> After running out of 9pi-specific things to debug, it occurred to me > to try a usb ethernet dongle on an x86 plan 9 machine. There I > observed the same thing: so many dropped packets that the connection > is unusable.
> So, has anyone had success using usbether to connect a plan 9 system > to the outside world? I am hoping someone can give me an encouraging > report. Not usb/ether, but my usb/wifi (which is very much based on it) written for the Libertas (in OLPC) wireless worked a lot better than the any of my usb ethernet dongles. I never have gotten around to figuring out why. Good luck! Tristan -- All original matter is hereby placed immediately under the public domain.