1]) by jparnas.cybercom.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id CAA06149; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:03:01 -0400 Message-Id: <199606290603.CAA06149@jparnas.cybercom.net> X-Authentication-Warning: jparnas.cybercom.net: Host localhost.cybercom.net didn't use HELO protocol To: Henry Spencer cc: hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com X-External-Networks: yes Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:05:50 EDT. Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:02:59 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message you write: >> I'm confused. I thought the 16550 was good up to 115,200 baud, but when >> ISDN eventually takes over with compression, ~512kbaud will be the norm. >> I don't know if they can handle that... > >Why bother trying to make them handle it? Ethernet is a much nicer way >to connect to high-speed networks (or even not-so-high-speed ones like >ISDN), given that there has to be an interface gadget of some kind between >you and the network anyway. UARTs are for low speeds. > > Henry Spencer > henry@zoo.toronto.edu Also, why add an ethernet to the home system, when really you usually just want a point to point connection from your house to the ISP, a route from your home computer to the ISP and a route from the ISP to any default request, and don't have any need for a local LAN? Jacob