Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:30:50 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Dj Browne <derek@hcl.com> Cc: chad@DCFinc.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link DE620 Message-ID: <3650A79A.D41BB4A5@softweyr.com> References: <199811161830.NAA04812@mailhub.hcl.com> <199811162141.QAA24188@mailhub.hcl.com>
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Dj Browne wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> Thanks for the response. I was afraid of that you were going to say
> that there was no parallel adaptor support - now I am kind of stuck.
>
> The LapLink cable method was a consideration at one point but it really
> defeats the purpose of having a portable. I would have to have another
> machine that would be using TCP/IP on the parallel port (basically another
> BSD machine) that I presently do not have at all the locations I bring the
> laptop to.
>
> Just curious...any idea how the performance is using the parallel port?
Terrible. I used to work for a vendor of a TCP/IP stack for Win3.1.
We bought a bunch of TI TravelMate 4000Es for our show booth, using
Xircom parallel-port ethernet adapters. The best throughput we ever
recorded was about 120K bytes/sec, less than half the nominal throughput
of an NE2000. I'm told this was a very good time for the parallel device,
too. Gag.
Is a direct-cable serial PPP link an option? At 115,200 bps, it's just
about as fast as the parallel-port ethernet, if a little less convenient
to setup.
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com
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