Post 1 made on Thursday April 17, 2003 at 08:30 |
automation-arts Founding Member |
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Can you network a two way satellite amongst a regualr house network of computers The satellite modem requires two cables directly to the modem and then it is sent to the computer via a usb cable... Any ideas or an success
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I know I can do this, I saw it on TV once.... |
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Post 2 made on Thursday April 17, 2003 at 09:34 |
davehk Long Time Member |
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Is this for IP (Internet) connectivity or for TV? If the former, connect the computers together with ETHERnet and then use Internet Connection Sharing on the computer that has the modem connected.
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Post 3 made on Thursday April 17, 2003 at 09:58 |
THXRick Long Time Member |
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What brand of Sat? Starband or Directway ? Need more info..
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Post 4 made on Thursday April 17, 2003 at 12:08 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
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Actually, the best way to set up a DirectPC type internet service for distribution is to use a dedicated DirectPC Server w/ a Proxy. This way, you can firewall the server as Internet Sharing has a lot of security holes in it. PC doesnt have to be anything spectacular, a 500Mhz Linux box works very well.
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Post 5 made on Monday April 21, 2003 at 11:31 |
suthngin Long Time Member |
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A bit more on Impaqt's suggestion
On the Server you will need to have 2 network cards. One that is plugged into your Internet Source and the other that plug into your hub or switch.
Enable the Internet Connection Sharing on the internet NIC.
The OS will give you a static addres of 192.168.0.1
Unless your using W2K Server then you will need to assign your computer configurations as follows.
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS: Get this from the machine on the net. Ip: 192.168.0.2 - 254
HTH
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Post 6 made on Monday April 21, 2003 at 14:05 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
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Actually, One network card will do the job as the DirectPC Satellite internet uses a USB conection to the computer
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