-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 4 May 2001, Doug Sutherland wrote: > Somebody said that the new GS modems can't do the peer-to-peer trick > without being on the ricochet network. I am assuming that the merlin > for ricochet pcmcia modem has the same deficiency. It would be really > cool if merlin worked peer-to-peer, because then I wouldn't need any > other LAN card, I could use ricochet for roaming and peer-to-peer at > home. If I then put a CDPD modem in my other pcmcia slot, I could > write a "network configuration daemon" that determines my location > via GPS coords and automatically configures my system for whatever > network is available when I roam. I doubt that merlin can do the > peer-to-peer networking, but I will be trying one out soon. You're in luck, Doug! Does the faster ricochets do peer-to-peer ? Yes and no. You can't dial the other's serial # for a straight modem-style link like with the old modems, but you CAN still use starmode. There is a linux kernel driver called strip.o that is now part of the mianstream kerner for exactly this. http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/software/strip.html http://phobos.illtel.denver.co.us/~abelits/metricom/ An Excerpt: STRIP is a protocol for carrying IP packets over the "Starmode" interface of Metricom's 900MHz packet radios. STRIP gives you a "wireless IP subnet", similar to a conventional Ethernet network, except slower (and without the wires). Don P http://aeinnovations.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE68un02KCg0hzfOnQRAmtoAJ0S2f8JKnk5+z1ZA+c94+XEriGc5ACguoS8 W04Zd3xWTA7LwYIhYsfbFPo= =V8pT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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