From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Oct 4 00:59:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA01027 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:59:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peak.mountin.net (peak.mountin.net [207.227.119.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA01020 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:59:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by peak.mountin.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id CAA08300; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 02:58:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from klinzhai-35.isdn.mke.execpc.com(169.207.65.163) by peak.mountin.net via smap (V1.3) id sma008298; Sun Oct 4 02:58:30 1998 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981004025705.00779ecc@207.227.119.2> X-Sender: jeff-ml@207.227.119.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 02:57:05 -0500 To: Andrew Kenneth Milton From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: Satellite link drivers (was Re: backbone connections in Australia) Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <199809280702.RAA28040@zeus.theinternet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:34 AM 10/2/98 +1200, Andrew McNaughton wrote: >Has anyone looked into drivers to run the satellite dish directly from >FreeBSD, or do people use windows boxes for that? > >Would the need to route outgoing traffic via a different interface from >incoming traffic create any major problems for doing this under freebsd? Dunno on the first, but as for the 2nd I see no reason why not. Outbound to the net via connection of your choice being the default gateway and everything comes back via the dish. This might be a problem with a firewalled setup, but it should just look like a dual-homed connection. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message