quick network engineering review question

[David Nicol]

On 6/2/05, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO <brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:

> One thing I just thought of.  The packets coming in to the router may be
> in chunks like frames.  Your standard PC NIC may not be able to decode
> them.  I reserve the right to be wrong and admit it in an open forum.
> You have some research ahead of you anyway.

yes, that is, AIUI, why the Cisco refers to that port as a "serial interface"
and I'm not going to stick the wire in my hub.  Thanks everyone!