Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 00:22:40 -1000 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199606301022.AAA13860@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.toronto.edu> "Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server" (Jun 29, 2:38pm)
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} } Why *not* add an Ethernet to the home system? It's a cheap and simple way } to get an efficient high-speed connection into your machine. The key is } to stop thinking of Ethernet as an expensive LAN, and start thinking of it } as a fast alternative to RS232. A 10BaseT Ethernet card and a crossover } cable is a cheap and easy way to connect *even* *just* *one* high-speed } device to your PC. Would you add a serial port for such a purpose? If } not, then why not add an Ethernet port instead? It's a lot better and not } much more expensive. } Or use coax and you can hook many boxes together without the added cost of a hub. `Combo' ethernet cards are the way to go for small networks, they accept twisted-pair or coax. Richard
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