Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:43:00 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: CDPD modems -- Novatel Ministrel, et al. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991113223805.94206A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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I'm considering getting CDPD service, since the price is decent. However,
there seems to be large variation in price, and I didn't find references
to other people using it successfully under FreeBSD. Bell Atlantic points
at the Novatel Ministrel CDPD device (www.novatelwireless.com) as being
the cheapest and easiest device. I notice that there are also options to
use external cell phones, but I'd rather just have a PCCARD device.
Motorolla used to have a CDPD card that just looked like a serial port,
but unfortunately that seems no longer to be in production. The web page
describes it as:
Modem Features
- Host interface: PCMCIA Type II
- CDPD specification v1.1
- 19.2 kbps full duplex
- AT command set, built in TCP/IP, UDP, PPP and SLIP
protocols
AT command set makes it sound like it looks like a serial device -- but
built in TCP/IP? :-) Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
After IETF wireless access, I don't see how I survived. Even with high
latency and 19.2kbps modem speed, it would be useful and desirable to
have.
Thanks,
Robert N M Watson
robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/
PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1
TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services
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