[Shenlug] No, we don't do Linux. --Signed, Every available satellite service

[Harvey Ussery]

Miles,

Thanks for your encouragement. Ultimately, my interest in getting a 
better grip on TCP/IP goes beyond the need to get a satellite modem 
configured. More about that in other posts. (Comments interspersed below.)

Miles D. Oliver wrote:
> 
>   Harvey,

>  You don't need to be a TCP/IP whiz, you only need to know the answer to 
> a few simple questions.
> 
>  How do you get your address assigned to you Static or DHCP?

DHCP.

> 
>  If static you need to know:
> 
>   IP address
>   Subnet Mask
>   Default Gateway
>   Nameserver (DNS) information
>   How to access to the admin interface of your router
>   How to set your router to handle a static address and enter the info.
> 
>  If DHCP you need to know how to setup your device to handle DHCP from the
>  the Admin interface.
> 
>  Most likely DHCP is already defined on the WAN interface and you just 
> have to plug it in.

Yes, that seems to be the case. My wife's box and mine connect 
wirelessly to an Airport router inherited from the days when we both 
used Mac's. (We recently bought 2 PC's instead.) I originally config'd 
the router using a Mac GUI tool. I do remember that it was set up DHCP. 
When we started wi the PC's (Ubuntu 6.06 both), each system found the 
router and started connecting on its own, out of the box. Other than 
using the GUI in Gnome (Administration>Networking), which shows me that 
config is via DHCP but not much more of use, I'm having trouble getting 
into networking config via the command line.



> 
>  You'll get an address from the service, it will be Internet routable, 
> that will be applied to the WAN connection of your router coming from 
> the Satellite box, and on the inside network connection you will have a 
> non-routeable
> address, possibly in the 192.168.1.x range (your LAN connection).  Through
> the magic of NAT (Network Address Translation) you can have all those boxes
> behind the router (I currently have 14 of them in home network) using 
> that Internet routable address and sharing that connection without 
> issue, except
> for my ISP that is run by a bunch of idiots, but that is another story.

All this sounds like exactly what's actually config'd in our system. 
Though I'm having trouble getting a handle on the actual profiles of our 
little LAN. More of that in another post.

> 
>  So when the service comes. Gather the info and we'll surely talk you 
> through it and you will get it up and running and will enjoy the 
> personal satisfaction of knowing YOU DID IT, with a little help, and you 
> will learn along the way and you will be enriched by the experience.
> 
>  We'll hold your hand if you need it but I doubt seriously that you will 
> need much.
> 
>  Tell us the router device you are currently using with the dialup for 
> the WAN connection and we can give you even more info to help the process.

As said, Apple's proprietary router Airport, working w/out issue for our 
Net connections since it uses the same protocol--802.11, something like 
that? [What would I grep for in a dmesg to get more info re the Airport 
router?]

~Harvey

PS: I heard back from the installer for WildBlue after he checked with 
his "computer guy," who not only confirmed most of what you and Ricky 
have said about the connection issue, but apparently has some 
acquaintance w Ubuntu.