From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 25 12:52:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7050D14A1B for ; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:52:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA99274; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:52:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:52:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik Cc: Matt Braithwaite , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: STRIP (was Re: richochet modems) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > On 24 Nov 1999, Matt Braithwaite wrote: > > > I believe the range for direct radio to radio communication is about > > 1/4 mile with typical urban obstacles; can anybody confirm? > > Any guess of the frequency ? Frequency hopping in the 900MHz range. I believe you can go modem-modem even through the repeater network. As long as the modem is set to auto-answer and you know the number, you can call each other. You have to use starmode if you want to handle multiple connections, but for single connections modem-modem is fine. Metricom also sells (sold?) gateway units that you could use to drop onto the POTS network. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message