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Re: [Plug] Slip/Eql/Remote-X
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On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Tim Peeler wrote:
> I recently got a few cheap 486's and decided to install linux on 'em.
> Unfortunately, the hdd's are only 120M, but I was able to get one working with
> main computer. I thought about ppp/slip/cslip, but since the serial ports are
> 16450's the connections are really crappy. I can get a 57600bps connection
> between the two computers, but it drops packets like crazy under heavy loads.
... not that it would be any better than the seial ports (actually, I
really dont know) but there is also PLIP -- the P standing (at least I
think) for the Parallel port. Just another option to look into. (hmmm I
wonder if one could hook up a connection using BOTH the serial AND
parallel port connections at the same time..)
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