Re: Adding second NIC

Not sure what you mean by "unneeded overhead". Note that to function as a keyboard, pr to
be connected to a serial port, the device must be physically connected to the machine, but
with TCP/IP, you can plug a wireless PCMCIA card into a slot and use it from
anywhere...really convenient if you need to work in a large building. My client has a
limitation of about 25ft. to do reliable serial port transmission at 115200bps, but his
customers have units installed over large "geographic" areas, up to several hundred feet
from the computer. TCP/IP works really well at distances. Cable length matters. Wireless
capability matters. Your solution limits the user to some rather stringent cable length
limitations.
joe

On 16 Dec 2005 23:54:32 -0800, "Josh McFarlane" <darsant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Joseph M. Newcomer wrote:
>> I have a friend who does a lot of embedded stuff. His claim is that the vendor of his
>> development system sells, for $500, an unlimited-binary-distribution license for a TCP/IP
>> stack that takes 17K bytes of executable image. His next product is going to be TCP/IP
>> instead of serial port, and we're discussing the schedule of when I'll add the TCP/IP
>> support to the program. So it is not at all surprising to me that someone with a barcode
>> scanner put TCP/IP in. It is now very cheap.
>
>That's weird. It just seems to add unneeded overhead for a device that
>can already function as a keyboard input and / or use a serial port
>easily enough.
>
>Guess I need to get with the times!
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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