Subject: Re: Hughes DAK PCI Satellite Receiver
To: AnorEXia <anorexia@telkom.net>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/18/2000 10:31:24
Thanks, got it...

will download the sources and see whats required...

cheerio Berndt

AnorEXia wrote
> Hum, yes the link is ftp://ftp.ihug.co.nz/pub/satnet/linux but in fact
> that should be ftp://ftp.ihug.com.au/pub/satnet/linux. Try it out.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
> To: AnorEXia <anorexia@telkom.net>
> Cc: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>; <port-i386@netbsd.org>;
> <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: Hughes DAK PCI Satellite Receiver
> 
> 
> Aparently, there is an experimental driver available for linux on
> 
> http://www.ihug.com.au/satnet/drivers/linux.html
> 
> which has a link to
> 
> ftp://ftp.ihug.co.nz/pub/satnet/linux
> 
> For some reason, it is not accessable from here... I suspect that this
> site doesn't allow any anonymous connections from outside New Zealand.
> 
> Perhaps someone else could give it a try... anyone with an account in
> NZ who has time to look it up and if it isn't too big, upload it to
> 
> ftp://ftp.ping.net.au/pub/incoming
> 
> I've also sent a privat email to Hughes requesting technical
> information on
> this product.
> 
> cheerio Berndt
> 
> AnorEXia wrote
> > If someone in the project gets this device and specs, yes I think it
> > would be supported. Is this device supported in any Open Source
> > system?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
> > To: <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>; <port-i386@netbsd.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 5:28 AM
> > Subject: Hughes DAK PCI Satellite Receiver
> >
> >
> > G'day,
> >
> > has anyone looked into writing a driver for the Hughes DAK PCI
> > Satellite Receiver card? This card supports 400kb download bandwidth
> > via satellite and being located in a semi-rural area, this is
> possibly
> > the best and only way of improving bandwidth here...
> >
> > cheerio Berndt
> > --
> > Name    : Berndt Josef Wulf            | +++ With BSD on Packet
> Radio
> > +++
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> wampes
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Name    : Berndt Josef Wulf            | +++ With BSD on Packet Radio
> +++
> E-Mail  : wulf@ping.net.au             |    tfkiss, tnt, dpbox, wampes
> ICQ     : 18196098                     |  VK5ABN, Nairne, South
> Australia
> URL     : http://www.ping.net.au/~wulf | MBOX :
> vk5abn@vk5abn.#lmr.#sa.au.oc
> Sysinfo : DEC AXPpci33+, NetBSD-1.4.2  | BBS  : vk5abn.#lmr.#sa.aus.oc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Name    : Berndt Josef Wulf            | +++ With BSD on Packet Radio +++
E-Mail  : wulf@ping.net.au             |    tfkiss, tnt, dpbox, wampes
ICQ     : 18196098                     |  VK5ABN, Nairne, South Australia 
URL     : http://www.ping.net.au/~wulf | MBOX : vk5abn@vk5abn.#lmr.#sa.au.oc
Sysinfo : DEC AXPpci33+, NetBSD-1.4.2  | BBS  : vk5abn.#lmr.#sa.aus.oc