"Meindert Sprang" wrote in
:

If I am correct, all of these products only offer a serial point to
point connection over ethernet, which seems quite pointless to me when
you want to distribute NMEA from instruments to ANY device on the net.

If I sold NMEA multiplexers, I wouldn't see any point to Ethernet or TCP/IP
either....(c;]

Next thing you know, they'll be buying Linksys wireless routers right off
the damned shelf and puttin' $5 wifi chipsets in everything!