Dazza,
You need the Hughes DirecPC linux drivers for their DVB card. I used BP one-way sat
for 18 months
was never able to find linux drivers for the card. They are alleged to have existed at
one time
but are not supported by Telstra and may not work in Telstra/Ericsson implementation
of the Hughes
solution.
During my time using this method of access, I ran the card in a headless WIN95 box
with Winroute
Pro (which allows you to tunnel the upstream path via any IP transport rather than
having to have
a dial modem connected to the WIN95 box).
BP one-way SAT can be FAST (up to 4 Mbps) but has high latency for obvious reasons.
Cheers,
Barrie
> Folks.
>
> I recall, before the days of widespread ADSL availability, that a company
> called satnet {ihug?} ran a satellite service for which someone had made
> available an "unofficial" linux client.
>
> Does anyone know where to get this client? satnet.com.au doesn't seem to
> exist anymore, and ihug.com.au doesn't seem to mention satellite
> connections anywhere.
>
> I have a friend who uses satellite via bigpuddle, and is getting really,
> really peeved at having to run their winblows client just to connect to
> the net. If I can find the satnet client, maybe he can fudge it to work
> with bigpuddle.
>
> Anyone got a link, or got the client {and source?} and be willing to share
> it?
>
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