From: ohland@charter.net   
      
   Tom, though 10Mbit is so 1990s, it sure beats the stuffing out of ZEERO   
   Mbit/s. Potentially orders of magnitude cheaper than a 5 port AnywhereUSB.   
      
   Tomas Slavotinek wrote:   
   > On 02.02.2023 17:53, Louis Ohland wrote:   
   >> RTL8153 does auto correct, nice to eliminate need for crossover cables.   
   >>   
   >> The RTL8153 is directly supported under Win7 x64.   
   >>   
   >> My ASSumption is the W98 box shovels out 10Mbit, the RTL8153 changes   
   >> that into USB. What could go wrong?   
   >   
   > Nothing... what you describe is a pretty standard setup. USB ethernet   
   > dongles are generally trouble-free. I use them to create a simple and   
   > controlled environment for firmware development.   
   >   
   > Crossover cables are history. Nearly all modern ethernet devices support   
   > auto-crossover.   
   >   
   > 10 Mbit won't cause any trouble either...   
      
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