From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 23:42:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA12375 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:42:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA12369 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:42:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00835; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:42:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:42:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Veggy Vinny 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, Veggy Vinny 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? Between 14.4 and 28.8. It depends on where you are in relation to the antennas. A friend of mine has found that the Ricochet modem overclocks the serial port, so watch out if you have a laptop with a 16450 UART -- you'll have to run at 19200 instead of the max 38400. > 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? Yup. I haven't used Ricochet's service so I can't compare them. All I know is that the University is free and Metricom's is not :) > 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... We have found that some monitors and other hardware are not well shielded, and the radio transmissions do interfere with them. There is a Mac with an older display that has this problem. The best thing to do is move the radio. You can buy a 10 ft cord from Metricom so you can place the modem further away from the problem hardware. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major