From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 16 14:44:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28014 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:44:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop.uniserve.com (pop.uniserve.com [204.244.156.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA28006 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:44:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@uniserve.com) Received: from shell.uniserve.ca [204.244.186.218] by pop.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #4) id 0zfXMr-0001oT-00; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:43:33 -0800 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:43:31 -0800 (PST) From: Tom X-Sender: tom@shell.uniserve.ca To: Wes Peters cc: Dj Browne , chad@DCFinc.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link DE620 In-Reply-To: <3650A79A.D41BB4A5@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Wes Peters wrote: > 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. Yes 120K bytes/sec is good. > 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. What are you smoking? 11.5 K bytes/sec is quite a bit slower than 120K bytes/sec. NE2000 PCCARD is the best option. These cards are quite cheap now, and most laptops have PCCARD slots. > -- > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > > Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 > Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message