----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Satelite systems


> On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Marc Evans wrote:
> > Starband has their uplink in Georgia. The results of 60 seconds of 80
byte
> > ping packets without BST to the nearest pingable router are:
> >
> > round-trip min/avg/max = 660.2/1054.0/2046.2 ms
>
>   For satellite, I believe the nearest pingable router is in orbit, so
that
> does not include the trip back to Earth, or the return journey.  (I could
be
> wrong on this.)
>

I believe you are [wrong;] the satellite is merely a repeater at the
physical layer.

Rich Cloutier
President, C*O
SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES
www.sysupport.com



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