From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Dec 31 15:31:53 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 15:31:51 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from www.golsyd.net.au (ftp.golsyd.net.au [203.57.20.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4B137B400 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:31:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from [203.164.12.28] by www.quake.com.au (NTMail 4.30.0012/AH9370.63.d1acf55c) with ESMTP id ggmsaaaa for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:39:42 +1100 Message-ID: <3A4FC200.1953B9D0@quake.com.au> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 10:32:16 +1100 From: Kal Torak X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alternative network media References: <200012312324.eBVNOsg57037@saturn.home.ben.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ben Jackson wrote: > > > So, I bought this ultra-slim Sony notebook (Vaio SR-5K) and it has > > both USB and Firewire ports on it. That got me thinking. Has > > anyone tried to develop IP drivers for either of those? > > I got an SMC USB 10bT adapter for free with my cable modem (they had > ISA, USB and PCMCIA, so I took the USB for novelty). It must be really > really cheap to make. shopper.com lists several for about $30, and 100bT > for $35. On the other hand, the "USB to USB" cable by SMC is $40! 100mbit USB ethernet is fairly silly since it cant possibly run at that speed on USB... I think USB max is 12mbit... USB ports are all part of a hub of sorts.. and you can get USB hubs to add more ports, an interesting idea would to connect multiple systems to the USB hub and have your self a 12mbit IP network... Probably not possible but its an interesting idea! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message