Re: Ricochet on mac os x

We're getting a bit off here...but I hope this will end the thread 
(crossing my fingers).

pppd as it was called in the script should not exit when the connection 
is closed.  All that would be required is to make the modem dumb, and 
not hang up if it gets an invalid command after answering but before a 
connection is made.  From memory the ricochet can do this so this 
should work.  Sure you may have a bunch of errors at start but who 
cares...good packets and negotiation should take place and things will 
take off after that.

Cheers,
Cliff

On Monday, Apr 28, 2003, at 18:48 US/Pacific, mark burdett wrote:

>> That's pretty close to what I use on mac os x (and should work on
>> freebsd, but I've not tested the new bluetooth stuff in current just
>> yet) to share my laptop wifi connection with my palm via bluetooth.  
>> No
>> mgetty, just have pppd listen on the port.  You'll have to change the
>> /dev and might want to hack the NAT stuff.
>
> Ricochet is a modem, whether USB, pcmcia or serial.  I was under the
> impression that pppd cannot handle answering the modem (the AT commands
> etc.) so I'd need to have mgetty answer it and initiate the ppp 
> session.
>
> not as easy or fast as wifi but 900Mhz has some advantages for 
> mobility,
> getting thru walls trees etc. and decent range.
>
> --mark
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