Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:43:25 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: relatively nice cellular WAN connectivity for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205221521440.4596-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
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Hi; recall that last november some of us got our pants in a bunch over the fact that sprintpcs was giving away free sierra wireless cards and 6 months of free connectivity. but the cards didnt work with freebsd at the time because they where multifunction serial cards. i dont know if they work today, but i no longer care because i have switched to verizon wireless and i am getting very good results with a Kyocera 2235 phone via my serial cable. owners of more modern laptops can use a usb cable with this phone if they so desire. *i* would find it to be desirable, because then i could hookup to the phone at 230K and not 115K. (experienced users of cell phone connectivity may be noting the previous 2 numbers with interest.) the 2235 is the only shipping cdma2000, 1xrtt, '~3G' phone that i am aware of. i am not using the 3g stuff since we cant get it in seattle. what i can say anecdotally is that the ability to connect to the phone at 115K provides significantly better performance then i got from the same phone at 19200. it appears that the phone to laptop baudrate is the limiting factor. i'd be curious how it would perform for somebody with a usb port.... can anybody suggest a way that i could test at least the 19200/115200 assertion more rigourously? tnx! johnu -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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