Re: Extra Machine-to-machine ethernet connection?

[Tim Pickering <tim astro rug nl>]

> I've no experience with SLIP/PPP connections over a null modem serial
> cable, but that would be a pretty inexpensive solution. Would he be able
> to approach thoese ethernet data rates that way? I'm guessing the answer
> is no, but I thought I'd mention it just in case we're overlooking an
> obvious solution.

null modem links are limited by the speed of the serial port which is
usually 115 kbaud and still significantly slower than even 10 Mb/s
ethernet.  if you already have the NICs, crossover cables are pretty
cheap and relatively easy to find.  i think i've seen them at best
buy.  even if you don't have the NICs, brand new tulip-based 10/100
cards are $25 so for $50-60 you can have your machines talk at 100
Mb/s with very little cpu overhead.  i like my tulip cards :) i wish
my laptop had one.

tim

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In which level of metalanguage are you now speaking?