[TriLUG] help setting up Nextel BPL modem under Linux

[Rock Roskam]

Cool langaiting versus tailgaiting.  Get multiple nextel users and bump up the throughput.  


Rock R

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Aaron S. Joyner
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:37 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] help setting up Nextel BPL modem under Linux

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

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>I did have something else planned this evening, but if I don't get this 
>running this afternoon, I'll gladly come along. Will you be wearing a 
>red rose in your lapel and hopping up and down on one foot? I'll bring 
>my nextel modem, and plug it into your machine if that's OK.
>
>Joe
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Well, I don't have any red roses, or lapels for that matter, but I can hop if you like.  :)  In the interest of full disclosure, I haven't setup my Nextel connection under Linux directly - what I have is a 802.11b access point in my car, which is directly connected to the modem via Ethernet.  The AP leases a private address via DHCP and shared that via NAT over the 802.11b.  I then use what ever I please (usually my Palm Tungsten C) for wireless Internet access, any where near my car (which is usually near my person).

We can certainly hook up your modem to my laptop and experiment with routing - I'm running OS X on a PowerBook and we can take a close look at the routing tables to figure out how things should be.  If we really want to test it out on Linux, there's never a shortage of Linux notebooks at the TriLUG meeting - I'm sure we can coax someone into trying out Nextel Broadband.  :)

Aaron S. Joyner
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