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Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server 
In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:24:08 BST.
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 09:17:06 -0400
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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