Hi,
It's not an insane idea. A project for linux has been started a while
ago. Try to search for scsi-ip on yahoo or lycos ...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mikael Klasson [SMTP:mikael.klasson@sciron.se]
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 1998 12:31 PM
> To: 'linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu'
> Subject: SCSI networking?
>
> A friend of mine got a somewhat bizarre idea the other day:
>
> Would it be at all possible to somehow connect two computers via a
> scsi
> cable? Basically, I'd like to treat the other computer as if we were
> connected via a regular network. Are we loonies or is there a chance
> that something like this might actually be doable? Imagine a 40MB/s
> connection for the price of some cheap uw scsi gear... I realize that
> the cable length in uw scsi can't be very long but that's not a
> problem
> for me right now.
>
> Insanely laughing flames expected. =)
>
On a similar note, I seem to recall reading somewhere a few months ago
a 2.2 'wishlist' which included ip over pci, so you could connect two
mb's at pci-speed. Did anyone ever actually work on this?
Shalon Wood
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