Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 16:24:49 -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: <199607052024.QAA02980@jparnas.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 29 Jun 1996 14:38:32 EDT. <Pine.3.89.9606291453.C10167-0100000@zoo.toronto.edu>
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In message <Pine.3.89.9606291453.C10167-0100000@zoo.toronto.edu>you write: >> 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? > >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. > > Henry Spencer > henry@zoo.toronto.edu Well, for instance, the ethernet <-> ethernet connections cost about $1000 vs. $400 or so for the ISA card. Please tell me a solution that will go up to 512 Kbaud/sec with standard BSDI and compression for $400. Ascend, Cisco, etc cards cost $1000+ by themselves, from what I've seen. Jacob
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