From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Message-Id: <200106262034.QAA06782@augusta.math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: bitsy question
In-Reply-To: <3B38E7BE.D4C22541@bway.net>
References: <200106261710.NAA06056@augusta.math.psu.edu>
Cc: packer@bway.net
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:34:44 -0400
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In article <3B38E7BE.D4C22541@bway.net> you write:
>
>  [...]
>
>> Another problem you may have is that the bitsy uart driver doesn't
>> really do modem control
>
>I don't think I need modem control, I'm not using a modem: just a 
>PPP server and client over the serial cable to my PC. 

Oh duh; of course you said that earlier and I was too slow to catch
on.  Yes, you're right; if you're not using a modem, you don't need
modem control.  For that matter, you might not need modem control
even if you have a modem.

>This is, I'm guessing, how ActiveSync works, and how Linux users connect
>to their Ipaqs. 

Well, I think they mostly use ``normal'' serial line protocols; either
just raw text passed over the serial line, or using a data transfer
protocol like xmodem.  I'm not sure they'd bother with the overhead of
PPP in the general case (where they just wanted to sync data, or copy
a file; for making TCP connections and the like, yeah, you'd need PPP
or SLIP or a real network interface).

>It just doesn't seem to authenticate.

That's almost certainly the keyboard input queue messing you up.

>This may be the wrong approach, I don't know. 

Well, if you've got an extra thousand bucks just laying around, definately
invest in the Wavelan route.  If not, then it's a reasonable approach; it
won't zoom, though, and I've found ip/ppp pretty unreliable (using a wireless
modem, though; still, it seems to work reasonably well under FreeBSD.  I
haven't been motivated enough to track down what's wrong, though).

>  [...]
>
>> bway.net, huh?  You in New York?  Anyone else on the list in NYC?  We
>> ought to start a New York Plan 9 Club or something.
>
>Yep.

Cool.  Any other New Yorker's?

	- Dan C.