Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:08:23 +0100 From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>, Matt Braithwaite <matt@braithwaite.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: STRIP (was Re: richochet modems) Message-ID: <19991129230823.A70735@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911251250110.80669-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 12:52:22PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911250939310.551-100000@brunte.ispra.webweaving.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911251250110.80669-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 12:52:22PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > > > > > On 24 Nov 1999, Matt Braithwaite wrote: > > > > > I believe the range for direct radio to radio communication is about > > > 1/4 mile with typical urban obstacles; can anybody confirm? > > > > Any guess of the frequency ? > > Frequency hopping in the 900MHz range. > > I believe you can go modem-modem even through the repeater network. As > long as the modem is set to auto-answer and you know the number, you can > call each other. > > You have to use starmode if you want to handle multiple connections, but > for single connections modem-modem is fine. Metricom also sells > (sold?) gateway units that you could use to drop onto the POTS network. Anyone know the price of such a thing? Mighht be worthwhile here at home (though I guess the frequency rabnge is already taken in Europe... does anyone know (sounds like GSM)) -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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