Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 13:17:09 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: henry@zoo.toronto.edu, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server Message-ID: <199606301717.NAA11281@jparnas.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:14:29 %2B0930. <199606290744.RAA20801@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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In message <199606290744.RAA20801@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>you write: >Jacob M. Parnas stands accused of saying: > >> 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? > >What's the difference between an ethernet card and a high-speed serial >card other than the name and the shape of the connectors? >(Aside from performance, of course) the cost, I haven't seen a solution based on ethernet for under $1000. The card costs $300-$400 or so. Comparable performance and features. Maybe a missed a $400 complete ethernet solution. If so, please let me know. I'll have an ethernet too, so forget those costs (so I can NFS and backup over the ethernet, and use some Sun software like Centerline C) over X, Jacob > >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ >]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Jacob M. Parnas | | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. | | Internet: jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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