From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 17:08:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA16528 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:08:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA16516 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:08:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (richardc@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA03522; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:09:34 -0800 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:09:33 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Doug White wrote: > > Does anyone know anything about how to setup the Ricochet wireless > > modem by Metricom under FreeBSD? Does the Ricochet communicate using PPP > > and can you use other DNS's other than the Ricochet ones? Thanks. > > Yes. It's just like a modem. We have a P133 laptop that's working > perfectly using user-mode ppp. Hmmm, what kind of speeds are you getting with the Ricochet? > Since the University of Oregon has a gateway set up, we dial & connect > through them. Like with any other dial-up connection, you use the > remote's DNS server. If you are using the Ricochet internet service then > use their settings. Hmmm, do you just use a three digit number to reach U of Oregon like the number**ppp or is the number longer than that and is the performance different if you just used the ricochet internet service instead of the university gateway? I am using mines on my desktop and even one foot away, it was making my screen's information shaking and my speakers kept getting the static... Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin