Subj : LSPPPDlr 2003
To   : MARK LEWIS
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Wed Dec 22 2004 07:43 am

Hi Mark,

     About "LSPPPDlr 2003" in two parts of December 18:

MS> But maybe HardWare performance has more inlfuence than i suspected!
ML> On my internal 10mb LAN, i'm getting 9kcps...
MS> Yet it tells me how much potential there is on a 100 Mbps one!  
ML> I'm this || close to getting the needed items to upgrade the major
ML> parts of my LAN to 100mb...  The NICs will have to come secondary...

     Considering that On-Board ~EtherNet~ support becomes widespread and
hence that ~NIC~s are likely to disapear before routers do (~WiFi~ being
the last frenzy), euh...  i'd shop around looking for the trickier parts
1st:  the ~NIC~ must support at least one of `OS/2 LAN Server v2.3/4.0',
`OS/2 MicroSoft LAN manager' (~NDIS~ v2.0) or `OS/2 NetWare' (~ODI~).  I
got a number of archives for D-Link's `DFE-538TX' or its clones based on
the `RTL8139' chip (like Encore's cheap `ENL832-TX') which tell me these
cards should be OKay (at 100 Mbps, i realize we're most probably talking
~PCI~ here).  After all, if you have no use for a Dial BackUp Router, it
won't take much effort to find an affordable model for you these days so
my advice is to manage with what could be removed from inventories next.

                                   :)

     Of course, there's still some time left ahead:  it's only relative.

ML> Can you tell i'm testing something?

     Hummm...  Let me guess...  ;-)  Blue ~CAT-5~ cables look great in a
ChristMass tree?...  ;-D  But if it were ~USB~ you'd have lightning too!

                                  8-D ))

MS> ...`LSPPPDlr'...  ...the BBS community could have done it!
ML> ...supposed sysops are really little more than advanced lemmings...
MS> Am i detecting some dark poetry in the way you see things?... 
MS> Even i find myself on the "dark side" more often than not...

     Anyone can be tempted by the Dark Side, Luke!  But remember, that's
only a hobby, anyway;  the trick is to not allow negative emotions to be
used for games like "break the toys of others" and you should be safe...

                                  8-)

     Which reminds me...  I'll have to UpDate `LSPPPDlr' very soon!  ;-)

                        Salutations, WBHW (With my Best Holiday Wishes),

                        Michel Samson
                        a/s Bicephale
                        http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/


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