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Re: richochet modems

I still have the old documentation in electronic form if anyone is
interested.  If enough people scream, I will dig it up and send everyone a
copy.

cordially

cb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Papp" <>
To: "Doug Sutherland" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: richochet modems

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> 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
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