Re: Network interface card required for xAP.

[Gary]

Hi,

I am THE person that had the problem and yes it was frustrating. But
to there credit, they did help me a lot.

I would be very intrerested if xAP (or xPL) can produce something
that doesnt need a network card. As I am sure there must be a lot of
PC's out there that no longer have a use.

My idea was to interface the real world into my old PC via RF
interface, then manipulate data and then send out of PC via RF module.

USES
----
turn on Lamps for example
monitor RF door bells
pir sensors
contol c/heating
etc

Any ideas?

Thanks

Gary



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wrote:
> I have just witnessed a very arduous exchange of 'support' that has
taken
> place on the xPL list when an unfortunate new user was trying to
get xPL set
> up and running. His problem turned out to be that he had no network
card
> installed - and hadn't appreciated this was a mandatory
requirement. I have
> to sympathise as this is not stated anywhere for either xPL or xAP.
We would
> probably have taken just as long to pinpoint the problem. I can
also see
> that for a single PC this is an unfortunate requirement.
>
> So - an obvious question - is there a way of creating a network
loopback
> operation on a standard (no NIC) PC with W98 upwards that would be
workable
> - and is there any benefit here of the use of the loopback interface
> 127.0.0.1 rather than a real interface address... I think for xAP
we may
> implement this slightly differently to xPL which may help.
>
> Does the Ethernet loopback interface work without a NIC card
present ?? -
> and our hubs ??
>
> Kevin