[Ql-Users] Internet connection

[Matrassyl]

Hi,
 
Does anyone have knowledge of the netport serial to ethernet connectors at  :
 
_http://www.openxtra.co.uk/products/accessories/serial-ethernet-adapters/netpo
rt/prodnetport.html_ 
(http://www.openxtra.co.uk/products/accessories/serial-ethernet-adapters/netport/prodnetport.html)
 


NetPort is a ‘plug-and-play’ Serial-to-Ethernet cable adaptor that enables  
any
device or machine with a serial port, to become network and  Internet-enabled
in an instant.
The external NetPort adaptor features an  integrated web server, allowing any
device to which it is attached to be  ‘contacted’ and monitored via a 
standard
Internet browser. TCP/IP protocol  stacks are embedded into the NetPort,
enabling it to operate within non-PC  environments and the adaptor features
a Modem Emulation Mode, allowing it to  behave like a modem but communicate
over TCP/IP.
 
The cost is £80+VAT
 
Could such a device be suitable to connect a Qx0 or an aurora or a Shermes  
modified base QL to a broadband router modem?
 
Duncan
 
 



   
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Re: [Ql-Users] Internet connection

[Ade Vickers]

Duncan wrote: 
 
 Does anyone have knowledge of the netport serial to ethernet connectors at
:

I don't have direct knowledge of this device, but of a very similar one (the
Cyclades TS-100).
 
 Could such a device be suitable to connect a Qx0 or an aurora or a Shermes

 modified base QL to a broadband router modem?

Not directly - it would have to go through another computer first. Assuming
this Netport device is similar in function to the TS-100 (and, reading the
blurb, it is), it effectively puts out a telnet-style stream of data on an
IP address. So, you'd still need a PeeCee (or Apple, perhaps) to read the
input stream, and send out commands in a more internet-friendly manner. 

For example, you won't have any serial-side control over what IP port the
serial device sends its data out on; so if you wanted a Web page, you'd have
to use your PC to translate some serial command into Get me this address
from Port 80 -- the PC would also have to handle the receipt of that page 
transmitting it back down the to the serial side.

I guess what I'm saying is, it would be non-trivial :(

Now, one thing I don't know about this Netport is whether you can run your
own programs on it The Cyclades TS-100 runs on a tiny version of
Linux; so, in theory, you could write the serial-net translation software
in C, load it into the Cyclades, and it would do the job in one box. If you
could do that with the Netport, then it would be possible.

HTH!

Ade.

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