Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:42:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029233944.369v-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961029170630.6567L-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Veggy Vinny wrote: > > > Does anyone know anything about how to setup the Ricochet wireless > > > modem by Metricom under FreeBSD? Does the Ricochet communicate using PPP > > > and can you use other DNS's other than the Ricochet ones? Thanks. > > > > Yes. It's just like a modem. We have a P133 laptop that's working > > perfectly using user-mode ppp. > > Hmmm, what kind of speeds are you getting with the Ricochet? Between 14.4 and 28.8. It depends on where you are in relation to the antennas. A friend of mine has found that the Ricochet modem overclocks the serial port, so watch out if you have a laptop with a 16450 UART -- you'll have to run at 19200 instead of the max 38400. > Hmmm, do you just use a three digit number to reach U of Oregon > like the number**ppp or is the number longer than that and is the > performance different if you just used the ricochet internet service > instead of the university gateway? Yup. I haven't used Ricochet's service so I can't compare them. All I know is that the University is free and Metricom's is not :) > I am using mines on my desktop and > even one foot away, it was making my screen's information shaking and my > speakers kept getting the static... We have found that some monitors and other hardware are not well shielded, and the radio transmissions do interfere with them. There is a Mac with an older display that has this problem. The best thing to do is move the radio. You can buy a 10 ft cord from Metricom so you can place the modem further away from the problem hardware. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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