[c-nsp] RS232 to TCP/IP

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Antonio Querubin wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Anton.Schweitzer at o2.com wrote:
> 
>> we need to send serial data from a PC with a rs232 Interface over IP/TCP
>> to a Server. This was done with X.25 over Sat before.
>> Is there any Solution to use pure IP to transport this Data
> 
> Can't you just run PPP (without a modem) over the serial link?

That requires a non-trivial amount of compute power free on the PC.

Peace...  Sridhar