Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:07:11 -0500 From: Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com> To: "Michael W.Holdeman" <ptfd9100@beanstalk.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Starband Message-ID: <B914079F.9271%lists@stevenfettig.com> In-Reply-To: <02052216581702.02558@fcoffice.ptfd.org>
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Mike, I was a pilot tester for Starband and the requirements were a Windows computer as the link to the satellite. The satellite modem sits on that computer and from there you can arrange it so that your network uses it as a gateway/nat box. I have been watching the mailing lists for Starband but don't remember seeing anyone having success hacking Linux or FreeBSD to use the modem they require... Steve BTW, if you are simply looking for an internet connection that is faster than dial-up, it works okay - downloads are great most of the time. Normal surfing is a bit choppy, though, because of latency issues. I know they have improved a number of things since I was a pilot, but a few like web (from your machine), ftp (from your machine) and vpn (from you or to another machine) do not work well. You might want to look at some lists around the net and ask some questions there if you have any other specific questions. All in all, I was not happy with the system - but, because it is the only way to go for some country folk, I would still use it under some specific circumstances. On 5/22/2002 15:58, "Michael W.Holdeman" <ptfd9100@beanstalk.net> wrote: > Has anyone tried Starband or any other satelight provider with FreeBSD with > any success yet? > > Mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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