From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Aug 14 19:27:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5757337B7D1 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA10328 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:27:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <200008150227.WAA10328@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Image-URL: http://www.transsys.com/louie/images/louie-mail.jpg From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: Ricochet Setup References: <20000814145132.A52689@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <14744.27901.568115.495414@osprey.Kermodei.Com> <20000814181612.C26906@pir.net> In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:16:12 EDT." <20000814181612.C26906@pir.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:27:16 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Mark Diekhans probably said: > > I have used a Ricochet for years with FreeBSD on a serial port and > > it works great. Encosed is the ppp.conf entry I use. However, I > > just got a notebook without a built-in serial port (its on the port > > expander), so the old Ricochet is no longer useful. To my > > knowledge, the USB ones are not generally available yet, so it would > > be good to hear how well it works. > > I hear rumours that Metricom have an agreement with a company to make > pcmcia Ricochet modems, and there is brief mention of pcmcia in the > tech section of Metricom's web pages ... hopefully they'll be > available soonish. > > I believe the USB ones are available for the 128k stuff currently only > available in San Jose, IIRC. They've just (or are about to) turn up production 128Kb/s service in San Diego and Atlanta; the stuff in the SF Bay area is a test network. I've got one of the newer Richocet2 modems, and it does work with the "older" R1 networks deployed in Seattle, SF Bay and Washington DC. As I was using it on a Sony C1X with no serial ports, the USB interface was real important for me. The USB interface for the modem simply looks like a USB serial device. Under windows, you can fire up a terminal emulator on the serial port and do the same AT commands as before. It's great news about the Novatel announcement; that will be very cool when it's available. I'm on their technical advisory board, so if there's some info you'd like me to pass along, let me know. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message