[ILUG] Satellite Internet Access...

[Mark Kilmartin]

does anybody have any figures on the actual latency.

i.e. roundtrip ping times.

And also any experience of how it feels to use say SSH over the link?

MArk

On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 14:33, Me wrote:
> The Linux incompatibility is caused by the simple fact that the service
> is (at the moment) only supplied with a USB satellite modem.
> I've put some more technical info up on a site
> (http://www.bite-ltd.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=8&4) it's not much
> but then again Educom are not very forthcoming with technical details...
> 
> Evert.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie] On Behalf Of Matt
> Rudge
> Sent: 31 May 2002 16:02
> To: 'Ewan McDonell'; ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] Satellite Internet Access...
> 
> 
> > 
> > Does anybody here have any experience with the Educom Satellite 
> > Internet access service? (See www.educom.ie)
> 
> We installed it for a client recently and seems to work very well.
> Macaffee 3 Mb AV updates downloading in less than a minute.
> 
> The only problem is that, at the moment, it's completely M$-based.
> Can't connect it to a Linux workstation and if you're connecting it to a
> network it needs a proxy server running on an M$ O/S.
> 
> In a couple of months they will have a product available that connects
> directly to the LAN and does away with the need for a M$-based proxy
> server.
> 
> Mail me off-list if you need any more info or technical details.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Matt Rudge 
> Technical Director 
> Hegarty Computer Services 
> Networking & Internet Specialists 
> http://www.hcs.ie 
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