[17519] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PPP over Ethernet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dirk@power.net)
Thu Jun 4 02:16:23 1998
From: dirk@power.net
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 23:10:25 -0700
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980604015348.5337E-100000@nic.iagnet.net>; from Bradley Reynolds on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 01:55:56AM -0400
On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 01:55:56AM -0400, Bradley Reynolds wrote:
> > I guess the poster wants to connect two ethernet cards directly to
> > each other using a crossover cable. This could save the ethernet
> > overhead.
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> could you explain how ppp encapsulating (etherh+payload)
> reduces the overhead?
Who says you need the etherheader? Its not ethernet, its a point to
point connection in this setup.
> > Plus it would probably make for easier bonding of multiple
> > paralell links. Could be interesting...
>
> buy a 100mb ether card.
Of course one would do this with 100mb ether cards.
Dirk
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