Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 09:17:06 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net> To: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.toronto.edu>, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199606291317.JAA07529@jparnas.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:24:08 BST. <12159.836029448@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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In message <12159.836029448@palmer.demon.co.uk>you write: >"Jacob M. Parnas" wrote in message ID ><199606290548.BAA06076@jparnas.cybercom.net>: >> Why connect at high speeds with a UART: money. Most ethernet solutions >> cost well over $1000 not counting the ethernet hardware which may not be at >> home. (card, tranceiver or hub, cables, etc). I've seen a PC Card that >> costs $199-$319 depending on who you are, and it does everything with a UART >> on top (the software driver for BSDI will be $95. So, how does $400 sound to > >I'm sorry? I cabled and equipped a LAN at home for less than $1000, >for 3 machines (2 PC's, and one `other') (admittedly 10b2, not 10bT >which is what I would go for today). I thought the question was on what to expect from UARTS for high speed applications. I think Henry suggested using a local ethernet to connect to a ISP ethernet <-> ethernet<->ethernet WAN ISDN connection or high speed modem <-> home ethernet. Jacob
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