Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:28:41 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are the ethernet drivers time dependent? Message-ID: <37C72D39.FECD29DF@airnet.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908271703020.1358-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Kris Kirby wrote: > > I know there are drivers for the WaveLan card, but I'm looking at going > > even slower (256Kb!). > Why do you wnat to do this? If for bandwidht limiting you need look no > further than 'dummynet'. It's not a bandwidth issue; it's a speed issue. I'm trying to find an extremely cheap way to get data in and out of a PC. I've got the National Semiconductor application sheets for the 8392(?) and plan on using one "cut in half": Half duplex, but split into seperate TX and RX lines. I'm also looking at a scaleable way to go up or down in speed, without dealing with async... A layer two device if you will. -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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