On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 04:32:02PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> A friend of mine is considering buying the phone mentioned in the subject
> line, but has a few concirns regarding compatibility with Linux / IrDA. On
> the WWW-pages, the phone is described as supported, but the description
> includes the "old" irnine-setup.
>
> I was wondering if anyone would offer their opinions on this phone to the
> list / to me - is the phone still known to be supported and are there any
> tweaks he should be aware of?
>
The L-7089 is marketed in some coutries under different numbers. I think
this may relate primarily to the default network band configuration. As
far as I know, all the L-Series models are the same.
> In particular, if anyone has experiences (good or bad) on using the phone
> via a serial cable (which may or may not be an accessory?)
The serial cable makes the phone into a win modem. At the moment that seems
to mean it is a piece of expensive junk.
> rather than
> via the IrDA-eye? Does this phone suffer from the same as the Ericsson
> SH888's and communicate using IrDA even over the cable?
Some people report success with the SH-888 and cable. In a way the SH-888
has a similar problem, as it appears you still need to use IrDA layers
over the cable, i.e. the cable replaces the beam, it does not become a hayes
serial modem.
I'm using an L-Series in the US & Canada for the first time at the moment,
and it is fine in areas covered by GSM carriers. But I am using it only
for voice.
My experience with the L-Series is not good. It uses software flow control
so you cannot use slip. ppp works only until you do something that
runs the link flat out. Then it hangs up 99 times out of 100. I persisted
for a long time with all sorts of configurations, but could never get over
this problem. Motorola had no useful suggestions other than reduce the
baud rate. (With hindsight this seems to me like admission of a problem
without a solution.)
Dave
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