[hpsdr] Hermes

[Jeremy McDermond]

Oh, I know that I can engineer around the single port on my laptop.  I'm fully aware that I can throw USB or card-based ethernet interfaces.  I also have wireless on the laptop and can use that to connect to places.  But, if there's only an ethernet port somewhere, I still have to connect a wireless hub to use it.  At that point there's an extra box with extra power, and I might as well bring a portable ethernet switch.

I'm not saying it's a huge problem, and maybe it's one that's not a big deal for most people's usage cases.  I just wanted to bring it up as a point of consideration.

On Aug 5, 2010, at 12:27 AM, David McQuate wrote:

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> Good point -- needing an Ethernet hub / switch to connect a laptop to an Ethernet Hermes and an Ethernet internet connection.  A hub / switch, in addition to being "one more thing to carry", might also require a significant amount of power--possibly a concern in portable or emergency situations.
> Also, in the absence of a router-like device that could provide DHCP, both the laptop and Hermes would need to have their IP addresses manually set.  ---So there are two arguments for a USB Hermes.  (are they strong arguments?)
> Dave

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Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
Xenotropic Systems
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