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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