From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 02:06:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6889D16A521 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:06:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns2.uk.circle.com (ns0.uk.circle.com [213.249.210.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B862C43FE1 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:06:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince.hoffman@uk.circle.com) Received: from itlonkazlauskas ([172.16.14.101]) by ns2.uk.circle.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h9SA418p094880; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:04:06 GMT (envelope-from vince.hoffman@uk.circle.com) Message-ID: <015701c39d3b$27775870$650e10ac@uk.circle.com> From: "Vince Hoffman" To: "Benjamin Close" References: <013d01c39a35$a1cc2280$e7b356d5@uk.circle.com> <3F9C769C.1000801@cs.unisa.edu.au> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:06:22 -0000 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 5.50.4927.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Infrared support X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:06:49 -0000 Thanks for the advice, unfortunately this just confirms my ignorance about irda under freebsd ;) If I correctly understand my (second and closer) reading of the pkg-desc, birda only works on serial port dongles ? "A set of utilities to communicate with IrDA devices over an IrDA port on a serial line." So my built in infrared port wont work. (toshiba type-0.) Is this correct ? (guess i buy a dongle if so.) Thanks Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Close" To: "Vince Hoffman" Cc: Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:36 AM Subject: Re: Infrared support > Hi Vince, > I use irda support quite frequently. Here's a section from my ppp.conf > should help you out a fair bit. > > ppp.conf > # create a connection: ircomm -d /dev/cuaa1 -v 2 -y /dev/ptypv > TelstraMobileInternet: > set phone +61418707638 > set device /dev/ttypv > set authname xxx > set authkey xxx > set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT \ > OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" > > > Vince Hoffman wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > > I actualy asked on freebsd-questions previously but got no answers so i though i'd try here. > > > >I Have a Toshiba Tecra happily running 4.8-RELEASE, (cant get 5.x running but thats another issue) and i would like to use my mobile phone (nokia 7110) as a modem, i can do this happily on win2k (i dual boot,) but would like to get it going for FreeBSD also. > > By googling around a bit i gather i needed to install birda, which i did, but i'm now stuck as it seems rather short on documentation. > > > >Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my laptop and phone working ? > > > >Thanks > >Vince > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > -- > 3D Research Associate / System Administrator +61 8 8302 3669 > School of Computer and Information Science Room D1-07, ML Campus > University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Blvd. > Benjamin.Close@cs.unisa.edu.au South Australia, 5095 > F00D C83D 5F7E 5561 DF91 B74D E602 CAA3 4842 B5B4 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >