[lug] Linux and Satellite Internet Access?

[Trever C. Trader]

All the Sattelite solutions that I have worked with have always used a
Ethernet Card or a CSU/DSU.  However I have only worked with commercial
products.

Starband might be something to look into...

On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, David Morris wrote:

> The "problem" with satellite internet and linux is that all the
> satellite modems require windows.  I have yet to find a satellite
> modem equivalent to the Cisco 675 DSL router.
> 
> True, the lag time is annoying....but in some places that is the only
> choice.
> 
> --David
> 
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Trever C. Trader wrote:
> 
> > I dont' see why there would be any problems.  Satellite internet like
> > anything else uses a standard IP stack for it's communication.
> >
> > The only problem that I have with Satellite Internet is the fact that it's
> > half-duplex with about a 600ms lag time up and down.
> >
> > On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, David Morris wrote:
> >
> > > I was just wondering what options are available for connecting a LINUX
> > > box to the internet via satellite?  Within the next 6 months or so, I
> > > might well be moving up to the mountains, and it is likely that
> > > neither DSL, nor Cable will be available for high speed
> > > access.
> > >
> > > As of a year ago (my last inquiry on the subject) the answer was that
> > > nothing really worked all that well with Linux, if at all.  Has that
> > > changed, or is it likely to change in the next few months?
> > >
> > > --David
> > >
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