From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 28 9:32:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu (web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu [134.129.125.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09AEC37B400 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 09:32:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tinguely@localhost) by web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) id g4SGWhR58469; Tue, 28 May 2002 11:32:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tinguely) Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 11:32:43 -0500 (CDT) From: mark tinguely Message-Id: <200205281632.g4SGWhR58469@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> To: geminidomino@earthlink.net, lists@stevenfettig.com Subject: Re: Starband Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ptfd9100@beanstalk.net In-Reply-To: <3CF39FB8.2000201@stevenfettig.com> 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 There was mail on Feb-Mar 2001 in freebsd-question asking about the equivalent of the Linux support for echostar USB support, referring to the URL: http://echostar.swiki.net/278 and http://www.telemann.com/datadown/sm200d/sm200d_linux_text_v2.20.tar.gz Didn't EchoStar and Starband combined in the last few months when GM sold the Hughes Satellite devision? I also remember, in the 2000 to early 2001 time frame, someone posted to a freebsd mailing list/newsgroup that inside one of those satellite "USB" devices, there is an internal ethernet RJ45 plug that connected to the USB hardware. This person said that you could directly connect to that plug instead of running through the USB. I no longer have the article, but a search on goggle for "echostar", "starband" or "DVB" should locate the item. I have never seen/used the devices/service, but I have heard some not-so-flattering things about them. --mark tinguely. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message