On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 14:49:37 -0800, Adam Shand wrote: >>I've been told that by using the miracles of IP masquerading, I can do this >>by purchasing a single connection for the server, and letting the remainder >>od the machines "leach" off it in some way. > >Yep this is very possible and not all that hard to do. If you don't >already know about this sorta thing you will want to investigate >information on routing, linux masquerading and proxy/cache servers.
I'm running this right now. My server handles mail, web, primary DNS, ftp, shell, and eveything else, while maqing a few machines and RADIUS client dial-u` termserver. >>Finally, one of the methods of connecting that looked interesting was >something >>called "WantWEB". The idea is that the downloads are VIA satellite, and very >>fast, but uploads had to go through a normal phone line and were limited to >>the 56K modems. Has anyone tried using this on a Linux box? if so, how >>successful were you? was the "cable-modem" device difficult to find drivers >>for? > >This has been done for a while by a company called DirecPC >(http://www.direcpc.com I think). Remember though (just to be pedantic) >that in this case there would be zero point in buying a 56k modem since the >data transfer rates are asymetric. In other words with a 56k modem you get >56k downloads (which you don't care about because you have satellite speed >:) but only 288/336 speeds to upload with. I'd stay away from sat until LEO stuff starts to come out.....the latency is 500ms+ jumping out 33,000 miles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/linux-router/ Linux Router Project -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
