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Date:      Tue, 5 Nov 1996 14:18:35 -0800 (PST)
From:      Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom
Message-ID:  <Pine.PTX.3.95.961105141642.13095h-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961105121005.6528K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Doug White wrote:

> I just noticed I've been spamming the heck out of -chat :-)

	Oh well, I did it too :-)

> > 	Ofcourse, somehow one thing is weird.  I'm getting 3.6k/sec for
> > transfers compared to 2.9k by modem but my typing is more lagging with the
> > Ricochet.
> 
> That is a feature of the protocol.  It's packet radio, so the modem has to
> bundle stuff up and send it.  If you stream data, the system works much
> better since it doesn't require the acklowledgement/echo that interactive
> typing does.  

	Hmmm, so they only mean performance for data transfers and not for
telnet sessions?

> > 	Hmmmm, I don't think you really need software to use the Ricochet
> > service since it's more of just changing the dial string :-)
> 
> And configuration..

	There really isn't any configuration differences...

> > > You mean run a gateway of somesort?  You will need NAT or a patch to
> > > FreeBSD to enable proxy.  I don't have the URL for the proxy available at
> > > the moment.
> > 
> > 	yeah, because I wanted to be able to use my Win95 machine
> > connected to this machine by Ethernet if possible so it would go directly
> > to the net.  Let me know if you have the URL when you find it.  Thanks.
> 
> This should do it:
> 
> http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/
> 
> This is IPFilter, the all in one IP filter and whatever package.

	Oh okay, Thanks! :-)

Vince
GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin






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