[ale] Slashdot | Two-Way Satellite Internet For Linux/Mac/BSD/etc.

[mikew at tcprod.com (Mike Williamson)]

I've got Starband BUT it's the dual internal PCI card-version, not the USB
modem-version.

It appears that the initialization is a one-time deal that's run during
initial installation only.  (I could be wrong.)  Why not just borrow
somebody's Win98 notebook for a day to set it up?  It's a small price to pay
for having a reliable Linux gateway.  I wish I had that option!  The WinME
box locks up every couple days and the proxy/dhcp software, Winproxy, has to
be restarted almost daily because it just stops working.  Other than that,
it's great (I keep telling myself that, since it's the only high-speed
option available to me in rural Kennesaw)-- but I'd still rather have a
Linux gateway.  If the price were simply to borrow a '98 notebook for an
afternoon, I'd do it!


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