Re: Connecting to Ethernet

[gdr@eddore.myrias.com (Devin Reade)]

In article <Pine.PMDF.3.91.961114174314.1412352A-100000@OBERLIN.EDU>,
Toby Reiter  <str4552@OBERLIN.EDU> wrote:
>One thing that I have seen here at 
>my college (Oberlin) has really piqued my curiousity. It is a cable which 
>connects to a serial mini din8 port, ends in what looks like a rs232 
>serial connection (male I guess) which is then attached to a female rs232 
>which then become a ethernet, cable and is plugged into an ethernet port 
>on the wall.

Perhaps appletalk over udp?

Is this cable actually connected to anything at the mini din8 end?
If so, what else is connected (ie: for a file server?)


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	Devin Reade	gdr@eddore.myrias.ab.ca