From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 4 21:52:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.3/8.7.3) id VAA16179 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:52:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA16173 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:52:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA07468; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:52:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:52:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ernest Hua cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ricochet Network + FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <199612050136.RAA01111@ohio.chromatic.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Ernest Hua wrote: > Has anyone ever tried to use Metricom's Ricochet modems with FreeBSD? We had a most wonderful discussion about this recently. Yes, the Ricochet modems work wondefully with FreeBSD, either iijppp or pppd. I'm probably violating an NDA, but apparently Metricom is developing a application note to go along with the modems on how to set it up with FreeBSD. Basically, you set up the Ricochet just like any other modem, other than it runs at 38400 bps maximum. The biggest trick is getting the chat script to work properly with the gateway. I go through the UofO and it has a very simple login sequence, but logging in through Metricom's main Internet service will be different. I can provide my user ppp configuration block on request. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major