I have been doing that for about three years now.  I run a wirless ISP. 
Blows DSL and Sat right out the waves.

Subscribe to the isp-wireless mailing list.  You'll find all sorts of
good help.

I would recommend FH for roaming but thats my opinion.  DS will go 10Meg
were FH is about 1.9Meg, but FH is more stable.  So there are trade offs
in the technlogy.  I can generally roam around town with my laptop and
be on the internet in about 17miles of the access point.

Brett Charbeneau wrote:
> 
>         I've got a project on my plate that will involve taking two
> Inmarsat M4 satellite telephones, MUX-ing them together, and using the
> resulting 128KBps connection as a gateway for four laptop computers.
>         (It's a literacy program and the idea is to have a portable 128K
> connection for four laptops which can be taken anywhere in our community.)
>         Money isn't an issue as Verizon has graciously supported the idea.
>         The problem seems to be how to interface the M4 units with a
> gateway server (either through PCMCIA or 9-pin serial port) and then pipe
> this combined connection into a hub so the other laptops can play.
>         My vendor is all hot to get me going with a WIN98-based machine
> which will combine the two 64K signals into one, but when it comes to
> piping this into an Ethernet connection he backs right off.
>         Has ANYONE heard of such a project using Linux?
>         Or even something remotely related?
>         MANY thanks in advance to anyone who can offer some leads...
> 
> Brett Charbeneau, Network Administrator         Tel: 757-259-7750
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