Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:21:10 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: sprintpcs sierra wireless aircards stuff Re: aircards - you have a great page! And i have some interesting info (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111081616420.20262-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
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hi;
the synopsis of the mail that i include below is that the aircard is
supposed to be like a serial port, so trying to use a pccard config from
another serial port card would be the way to go.
additionally, from what i tea-leaved out of the faq's and dev info at
their website, the first port is the interesting port, and the second port
is a 'control' port that reports back things like singnal strength....tho
at this point i am a little unsure if you would need to *twiddle* said 2nd
port *first* to get a connection on the second port.
it seems like that isnt the case, however.....
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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:53:30 -0600 (CST)
From: pooh <pooh@apoc.sacredsoulrecords.com>
Reply-To: pooh@sacredsoulrecords.com
To: John Utz <john@utzweb.net>
Subject: Re: aircards - you have a great page! And i have some interesting
info
> you indicated that you would like to have your own aircard.....
I -used- to have an aircard, until the nationwide provider I was using for
service did away with their unmetered service
>
> sprintpcs and sierra wireless are giving aircard 510's away for free with
> 6months of free airtime.
Where?
>
> mine just showed up today.
>
> *i* found out about it via the freebsd-mobile list....which is ironic
> because i have been a sprintpcs customer and enthusiast (2years) for way
> longer than i have been a laptop user (2 months)....
>
> so anyway, your page confirms what i had tea-leaved out of the docs on the
> sierra wireless page, the 'driver' is just windows foofery.
>
> unless the card is winmodem-y but i dont beleive that it is.
>
> so, i feel that at this point you have more facts and relationships than i
> do, so could i presume on you for a few minutes of investigation and or
> emailing on your part? i dont want to pester sierra wireless, i'd rather
> channel that thru you, and if you already think that the 510 should appear
> to act just like the 210? the '10' bit makes me hopefull......
Last I heard, and this was prerelease info, mind you, was that the Aircard
510 would present itself to the computer as a serial port, much like the 210
did.... The problem with the 210 was the 2nd card basically only needed
power, it did nothing as far as the computer was concerned. I just hacked
the dummy_cs driver and renamed everything to aircard_cs driver and put the
tuple for the card in the conf so that card services would actually give
both 12v and 5v to the card (I had an older one...later versions just needed
5v)
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