> At 08:08 PM 8/5/2003 -0400, Ed Parish K1EP wrote:
>
> 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.
sorry, that is just an urban legend. there is code in the nettsr to prevent
this kind of loop... (really, there is!)
i am not sure how ct would handle this though, it might get confused trying to
set up the nettsr as a loop interface.
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