From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 24 16:12:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A986637B408 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 16:12:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user168.net314.fl.sprint-hsd.net ([207.30.169.168] helo=ODHINN) by goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17BOEW-0006ew-00; Fri, 24 May 2002 16:12:28 -0700 Message-ID: <001701c20378$818d5fc0$9865fea9@asgardnet.org> From: "Gemini Domino" To: "Steve Fettig" , "Michael W.Holdeman" , "FreeBSD Questions" References: Subject: Re: Starband Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 19:12:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've never used starband, but that sounds a lot like it should be easily doable on FreeBSD. If all you have to do is set the gateway of the clientbox to the IP of the modem, then you can do it as easily in *BSD or Linux as in windows. If theres specific software involved (for authentication, e.g.) , then your prolly stuck. HTH -CM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fettig" To: "Michael W.Holdeman" ; "FreeBSD Questions" Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 1607h Subject: Re: Starband > 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" 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message