Re: [flalug] Null modem Q

From: Khepri (khepri@perennialwisdom.com)
Date: Wed Jun 08 2005 - 20:15:19 EDT


Eben King wrote:

>>>Easier to set up IMO and faster (usually).
>>
>>Dang...heh! I've already had one unsuccessful go around with Samba...:)
>>And it's easy!?...ROFL
>
>
> Well, I think it was easier to set up Samba over a LAN than to set up
> routing + PPP/SLIP over a null modem.

Ahhh....that makes more sense....:) (ut oh!!)

> They were several years apart, so my
> memory shouldn't necessarily be trusted. Samba over ethernet is definitely
> faster, hundreds of KB/s over 100 Mb/s ethernet, vs 11 KB/s over 115.2 Kb/s
> serial.

True...but I haven't had any luck locating any ISA NICs...or video cards
for that matter...:/

If I was doing it for gaming or something I'd have to remember
that....I'm thinking more along simple file transfer though.....so I
don't needd the speed...yet....:)

>>Chris-in-SP
>>p.s. Oh!...DO you still have that SIG script handy somewhere?...SO i

<snip>

> any number of m, AFAIK
> you'll need to global search&replace 'eben' with '<you>'

Awesome! Thanks!

Chris-in-SP



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