Olin Lathrop wrote:

> Ake Hedman wrote:
>
>> But you can go use SLIP through winsock on hyperterminal. Of course yo=
u
>> need some RFC-822 compliant on the other side.
>
>
> I haven't checked, but my recollection is that RFC 822 defines header
> commands of SMTP email messages, with SMTP itself is defined in RFC 821.
>
Oops! You are right. Never trust your (my!) memory... :-(  What I was=20
aiming is was the RFC that SMTP, POP, TELNET, HTTP etc falls back on. =20
Sorry for that.

> The OP also said he wanted to implement SLIP because it would be=20
> easier than
> TCP.  I disagree with this.  Hook the PIC to a ENC28J60 and use the AN8=
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> TCP/IP stack from Microchip with the ENC28J60 specific MAC module.  Thi=
s
> should be about the same amount of work on the PIC end, and a lot less
> hassle on the PC end.  Now you've got a server that doesn't need the=20
> PC in
> the loop.
>
Agree!  But before the ENC28J60 this has been a lot more work. The=20
Reltek RTL8019 for instance and similar is not nice to work with on the=20
component level for a hobbyist.  The packages available for the ENC28J60=20
change this in a big way.

> If the PC is in the loop, then why bother with TCP on the PIC at all?
> Communicate any data with the PC using a simple binary protocol over th=
e
> serial line, and have the PC serve the web pages.
>
> Something doesn't add up here.
>
Agree here as well.

/Ake

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