From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 5 11:40:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA18239 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 11:40:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA18233 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 11:40:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from journeyman.pinpt.com (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA10357; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 11:41:28 -0800 Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 11:23:40 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, Veggy Vinny Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Oh okay, had you actually seen any of their antennas before? > > > > Yes. They are all over campus. Little black boxes on the roof. :) > > And we have a repeater outside my dorm here: a little white box with > > antenna hanging down attached to the light pole. > > The new phase modems have a larger antenna too which really helps > > connectivity. > > I wonder if the Ricochet modems will be faster later on since the > modem can do up to 100kBps but if you're on the campus and only see 28.8k > then their claim isn't true. According to the info I have on my Ricochet moden their _network_ is 100kbps, not the modems. So it is easy to get low speeds in an area where there are lots of modems sharing the same 100kbps channel. -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 11/05/96 11:23:41 ----------------------------------------------------------------------