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Date:      Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:14:29 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net (Jacob M. Parnas)
Cc:        henry@zoo.toronto.edu, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com
Subject:   Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server
Message-ID:  <199606290744.RAA20801@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199606290603.CAA06149@jparnas.cybercom.net> from "Jacob M. Parnas" at Jun 29, 96 02:02:59 am

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Jacob M. Parnas stands accused of saying:

> 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?

What's the difference between an ethernet card and a high-speed serial
card other than the name and the shape of the connectors?
(Aside from performance, of course)

> Jacob

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