uh, whats starmode, and what is the functional difference between it and the peer-to-peer connections of the old ricochet modems? Oh, btw, there was an article somewhere a couple months ago about using the old ricochet modems for connections between TI calculators (either calc-calc or calc-comp).... Neat possibilities for in-school surfing without the teacher noticing... I guess a covert enough wearable could do this, but you'd have to get pretty covert... On Fri, 4 May 2001, Don Papp wrote: :-----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" to:Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org :please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain : -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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