Re: serial interface to ethernet interface

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 10/30/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:04:35 -0400

Kenneth Sparre wrote:

> We are a group at Aalborg University who are building a communication
> system for an autonomous helicopter. The helicopter has a WLAN
> connection and a radio modem connection. Our mission is to construct a
> communication system which can switch between these to interfaces
> without loosing the connection. Therefore we have a idea to make a
> ethernet bridge, but before that is possible we have to make the serial
> interface looked like a ethernet interface.
>

Unless I'm mis-reading your needs, you can simply use PPP over a serial
port. I assume you need IP and not just ethernet. Does the software talk
IP or does it need some other protocol?

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