Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:18:37 -0400 From: "Drew Derbyshire" <ahd@kew.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: parallel port links Message-ID: <008701c20336$472d8cc0$e603010a@int.meetingmaker.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] How fast does the Parallel port IP transfer data? How much CPU does it use when idle? (The manual pages are vague, reporting the driver is a pig when handshaking and waiting for data.) Large amounts of data will be moved, including dumping a 9G disk a couple of times a week. Target machines are a pair of Dell GX1 PII 350's, both running FreeBSD 4.4. I specifically only need these two machines on this point-to-point link, I've got this extra parallel cable, I've got these free parallel ports ... but no need to be pennywise and pound foolish. I can throw a pair of 10/100 cards in the two machines with a cross over cable if it will be that much faster. -ahd- -- Drew Derbyshire Internet: ahd+mm@kew.com Telephone: 781-279-9812 Cell: 781-771-5981 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4915.500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>How fast does the Parallel port IP transfer data? How much CPU does it use when idle? (The manual pages are vague, reporting the driver is a pig when handshaking and waiting for data.) Large amounts of data will be moved, including dumping a 9G disk<FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> a couple of times a week.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Target machines are a pair of Dell GX1 PII 350's, both running FreeBSD 4.4.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I specifically only need these two machines on this point-to-point link, I've got this extra parallel cable, I've got these free parallel ports ... but no need to be pennywise and pound foolish. I can throw a pair of 10/100 cards in the two machines with a cross over cable if it will be that much faster.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>-ahd-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>-- <BR>Drew Derbyshire <PRE>Internet: <A href="mailto:ahd+mm@kew.com">ahd+mm@kew.com</A> Telephone: 781-279-9812 Cell: 781-771-5981 </PRE></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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