[lug] Linux and Satellite Internet Access?

[Trever C. Trader]

The Commercial stuff that i have used was in remote areas of Alaska where
the copper lines were unreliable.  It was basically a wireless frame-relay
PVC that used ATT / Alascom's datacom satellites.  I couldn't begin to
tell you where to look.

The RadioShack stores are using something from Starband that is an
external box that has a 10base-T port on the back of it.  Maybe they would
offer something for their commercial customers that differs from thier
corporate customers?



On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, David Morris wrote:

> I am looking for 2-way...not a system that uses the modem for the
> uplink traffic.
> 
> I did look at Starband, but their system connects through the USB
> port...and has no Linux support now or in the forseeable future.
> 
> For commercial products...what is the price range?
> 
> --David
> 
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Trever C. Trader wrote:
> 
> > 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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