From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 3 15:10:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from digital.csudsu.com (digital.csudsu.com [209.249.57.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B9737B43C for ; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:10:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stefan@csudsu.com) Received: by digital.csudsu.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 23F0A22E02; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:06:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by digital.csudsu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1645D1F002; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:06:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:06:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Stefan Molnar To: Scott Reese Cc: , Subject: Re: Ricochet Modems In-Reply-To: <3AF1D257.E5A44D70@codysbooks.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It is doable. I did it for 1 1/2 because the 28.8k ricochet was cheaper than a phone line and a dedicated ppp connection to an isp. Just need to hanle having dhcp, and reconnecting about ever 7-10 days. On Thu, 3 May 2001, Scott Reese wrote: > > Yes. Way faster than dialup. It's nice sitting at a coffee shop with a > > laptop and having internet access :-) Unfortunately for me, there's no > > coverage in Boston yet, but it worked great when I lived in the SF bay > > area. > > Great! Thanks for the reply. I now have another follow-up question as > well: The reason I'm getting one of these is because I don't have a phone > at home and the DSL and cable-modem people won't hook us up without it. > What I want to do is to hook the Ricochet up to a FreeBSD box and have that > be the gateway and then have my own little internal network in the house. > Does this sound feasable or should I look into other options? If so, can I > use ppp? Thanks again for your help with this! > > -Scott > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message