Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:51:24 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: Paul Traina <pst@Shockwave.COM> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: metricom & freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971205115018.15848A-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <199712051801.KAA19096@precipice.shockwave.com>
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Could anyone explain what STAR mode is? On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Paul Traina wrote: > > From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> > Subject: Re: metricom & freebsd > On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Paul Traina wrote: > > > Has anyone done a Metricom star mode driver for FreeBSD? > > (Star mode is the higher speed packet-oriented mode, Linux has a driver). > > Is there even a starmode driver for Windows? I'm using plain-old Dial Up > on my Win95 laptop. > > No. > > If you want to try and hack something I'll volunteer to test it. I wonder > if i[ij][ij]ppp would be a good place to start; tun0 seems like a good > target interface. > > Yes, iijppp is a good place to test it out. Unfortunately I have > neither the time nor the spare group of modems to actually write > and debug it. I was asking more for curiosity sake. It's too bad > Metricom doesn't offer IP over STAR mode as a service, that would > immediately make it interesting. >
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