From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 29 00:56:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA15341 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA15334 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA20801; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:14:30 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606290744.RAA20801@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server To: jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net (Jacob M. Parnas) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:14:29 +0930 (CST) Cc: henry@zoo.toronto.edu, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com In-Reply-To: <199606290603.CAA06149@jparnas.cybercom.net> from "Jacob M. Parnas" at Jun 29, 96 02:02:59 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[