From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Dec 10 16: 3:55 2000 From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 16:03:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from smile.idiom.com (unknown [209.209.13.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A4837B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:03:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mdaxke ([64.121.223.186]) by smile.idiom.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA19740; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:03:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <007201c06305$d0508ca0$0201a8c0@wwc.com> From: "Mark D. Anderson" To: "Ben Lovett" , References: <20001210154349.A10861@bsdguru.com> Subject: Re: Ricochet 128K PCCard support? Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:03:07 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i have one. they aren't cards. they are external modems, using either a serial port or a USB (don't be frightened by the "USB" written on the box you get; the box has a serial cable too). basically, they'll work with anything (people use them with palms, etc.) as PPP. of course, you won't find documentation for anything but windows. even the NT documentation they give is iffy. note that you have to (a) get your modem "activated" (like a cell phone), and (b) get a working PPP username and password, before anything will work. This will generally require multiple calls to the reseller tech support, and much head-banging-against-the-wall. It was better when metricom sold direct, now they just go through resellers. in theory you give up some bandwidth using it over an old-fashioned serial port (max 100kbps) relative to USB, but in practice you are limited by what happens in the air, not what happens at your host end. -mda, disappointed with the dropouts when driving at over 80mph > I will be recieving one of the new Metricom Ricochet cards capable of > 128Kbps as a beta tester, and am wondering if anyone has used one of > these before, or something like it. Or even, if it may possibly be > recognized as just a modem card? Thanks for any advice you may be able > to provide. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message