LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Networking/STRIP.xml

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<sect1 id="STRIP">
<title>STRIP</title>
<para>
STRIP (Starnode Radio IP) is a protocol designed specifically for
a range of Metricom radio modems for a research project being
conducted by Stanford University called the MosquitoNet Project.
There is a lot of interesting reading here, even if you aren't
directly interested in the project.
</para>
<para>
The Metricom radios connect to a serial port, employ spread spectrum
technology and are typically capable of about 100kbps. Information on
the Metricom radios is available from the: Metricom Web Server.
</para>
<para>
At present the standard network tools and utilities do not support the
STRIP driver, so you will have to download some customized tools from
the MosquitoNet web server. Details on what software you need is
available at the: MosquitoNet STRIP Page.
</para>
<para>
A summary of configuration is that you use a modified slattach program
to set the line discipline of a serial tty device to STRIP and then
configure the resulting `st[0-9]' device as you would for ethernet
with one important exception, for technical reasons STRIP does not
support the ARP protocol, so you must manually configure the ARP
entries for each of the hosts on your subnet. This shouldn't prove too
onerous. STRIP device names are `st0', `st1', etc.... The relevant
kernel compilation options are given below.
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<para>
<screen>
Kernel Compile Options:
Network device support --->
[*] Network device support
....
[*] Radio network interfaces
< > STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>