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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: Jeffrey Fauver on June 16, 2002, 03:51:24 AM

Title: Satellite on SME Server
Post by: Jeffrey Fauver on June 16, 2002, 03:51:24 AM

I posted this earlier, but forgot to include a topic. :o)

  I use a Direcway 2-way satellite system for our Internet connection. Problem is that the drivers are Windows drivers. This causes me to have to "waiste" a perfectly good machine, using it as a dedicated box simply to keep the satellite alive. Then I use Internet Connection Sharing in order to pass the Net along to the SME server. From there the server passes it out to the LAN. This makes for a problematic setup for the server.
  Does anyone have an idea/suggestion that might help me to get both the satellite and SME server into one box? Anything would be better than this!
Thank you.
Jeffrey

Title: Re: Satellite on SME Server
Post by: Mark S on June 16, 2002, 11:06:21 AM

You may want to send and email to the Direcway 2-way satellite system manufacture requesting a Linux driver.

Mark

Title: Re: Satellite on SME Server
Post by: Jeffrey Fauver on June 17, 2002, 02:40:00 PM

I thought of that long before I posted to this news group... no such drivers for Linux.
Thanks anyway!
 Jeffrey

Title: Re: Satellite on SME Server
Post by: jose velez on June 18, 2002, 10:19:38 PM

A driver exist but is sold inside a box www.helius.com and the price is $ 1995.00.  Is Caldera based (they are from Utah) and the box will perform most of SME (less Samba).  The product was annouced on June 11,2002.