From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Wed Nov 09 2005 - 19:58:42 PST
on 09/11/05 22:22, John at OceanCity_at_mac.com wrote:
> Wow, long day %-]
> Just getting in and I am curious as to what the benefits are of using a
> network connection vs. a direct serial cable? Is this a more
> straightforward interface, or faster, or more reliable, or needed in a
> multi-user environment, or out of necessity ?
>
[snip!]
>
> So this is why I'm wondering now should I explore further to gain
> additional benefit from a networked connection, or would this be for a
> special need?
Well, with a network connection, you gain a huge speed increase! At best,
you get 57600Kbits per second, while a typical Ethernet connection will be
around 10MBits per second. You can do the math... Of course, for small
packages (less than 100KB), you might not see a big difference, but when
you're backing up a 32MB flash RAM card, the difference is huge!
-Laurent.
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