Typically, a browser will send multiple overlapped GET requests for
resources (pictures) on the same page.

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Harold Hallikainen
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:59 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Send browser requests out COMM port?


>
> On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
>> Our Windows guy suggests using SLIP, but this looks much more
>> complex than
>> needed. Why encapsulate the data in TCP/IP packets for the short
>> ride over
>> the USB cable, just to take them apart again.
>
> So you just want to run HTTP over serial, with no TCP or IP involved
> at all?  I don't know of anything that does that, although I've
> contemplated similar things for SMTP.  In the general case it won't
> work since there's no multiplexing capability on the serial line.
>
> BillW

I'm only talking to one device on that com port, so I don't see where
multiplexing would be required. The browser sends a GET request that the
PIC gets and responds to.

THANKS!

Harold

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