Re: IrDA

[Andy Ball <ball%grex.org@localhost>]

Hello Swift,

   SG> With Linux there is an "irCom" driver that will re-
     > present the IRDA link as a serial port. That's what
     > you use to attach SLIP or PPP there. I'm guessing
     > there must be something similar with NetBSD. In fact
     > I just looked at an old script (for Linux) that's
     > doing this:
     >
     > pppd /dev/ircomm0 115200 noauth 192.168.99.1:\
     > 192.168.99.2

    That's encouraging!  I got ircomm(1) as part of the
comms/birda package.  I've looked at the manpage but I
find myself none the wiser.  I'll see whether I can find
some examples on-line.

Thanks,
  - Andy Ball