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From: (Stuart Cheshire) cheshire@DSG.Stanford.EDU
Subject: MetriTalk (Metricom Radio Wireless AppleTalk)
MetriTalk (Metricom Radio Wireless AppleTalk)
(C) 1994-1996 Stuart Cheshire
MetriTalk is an AppleTalk Device Driver 'adev' file that provides
wireless AppleTalk communication over Metricom packet radio tranceivers.
Metricom radios are channel-hopping spread-spectrum packet radio devices
that operate in the 902-928MHz band. They have a peak throughput of
100kbit/sec. With a clear line-of-sight path they can have a range of
several miles but in built-up areas about half a mile is more typical.
In the San Francisco Bay area, and on a few University campuses,
Metricom has installed pole-top repeaters that forward the packets,
giving them effectively unlimited range in those areas. For more
information, see http://ResComp.Stanford.EDU/~cheshire/Metricom.html.
Stuart Cheshire
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