[mpich-discuss] question

[Rob Ross]

Yeah you could use PPP or SLIP or something over the link, but  
Ethernet would be much easier to deal with, unless you're just wanting  
to do a retro communication project.

Rob

On Jun 14, 2010, at 2:38 AM, Nicolas Rosner wrote:

> I think you'd need at least, say, a tcp/ip stack on top of the  
> serial wire.
>
> May I ask why a serial link instead of, say, Ethernet?
>
> hth,
> N.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Joe C <thejcbejcrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering, if I were to connect two computers together with a
>> cable between the serial ports on the two computers and instal the
>> MPICH2 software on them would the two computers act as one in
>> processing and memory?
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>> Bernie Socha
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