[TriLUG] The DirecPC challenge

[Vestal, Roy L.]

I just went through this with a user here.  Here's the scoop on satellites
and PC.

One of the problems with satellite 2 way is dropped packets and collisions
due to electrical/solar interference. We ran into that with a telecommuter
from Colorado using VPN. If your machine is setup with a firewall or VNC or
something that requires encryption, you are going to have a lot of problems
with speed.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tanner Lovelace [mailto:lovelace at wayfarer.org] 
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:32 AM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] The DirecPC challenge


On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 16:49, Tarus Balog wrote:

> I live in the woods, and the only high-speed Internet connectivity I 
> can get is DirecPC. DirecPC is an asynchronous system that uses the 
> phone line for upstream communication and a satellite for downstream 
> traffic.

Hi Tarus,

I can't help you on your question, but I do have a question for you.  You do
know that DirecPC has a 2-way system where you don't need a phone line for
upstream communication.  They even have static IP's available for "Business"
customers.  I don't know if 
it would make any difference, but you never know.  More info is at
http://www.direcway.com/.

Tanner
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