Archive For January, 2008
So it appears that if I idle on a TCP connection a TCP RST takes place. At first I thought this was something in my software, then I assumed it was something in pppd. After a discussion on #openmoko I think this is something happening at the Vodafone NAT/router. It is easy to simulate by [...]
This version has some improved exception handling. I have been testing over GPRS and notice that if a TCP connection is idle for a certain amount of time the client initiates a TCP RST which terminates the connection. The client should now be able to alert the user of these network problems and you can [...]
It was a nice clear sky so ideal conditions for testing my first GPS micro blog post from my Neo. In true “twitter” style I posted a couple of trivial messages directly to the thumbtribes.mobi site. The results are here. The GPRS connection appears to be a bit temperamental but it has helped highlight some [...]
In this version, when the user does: /b some message The message will be posted directly to their blog on thumbtribes.mobi and the GPS location of the post will appear as a link to Google maps. Now I have GPRS working I hope to take my Neo out and try my first GPS micro blog [...]
I managed to get my Neo connected to Vodafone PAYG using the scripts I found here. In ‘/etc/ppp/peers/vodafone’ I replaced ‘/dev/modem’ with ‘/dev/ttySAC0 115200′ and set user and password both to ‘web’. In the ‘/etc/ppp/vodafone-chat’ I changed the APN from ‘internet’ to ‘pp.vodafone.co.uk’. I can now actually test my software without being connected to my [...]