Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:26:09 -0400 From: Chip Marshall <chip@setzer.chocobo.cx> To: Ben Lovett <blovett@bsdguru.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Novatel Merlin Ricochet (PCMCIA) modem under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010410112609.A18814@setzer.chocobo.cx> In-Reply-To: <20010409100144.A906@bsdguru.com>; from blovett@bsdguru.com on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 10:01:45AM -0700 References: <20010409100144.A906@bsdguru.com>
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On April 09, 2001, Ben Lovett sent me the following: > I'm currently attempting to get a Novatel Merlin PCMCIA card working > under FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE as of around February 21 or so. Currently I > have gotten it as far as getting it to dial and then wait for the > CONNECT message from the remote server, unfortunatly there is another > problem. Talking to the modem using AT commands is slow as molasses, so > I have tried tweaking my ppp.conf as such. > > Is there anyone out there who has successfully gotten this card to work > under -STABLE, and if so, please help! =) Attached is a log of the > output of PPP and my ppp.conf entry. Okay, the big secret to getting these to work, if I remember correctly, is to add a 'set mru 576' in your ppp config. I was working with a Novatel Sage, and it worked for that. For more infomation on using the Merlin, try http://people.freebsd.org/~nsayer/ -- Chip Marshall <chip@chocobo.cx> http://www.chocobo.cx/chip/ Finger for PGP GCM/CS d+(-) s+:++ a19>? C++ UB++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++ N+@ o K- w O M+ V-- PS PE Y? PGP++ t+@ 5 X R>+ tv+() b++>+++ DI++++ D(-) G++ e>++ h!>++ r-- y- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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