Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-26 Thread Nicholas Oas
Thank you all for your responses. This was exactly the kind of information and opinions I was hoping to find- way better than reading tea leaves!

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-26 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 22, 2015 6:14 PM, William Herrin b...@herrin.us wrote: Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have high latency. 22,000 miles out, another 22,000 miles back and do it again for the return packet. Just a minor nitpick - that's

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-26 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 5:25 PM, William Herrin b...@herrin.us wrote: If you want to nitpick. ;) Well, if you are going to nitpick, the earth is modeled more closely (but still not precisely) as an oblate spheroid than a true sphere.

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-26 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:19 PM, shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 22, 2015 6:14 PM, William Herrin b...@herrin.us wrote: Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have high latency. 22,000 miles out, another 22,000 miles back

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-23 Thread William Herrin
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Rafael Possamai raf...@gav.ufsc.br wrote: Reading about SIP made it seem like latency alone is not an issue, aside from delays which impact verbal communication as previously mentioned. What is going to be much worse is jitter and packet loss. You can eventually

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-23 Thread Roland Dobbins
On 23 Jun 2015, at 3:39, Nicholas Oas wrote: What are your experiences with the following applications? -SSH, (specifically interactive CLI shell access) -RDP -SIP over SSL -IPSec Tunneling (should be a non-starter due to latency) -GRE Tunneling Latency, latency, latency, RTTs, RTTs, RTTs.

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-23 Thread Jared Mauch
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 09:11:17PM -0400, TR Shaw wrote: I don’t know what your location is but a wireless internet provider using Canopy or Ubiquity or whatever is much more preferable. Also cellular is used in “remote” locations with good results. Using the UBNT gear if you can

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-23 Thread Rafael Possamai
Reading about SIP made it seem like latency alone is not an issue, aside from delays which impact verbal communication as previously mentioned. What is going to be much worse is jitter and packet loss. You can eventually get used to a significant delay, but dropped calls and chopped sound renders

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-23 Thread Frederik Kriewitz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with residential satellite internet? Right now I am evaluating HughesNet Gen4 and ViaSat Exede and I'm thinking specifically as a sysadmin who needs to

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-23 Thread Tim Franklin
Interesting that you say that about sip. We had a client that would use it for sip on ships all the time. It wasn't the best but it worked. Ping times were between 500-700ms. It really depends on your expectations - or more to the point, your end-users' expectations. I've tested SIP in the

Fwd: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Alfred Olton
: Residential VSAT experiences? SIP will suck. VPN will suck. RDP will suck. Have you looked to see if you have any local wireless ISPs in your area? Hit me up offlist if you want me to check for you. -Mike On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Michael Conlen
On Jun 22, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with residential satellite internet? Right now I am evaluating HughesNet Gen4 and ViaSat Exede and I'm thinking specifically as a sysadmin who needs to use

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with residential satellite internet? Hi Nicholas, Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Mike Hale
VSAT experiences? SIP will suck. VPN will suck. RDP will suck. Have you looked to see if you have any local wireless ISPs in your area? Hit me up offlist if you want me to check for you. -Mike On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone mind

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Scott Weeks
--- b...@herrin.us wrote: From: William Herrin b...@herrin.us Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have high latency. 22,000 miles out, another 22,000 miles back and do it again for the return packet. You'll start around 500ms latency

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Jun 22, 2015, at 3:11 PM, William Herrin b...@herrin.us wrote: Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have high latency. 22,000 miles out, another 22,000 miles back and do it again for the return packet. You'll start around 500ms

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Dovid Bender
...@nanog.orgDate: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:33:43 To: Nicholas Oasnicholas@gmail.com; NANOGnanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Residential VSAT experiences? SIP will suck. VPN will suck. RDP will suck. Have you looked to see if you have any local wireless ISPs in your area? Hit me up offlist if you want me to check

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread TR Shaw
Sender: NANOG nanog-boun...@nanog.orgDate: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:33:43 To: Nicholas Oasnicholas@gmail.com; NANOGnanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Residential VSAT experiences? SIP will suck. VPN will suck. RDP will suck. Have you looked to see if you have any local wireless ISPs in your area

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Mike Lyon
SIP will suck. VPN will suck. RDP will suck. Have you looked to see if you have any local wireless ISPs in your area? Hit me up offlist if you want me to check for you. -Mike On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone mind sharing with me their

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Mike Lyon
but it worked. Ping times were between 500-700ms. Regards, Dovid -Original Message- From: Mike Lyon mike.l...@gmail.com Sender: NANOG nanog-boun...@nanog.orgDate: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:33:43 To: Nicholas Oasnicholas@gmail.com; NANOGnanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Residential VSAT

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On Jun 22, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: I do SSH over geostationary satellite links (C-band) all the time. I'd say it's slow, but not excruciating, unless you type really fast on the network device's CLI. :-) SSH client/server authors would do well to learn

Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Nicholas Oas
Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with residential satellite internet? Right now I am evaluating HughesNet Gen4 and ViaSat Exede and I'm thinking specifically as a sysadmin who needs to use the uplink for work, not surf. What are your experiences with the following

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/22/2015 6:01 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: SSH client/server authors would do well to learn the lessons of telnet line mode. Too bad the RCTE Telnet option never got popular... d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015, Michael Conlen wrote: typing things while I wasn’t getting instant feedback, though I understand there’s software for that problem now. Yes, https://mosh.mit.edu/ is your friend if you want to do things interactively. Still, satellite is painful, avoid if anything else

Re: Residential VSAT experiences?

2015-06-22 Thread Dave Taht
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Michael Conlen m...@conlen.org wrote: On Jun 22, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Nicholas Oas nicholas@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with residential satellite internet? Right now I am evaluating HughesNet Gen4 and