Satellite/wireless router..why not?

[nymetfan]

I am new to the Starband arena, and have read that you cant hook up any hardware directly to the starband modem. Why is this? Different protocol?

Anyway, i wanted to hook up a wireless router to connect several machines and was curious if this was possible with starband, and if so, how would i do it if i cant add hardware to the modem?

thanks in advance and sorry for any repeat questions!

 

[joefeyer]

You don't add hardware to the modem. You add hardware by plugging it into the Ethernet port of the modem or you network switch/hub. If you use a combination wireless router/hub/access point (like from Siemens or 3COM), it can do it all for you. There is a web interface to plug the Starband numbers into and then the rest of the network can access the Internet.

One caveat - you still have to put in the proxy settings on your web browsers for all clients trying to access the system: It will be the IP address of the satellite modem and port 9877 for all protocols.

Then it should work pretty good. Starband doesnt' have much upstream speed, so a lot of users hitting it at the same time will have to wait if there is an email attachment being sent, but otherwise it will be fine.