DirecWay Satellite Configurations and LAN Configurations?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 14, 2003 @03:33PM from the working-around-platform-limiting-software dept.

Need for Speed asks: "I just moved to the boonies and I'm looking into DirecWay from Hughes. I'm too far from my CO for ADSL and IDSL is too expensive. DirecWay requires their modem to be connected to the USB port and their software to be installed on the client. Multiple connections can be supported by enabling ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) in Windows on that client. I then can connect a router/etc to the ethernet card on that client. I don't want to sacrifice my Linux box to do this. A direct connection from the DirecWay modem to my Wi-Fi router would be nice, but it doesn't seem to be an option here. Has anyone successfully configured DirecWay without installing the DirecWay software and connecting the DirecWay modem directly to your computer?"

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Nope by missing000 · 2003-01-14 17:03 · Score: 1, Redundant

From the readme:

2-Way/DirecWay

I only have the 1-way service (In Australia, Bigpond charge rediculous
amounts for 2-way ($450/month as opposed to $80/month for 1-way)
The code is in place as a best guess for a 2-way service,
but there are a few things that must be done before it can work.
These include Tune the transmitter, add packet headers to the
packet before sending to the satmodem, and set dpc->flags |= DPC_2WAY
Again let me know if you implement this and I will link to / include your work.