Well one thing I do know of that using a USB ethernet gadget can do that is very difficult on standard ethernet. Spoofing MAC addresses. For legit reasons or otherwise..
On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Brian Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Friday, May 9, 2014 5:31:35 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: >> >> Someone who may want to use only one connection and is already powering >> via USB. Something such as a classroom environment could be a perfect >> example of why to use RNDIS. In this case, you use fewer Ethernet >> connections, which could save on costs, and clutter. >> >> To be sure there are many other possible use cases, use your imagination. >> > > Ah, OK. Since my systems already have working ethernet the idea of > installing another driver didn't make sense to me, especially since the BBB > is going to live on the ethernet not be connected to USB. The real question > is whether the RNDIS driver provided something that Ethernet/IP didn't. It > sounds like you are saying that it doesn't. Good. I can dispense with > installing the RNDIS driver on my Mac(s). > > >> >> Personally, I have had nothing but terrible experiences with RNDIS, but >> it is not exactly something I am familiar with. I expect when I get around >> to do some serious reading on the subject, many or all of these issues >> would go away. >> > > Like I said, unless RNDIS provides necessary services not available over > an Ethernet network connection, I won't be using RNDIS. > > Thank you for you reply. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
