Re: small device with IP address

[jlewis () lewis org]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a device somewhere that is small, cheap, has
> 1 10mbit (or 100mbit) ethernet port and a small IP stack that enable you
> to set ip address and default gateway on it (dhcp perhaps?).
>
> I would like to put something like this at some customers to use for
> pinging to see that the customer is reachable. Cost should preferrably be
> in the $50-$100 range.

Seems kind of a waste of a parallel port...but you should be able to find
10baseT/parallel print servers for at least as low as $45.  I can't think
of anything cheaper/smaller with ethernet and IP.

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