Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:02:59 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net> To: Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.toronto.edu> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199606290603.CAA06149@jparnas.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:05:50 EDT. <Pine.3.89.9606282029.B9017-0100000@zoo.toronto.edu>
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In message <Pine.3.89.9606282029.B9017-0100000@zoo.toronto.edu>you write: >> I'm confused. I thought the 16550 was good up to 115,200 baud, but when >> ISDN eventually takes over with compression, ~512kbaud will be the norm. >> I don't know if they can handle that... > >Why bother trying to make them handle it? Ethernet is a much nicer way >to connect to high-speed networks (or even not-so-high-speed ones like >ISDN), given that there has to be an interface gadget of some kind between >you and the network anyway. UARTs are for low speeds. > > Henry Spencer > henry@zoo.toronto.edu Also, why add an ethernet to the home system, when really you usually just want a point to point connection from your house to the ISP, a route from your home computer to the ISP and a route from the ISP to any default request, and don't have any need for a local LAN? Jacob
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