Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

["Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au>]

>>I don't know what advantage there is, but I can't think of any.
>
>Um...speed, perhaps?  You're stuck at 10 Mbps with coax.  Twisted pair
>already does 100 Mbps, and there's work on pushing it to 1 Gbps.

not on a 10MB card it doesn't. Whether it is fast or slow makes no
difference, it works, that's what is what we are discussing. When Apple IIGS
can do 100Mbps or 1Gbps I might listen to this speed thing then, but until
then, who cares.

>With a
>switched hub, you can also mix-and-match speeds (my Mac and my TiVo run at
>10 Mbps, while my x86 boxen all run at 100).  Also, unplugging one node
from
>a twisted-pair network doesn't down the entire network, which makes
>servicing much easier.  10Base-2 is Pure Evil(R).

I chose my poison based on cost, and functionality. It's cheaper and it
works. A hub would add nothing to my home network. Nothing but more cable
that is :)

Mark