Re: networking through the serial port

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:40:44 -0500

Doug Quandary wrote:

> I have Windows 2000 connected to a lan getting its IP address from
> DHCP. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial on how to connect a SuSE
> Linux box through the serial port so I can browse the SuSE box through
> SMB and run a remote desktop from the the XP box.

Why on earth would you want to do that? Network connections are much faster
and easier to set up, using ethernet. Believe me, you don't want to run a
remote desktop over a serial link. Even running a large app, such as
Mozilla, takes a long time to get started, when I'm connected to my home
network, from a friend's. I've got a cable modem at my end, and my friend
has ADSL. With that, my download speed, is about 800K, which is faster
than what you'd get from a serial port.

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