Re: [LI] PLIP

["Jeffrey Yep" <jyep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:02 PM
> For those of you who don't know me, I am the Original Mr Cheap Won't
> Spring Rs. 1000 For An Ethernet Hub chap.

Now I don't feel left out! hehe ;-) Atleast someone is like me.

> I decided to try PLIP, the Parallel Line IP module.
> I had to bug Amit Kalra for 4 days to get the appropriate cable (you
> need a special parallel cable, sometimes known as a LapLink Cable) to
> run IP over the parallel ports.

I still didn't get this PLIP thingy. Raj could you explain in detail because
then eve I
could do the same instead of buying a hub.

> So now I have two computers at home which can be easily networked at
> the cost of Rs. 100 (for the cable... though I haven't paid Amit yet
> :-) .  I get throughputs of about 38-40 KB/s on this link, and can
> easily use one of the boxes as a gateway to the net and masq the other
> computer through it.

Now this is what interests me i.e. only Rs.100/- and 38-40 KB/s not bad at
all!

Jeff


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