Re: A few potential requirements

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

>> ...apple airport 802.11 bridge/hub... does not have a serial craft
>> port.  but the wavelan/lucent/agere 802.11 bridge/hub i have does
>> have a craft port.
> ...and if I'm not much mistaken, the latter costs significantly more than
> the former.  Not that I attribute that wholly to the presence of a craft
> port.  So: not our business to dictate hardware requirements, since those
> affect a vendor's ability to provide _useful_ product price
> differentiation.

oh, agree completely.  i had made a mistake and was merely admitting it and
clarifying.

the cogs*profit of a db or rj, line drivers, uart or equivalent hack, etc.
would be noticable in a small device.

randy