On Nov 27, 2007 11:26 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > > > Would it be possible to setup an internet service that uses GPRS/EDGE > > for uplink and > > a one-way VSAT for downlink ? Here GPRS charges apply only for > > downloads and upload > > requests are essentially free... > > Yes, but you'll need a server at the other end of the GPRS/VSAT links > to split and merge your traffic, and some serious packet routing and > tunnelling foo (the VSAT broadcast will mangle packet headers, so > they'll need to be tunneled through). >
By "other end" you mean at the end of the VSAT provider ? I was hoping a combination of NAT and netfilter ... changing outgoing packet headers for the source address might have worked .... I had a strange phone-call with the VSAT provider just now... I called them to find out if they had done such a setup for anyone. At first, the guy told me it was illegal because you have to uplink through the government provider, then I told him my desired uplink was through GPRS provided by a government telecom operator. Fine, he said, then it would be legal.
