Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:23:02 -0700 From: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: YTResearch <ytresearch@hughes.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Verizon Wireless PC5740 on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <57d710000606150823g22f92c00kf98eb3945e03b1ae@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <A6250477-9F79-4BD6-8872-756740301AF8@hughes.net> References: <A6250477-9F79-4BD6-8872-756740301AF8@hughes.net>
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On 6/14/06, YTResearch <ytresearch@hughes.net> wrote: > Has anyone been successful with using Verizon Wireless on FreeBSD. I > have read where the PC5740 card has been successfully used on Linux > claiming 160mbps with a ohci-hcd module. If that's true, I was > thinking this should be possible on FreeBSD. I have a mix of Darwin > and FreeBSD and it seems more likely that FreeBSD would be the better > bet since the linux module might run as is. Hate to put the money out > and find out differently. Has anyone tried this? > I have a bit of experience running these cards on OSX (10.4) and was impressed. The basic connection procedure (via the Verizon GUI) is to load the driver to the card, bring up a ppp interface which authenticates with the Verizon service (I assume that this a basic ppp authentication script). IP, routing, dns is doled out to the host after auth. i would suspect that authentication is tied to a uniq ID based on the card (probably not the MAC address from what I could tell though). You may need a compatible device to unlock the card intitally (Mac or NT). I will be getting some more of these in soon and hopefully wil have time to test them out on my 6.1 laptop.... -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group
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