From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Apr 1 17:42:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from freeway.dcfinc.com (cx74889-a.phnx3.az.home.com [24.1.193.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB2C37B719 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:42:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chad@freeway.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freeway.dcfinc.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01624; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:42:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from chad) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <200104020042.RAA01624@freeway.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: Sierra Wireless PCMCIA AirCard for Ricochet 128k network In-Reply-To: from David Kulp at "Apr 1, 1 04:18:58 pm" To: David_Kulp@affymetrix.com (David Kulp) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:42:00 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chad@DCFinc.com Organization: DCF, Inc. X-O/S: FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE X-Unexpected: The Spanish Inquisition X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As I recall, David Kulp wrote: > The fact that it acts like a NIC and not a modem made me think that this > device had a rosier future for unix laptops. I think I was very wrong, > but I'd appreciate any follow-up regarding either any experience with > Sierra's cards or knowledge of any efforts for AirCard driver development > for any unix. The Novatel Merlin looks like a modem, complete with ATDT command set. You dial "3333" (at least here in Phoenix, using Wireless Web connect [www.wwc.com] for the ISP) and establish a PPP connection with the modem. Use the gateway and nameservers handed to you, and you're in business. Only drawback is the IP address changes for each connection. WWC has made some noise about giving out a fixed address (so I could put it in my nameserver) for an additional $10/month. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message