George, First of all, thanks for the extremely speedy response. Secondly, the connection is for two machines in different rooms of the same apartment. (I'm loading up my new room-mates 'puter with a second HDD for Debian.) The distance between the machines will be, at most, 60-70 feet.
Thirdly, where can I find info on RS-422? Thanks again, --David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of George Bonser > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 2:46 AM > To: David Karlin > Cc: Debian User > Subject: Re: Null Modem SLIP Connection > > > > > plip is less than serial, serial will shrink as speed increases, both > depend on the quality of cable. DO NOT attempt a link betwen machines in > different buildings or on completely different power circuits as the > difference in ground potential may fry the serial ports. For long distance > connections over cable, use a differential method such as RS-422. > > On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, David Karlin wrote: > > > Hello, > > What is the practical limit for distance between two computers > > connected via null-modem slip? > > > > How about plip? > > > > TIA > > > > --David > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > George Bonser > > The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site > near you! >
