Maarten Hofman wrote:

> Note that it probably doesn't do straight TCP/IP, but encapsulates it
> into PPP.

Exactly... the thing is that this is a protocol suite, and the lower layers
you probably are not really that interested in, as they are being handled
by the hardware. Add to this that the Ethernet protocol is a CSMA/CD
protocol (multi-master, so to speak) and that to put that on a serial link,
you need to add another protocol to the mix (like PPP or SLIP) -- which
probably more muddies the waters than clarifies things.

Gerhard

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