When I speak of wireless, I mean external to your LAN. In particular, a Satellite based solution. There is just too much distance involved to keep latency low. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Kochie" <ben at nerp.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22042] DirecPC > the latency is high, atleast with current directPC stuff, wireless > connectsions themselvs arn't bad.. i run 802.11 stuff at work, and i get > about 2.5-3ms latency across the links. (DSSS 11mb breezecom) > but i'll agree, right now.. DirectPC is not that great.. tho i have heard > that there is a service that provides usenet feeds over satelite, which is > just download constant. > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] > | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] > | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] > | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > Only requires a 28.8 modem for upload. 56K modems only increase download > > speed, upload is still maximum of 33.6 and in practice that is a 28.8 > > upload. > > > > Also, I would avoid wireless Internet for your PC at all costs. The latency > > must be horrible. I have heard that it is as much as one second. Think > > about it, these satellites are in a high geo-stationary orbit above the > > equator. A photon can circle the planet 7 times in a second. Assuming a > > packet is going to traverse at least the equivalent of once concentric orbit > > (a broad assumption) and all the electronics in between, I don't see how you > > could get anything less than 500 ms anyway. > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian" <lxy at antares.cloudnet.com> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:25 AM > > Subject: [TCLUG:22042] DirecPC > > > > > > > Does anyone know anything about DirecPC? Currently, it's a 400K download > > > dish, but requires a 56K connection for upload. I've heard rumors that > > > they've got bidirectional dishes working, and in as little as 2 months > > > should have something rolled out for the consumer. I'm holding off on > > > getting my cable modem installed because I'd rather have the portability > > > of a 2-way dish over cable or DSL any day. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org