The issue is the "fair use policy", which means they meter you after you hit a certain bandwidth and it will slow to a trickle unless you pay big bucks. I am a certified HughesNet installer, and had a direcway system because they didn't offer dsl or anything else when I first built this house. I now have DSL. I like satellite for remote systems and emergency systems, but not for heavy usage.
John Harvey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:33 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Fail safe Internet using DSL and Dialup If i'm not mistaken, satellite is only for the down traffic, the up traffic still goes through a phone line. ----- Original Message ----- From: Leland Jackson <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [NF] Fail safe Internet using DSL and Dialup The below web page states: #--------------------------- As long as you have a clear view of the southern sky where the provider can stick the small satellite, and you have a PC or Mac, you can access the internet. http://satellite-internet-review.toptenreviews.com/ #--------------------------- Anyway, satellite internet is expensive and doesn't provide much more bandwidth than an analog modem, so it's probably only good where DSL or Cable are not available. A router with two WAN Ethernet ports might work. You might need a cable with an RJ45 connection at one end to connect into the router and a com connection on the other end to connect to the dialup modem. I'm not sure how you would talk to the modem when its connected to the router, (eg to initialize it and call the ISP, but this could be explored. There is software in Linux that allows talking to a modem connected to a com port, but doing this through the router might be a problem. I think some dual WAN port routers only allow only one WAN port to be open at a time. LOL http://www.nagios.org/about/propaganda/distros Regards, Leland J On 05/23/2012 03:57 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > Satellite has issues with heavy rain, wind or snow. > > Here's a network 56k modem that might work. You might have to teach > the users to manually connect, though > > http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=10249537&sellerid=18830977 > > > > ________________________________ > From: Leland Jackson<[email protected]> > To: ProFox Email List<[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [NF] Fail safe Internet using DSL and Dialup > > What about satellite internet? It might be reliable enough that you > wouldn't need a dialup fallback. > > You could use Nagios to monitor services and have it notify you if > anything goes down. > > http://www.nagios.org/ > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > On 05/23/2012 03:30 PM, Joe Yoder wrote: >> Excellent! I should be able to figure the configuration out from that! >> >> Would you care to share or point to an example Python script? >> >> Thanks - Joe >> >> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:20 PM, Paul McNett wrote: >>> Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:20:33 -0700 >>> From: Paul McNett >>> To: [email protected] >>> cc: >>> Subject: Re: [NF] Fail safe Internet using DSL and Dialup >>> >>> The linux box I was talking about *was* the gateway, and had a >>> static IP address of 10.0.0.1. The box had two network interfaces, >>> eth0 with a dhcp-assigned address by the cable ISP, and ppp0 with a >>> dhcp-assigned address by the dialup ISP. So client computers didn't >>> need to change anything with their addresses, gateway, or routing tables. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> On 5/23/12 1:15 PM, Joe Yoder wrote: >>>> Paul, >>>> >>>> In my case I would not want the dialup to be active unless the DSL >>>> was down as the Dialup modem will be connected to the fax line. In >>>> my current configuration when I manually switch between DSL and >>>> EVDO routers, I switch the IP addresses so that the active device >>>> is always at the same address. This allows the connected machines >>>> to access the gateway without needing to hit the DHCP server. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:37 PM, Paul McNett wrote: >>>>> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 13:37:31 -0700 >>>>> From: Paul McNett >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> cc: >>>>> Subject: Re: [NF] Fail safe Internet using DSL and Dialup >>>>> >>>>> On 5/22/12 1:13 PM, Joe Yoder wrote: >>>>>> I have been looking for a modem that connects to the Internet via DSL as long as that service is up but then automatically switches to Dialup if the DSL is down. I have had no luck finding that functionality in one box. If someone knows of such a device I am all ears! >>>>> I did this about 8 years ago using a Linux box and a python >>>>> script. It kept both the high-speed and dialup links live as much >>>>> as possible but when it detected a problem with the high-speed, it reset the priority of the dialup link in the routing table. >>>>> >>>>> Paul [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
