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From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: Cheap network for two hosts ?


>Followup to: <Pine.A32.4.05.9812271030360.39408-100000@stud2.tuwien.ac.at>
>By author: Peter-Paul Witta <e9525748@student.tuwien.ac.at>
>In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>>
>> On Sat, 26 Dec 1998, Horst von Brand wrote:
>>
>> > > IMHO, the only way for you to go is to grab a couple cheapo
>> > > NE2000 network cards and some coax and a few terminators. I get
>> > > 750kbps or so out of mine. Works great.
>>
>> hmmm... there are smc ethercard 16 that have a "turbo mode". it works and
>> gets raw ftp up to 1100 kbyte/sec.
>>
>> i got mine for ATS 250,-- (for both including terminators, T-adaptors
>> and 5 meters of cable, thats less than 20 usd.)
>>
>
>For two hosts, you can use 10Base-T or 100Base-TX cards without a hub
>using a crossover cable, as well. It's a lot less messy than coax,
>and support for coax is going the way of the dodo. Of course, coax
>won't do 100 Mbit/s at all.
>
> -hpa

Problem with the crossover cable is that it only works for two machines.
While coax may not be the latest and greatest it definately works perfectly
well for many if not most people, providing you do not have a large number
of machines on the network.


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