At 08:08 PM 8/5/2003 -0400, Ed Parish K1EP wrote:
> > though I don't know about the loop option.
>
>You CANNOT mix the loop option with Ethernet. The loop option essentially
>breaks the serial port into two single direction ports. The data comes in
>on the Rx line from one station and out on the Tx line to the next
>station. This will not work on Ethernet, it will loop back on itself and
>melt down your computer.
Well, we use both at N2RM, we have 9 stations, some using our loop box and
some on ethernet. They seem to both coexist nicely.
Warren - K2BM
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