Article 67712 of comp.sys.newton.misc: Path: hustle.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!unixhub!news.Stanford.EDU!newshub.internex.net!newshub1.internex.net!masters0.news.internex.net!user From: hnorr@macweek.com (Henry Norr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc Subject: Re: Newton & Ricochet Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 23:30:12 -0800 Organization: MacWEEK Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ws1.macweek.xo.com In article , brian_hall@markspace.com (Brian Hall) wrote: >In article , hnorr@macweek.com >(Henry Norr) wrote: > >> Is anyone using a MessagePad and NIE with the Metricom Ricochet wireless >> modem? The company says it should work (intheir coverage areas, of course), >> but whenever I try, I get a message that the modem is not responding. > >I've seen them in use at SNUG meetings in downtown Palo Alto, so I know it >works. Flash Sheridan figured out the problem: the built-in ppp**ppp dialing string (converted to 777**777) does _not_ work in the release version of NetHopper, at least for me or Flash, but just plain 777 does work. Thanks to all who offered assistance. Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Norr Editor Emeritus and columnist, MacWEEK e-mail: hnorr@macweek.com phone: (510) 841-3619 fax: (510) 841-4052