Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!shl!phil From: phil@shl.com (Phil Trubey) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: idea on easy wide-area networking. Message-ID: <1991May15.164239.1893@shl.com> Date: 15 May 91 16:42:39 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. Lines: 16 In article eric@picard.sbi.com (Eric Ho) writes: >Just wondering if there're ethernet/modem vendors out there that are >planning to make boxes that would take ip packets off a regular phone line - >e.g. it'll be nice if telebit modem have thick ethernet connectors in >addition to RS232 connectors. This also means that the modem will need to >handle SLIP/PPP well between what is flowing on the phone line and what is >going on in its builtin ethernet card. Telebit already has a product that will do this - it is called the NetBlazer. Check it out... -- Phil Trubey | Internet: phil@shl.com SHL Systemhouse Inc. | UUCP: ...!uunet!shl!phil 50 O'Connor St., Suite 501 | Phone: 613-236-6604 x667 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Fax: 613-236-2043