Linux-Hams archive - October 1997: Re: ethernet over radio?

Re: ethernet over radio?

Duvall, Michael J. (uothp.slhnsl@svs.net)
Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:41:56 -0400

Alan Crosswell said:
>Ethernet timing limits the distance to a couple of miles I believe. We
>are just at the threshold. These days, with routers running high speed
serial
>protocols and the fact that the link is p-t-p it's not really all that
>important to have an Ethernet AUI. The DS3 link uses HSSI for example.
>Both of these links plug into a cisco router.

Thanks for the info .. I did not want to throw a wet blanket on the
discussion I just wanted to hurry it along. I am interested in higher
speeds and will check out the sources that you sited.

In this area it would be hard to get enough people in a 2 mile radius of
each other to do much. It would be neat to get a few people in a row
together. Then you could route from end to end.

I think if you could do 100kb end to end with $15 NIC cards and a low
cost radio interface thing things could get very interesting.

Mike Duvall
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