On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 03:43 PM, Lincoln Dunn wrote:
> It depends on what type of satellite connection you're talking about --
> which setup are you looking at? What company? One-way or two-way?
>
> You can usually set up a proxy server on your PC, and connect via proxy
> to
> the internet, but high-speed satellite ain't all it's cracked up to
> be -- I
> can tell you from experience.
>
> The problem with satellite connections is that there is a ridiculous
> amount
> of latency in the connection, so if you're looking to do any online
> gaming/phonecall/etc., forget it. And, the two-way connection can be
> pretty
> buggy -- we used to have about a 70% failure rate on file integrity when
> sending out attachments.
>
> Plus, it's not cheap to set up, either.
Seeing as he says he has *got* satellite I think he might know all that
already :).
> The plus side is that downloading is fast, usually -- 45-70k per sec.
> was
> what we saw on our connection.
>
> Let me know if you'd like more info.
I presume it connects using the standard windows dial-up networking
software rather than a piece of proprietary software right? If so you
can use internet connection sharing in Windows. If you are only using
Windows 98 Internet connection sharing is pretty ropy and tends to crash
a bit, but it does work sometimes.
I can divulge more once you establish if you are using a standard
dial-up system or not. If you use a proprietary software package to
control the satellite modem it will not be easy.
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