From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jul 5 14:14:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA11871 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 14:14:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jparnas.cybercom.net (jparnas.cybercom.net [206.28.135.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA11860; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 14:14:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.cybercom.net (localhost.cybercom.net [127.0.0.1]) by jparnas.cybercom.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id RAA03152; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 17:13:29 -0400 Message-Id: <199607052113.RAA03152@jparnas.cybercom.net> X-Authentication-Warning: jparnas.cybercom.net: Host localhost.cybercom.net didn't use HELO protocol To: bbecker@flubber.futurecomm.com cc: Gary Palmer , Henry Spencer , hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com X-External-Networks: yes Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 30 Jun 1996 02:53:22 EDT. Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 17:13:26 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message you write: >On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > >> > Why connect at high speeds with a UART: money. Most ethernet solutions >> > cost well over $1000 not counting the ethernet hardware which may not be at --------------------------------------------- >> > home. (card, tranceiver or hub, cables, etc). I've seen a PC Card that >> > costs $199-$319 depending on who you are, and it does everything with a UART >> > on top (the software driver for BSDI will be $95. So, how does $400 sound to >> >> I'm sorry? I cabled and equipped a LAN at home for less than $1000, >> for 3 machines (2 PC's, and one `other') (admittedly 10b2, not 10bT >> which is what I would go for today). > >Figuring the price of cheap ethernet cards to be under $40US, you should >be able (today) to connect 3 machines for something like $200US including >the cost of wire and rj-45 connecters. For a network that small, you can >get away with not having a hub. > >You get away with no hub by swapping the RX and TX pairs on the cables >connecting one box to another. Of course one of the boxes has to have two >cards, and it also has to be able to route packets between the other two >boxes. (Since this is 'bsdi-users', i'm presuming that a BSDI box would >be filling that role). > >But the price of hubs has dropped dramatically. An Accton 8-port 10bt hub >is something like $125 if i'm not mistaken. A little black thing about >the size of the lizard book. If you prefer white, you can get the same >hub from 3Com, > >Bill How much is the ethernet <-> ethernet connection. The ones I've seen are around $1000, not considering other equipment. Jacob