Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:02:12 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDPD modems -- Novatel Ministrel, et al. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991123225819.39682A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <19991122160323.A6008@netmonger.net>
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Christopher Masto wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 03:57:36PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote: > > I'm planning to go ahead and order one of these cards--any chance you > > could send me a little more info on the specific card your friend has, and > > how it appears to FreeBSD/etc? I'd hate to buy one and have it not work > > :-(. > > All I know is that sio finds it and it responds to AT commands. > Whether those AT commands result in a successful PPP connection, I > don't know, but I can't imagine that they don't, since it's probably > the same core as the Minstrel, Sage, etc. which all work. > > Unfortunately, Go America STILL has not sent mine. I am quite pissed, > since I ordered it in September. Now I will miss out on my first major > opportunity to use it, while traveling for Thanskgiving. Go America looked great until I saw the footnote on the "Go.Unlimited Plan" -- fixed rate, except: "All plans are subject to a 6 month or 1 year contract. An early cancellation fee applies, see Terms and Conditions. An additional $0.10/kilobyte fee will be assessed for usage generated by non-GoAmerica provided software. " -- I assume FreeBSD doesn't count as GoAmerica-provided software? BAM appears to have a fixed rate CDPD in my area, although it looks like the Mobitex/BSWD coverage is better (slower though). I guess I still haven't found the ideal wireless solution, although I'm really leaning towards the Ministrel/Merlin product + BAM fixed rate CDPD--I'm a little concerned by the "low" coverage level around Amherst, MA and South Hadley, MA, and wish I had some information to let me know what kind of quality I can expect! I'd also like to hear positive confirmation on what is required to configure a CDPD device under FreeBSD -- i.e., "it is on sio0 and you can use slip as follows..." -- CDPD seems to involve network ids and I'm not sure how you feed that to FreeBSD. 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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