On 08-Jun-99 Tim Salo wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 17:09:46 +0100 (BST)
>> From: Dirk Koopman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: USB TNC
>> [...]
>> Another argument for ethernet is that you can obtain perfectly servicable
>> 10Mb ethernet interface chips for approx $5 each in smallish quantities
>> which makes it an even better option.
>> [...]
>
> If you use Ethernet, perhaps you should use IP as well.
>
> That way I could think about being able to use any Internet-connected
> TNC in the universe, (firewalls and filtering notwithstanding).
actually what you do (and this would be serious if we could get the packet
sizes up above 256 bytes) is output BPQ ethernet II packets which are
essentially 5 bytes of padding and a raw ax25 frame off air together with the
ethernet II pid of 0x8ff.
Job done.
Dirk G1TLH
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Dirk-Jan Koopman, Tobit Computer Co Ltd
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find
at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
