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From: Tristan <9p-st@imu.li>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] usbether
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:29:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <257a89.79c85a6c.uk3j.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eb671f2f86aab845d96c2c02a3cd6e8e@hamnavoe.com>

> After running out of 9pi-specific things to debug, it occurred to me
> to try a usb ethernet dongle on an x86 plan 9 machine.  There I
> observed the same thing: so many dropped packets that the connection
> is unusable.

> So, has anyone had success using usbether to connect a plan 9 system
> to the outside world?  I am hoping someone can give me an encouraging
> report.

Not usb/ether, but my usb/wifi (which is very much based on it) written
for the Libertas (in OLPC) wireless worked a lot better than the any of
my usb ethernet dongles. I never have gotten around to figuring out why.

Good luck!
Tristan

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-09-30 23:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-29 16:16 Richard Miller
2012-09-29 16:39 ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-09-29 17:03   ` erik quanstrom
2012-09-29 18:01     ` Richard Miller
2012-09-29 18:19       ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-09-29 18:24         ` Richard Miller
2012-09-29 21:38           ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-09-29 21:46             ` Richard Miller
2012-09-29 21:48               ` erik quanstrom
2012-10-01 19:20                 ` Richard Miller
2012-09-30  9:20               ` Charles Forsyth
2012-09-30 10:24                 ` Richard Miller
2012-09-30 13:54                   ` Charles Forsyth
2012-09-29 18:41       ` erik quanstrom
2012-09-29 19:49         ` Charles Forsyth
2012-09-30 23:29 ` Tristan [this message]

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