12 Nov
2011
12 Nov
'11
4:59 p.m.
On 11/12/2011 05:51 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
That said, this is clearly the future for small microcomputers, offloading
the TCP overhead to a separate dedicated device. Commodore NICs are moving
from Crystal 8900-type (RRNet) to Wiznet-type devices, for example.
In cases like the PDP-11, though, IP isn't necessarily the protocol
of choice.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
Having a chip with an embedded IP stack is useful for
a lot of things;
Yes. But this has its own set of problems and limitations. It can be a
good tool, but only for its special set of applications.