13 Nov
2011
13 Nov
'11
4:04 a.m.
On Nov 12, 2011, at 7:59 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
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.
I would even say it's *often* not the protocol of choice, especially in
"real" installations. I could be wrong. OpenVMS on ia64 still supports DECNet,
after all.
- Dave
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.