This is the typical question of Chicken and egg, who was first?
You do need a serial connection once in order to install the packages you
need for the Ethernet to work.
Ok, if you have IrDa this would be another solution to get your Ethernet
working WITHOUT the need of a serial cable/dongle.
Johannes
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> headwerkx
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> Subject: [NTLK] Data transfers via Ethernet vs Serial cable
> Hi all,
> Apologies for what might be a dumb question, but is the ability to shift
> data and application packages across ethernet any different to that when
> using a serial cable? I suppose the real question is "do I need both?"
> (Ethernet card AND serial cable/dongle)
> Cheers,
> Ben.
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