Posted by Zoyburg on 01/10/81 11:26

Richard Sloan wrote:
> We have a IP STB for terrestrial use and want to add a satellite receiver to
> it.
>
> We want to send IP over a satellite link, down to a STB that has a Windows
> Media decoder in it.... firstly can you do this over a one way system, that
> is to say you download information basically off an IP network but you have
> no path for the system to communicate back over, I would say no as TCP/IP
> needs to know the packets got there, and in this system we would be only one
> direction.
>
> Also is there another way to get data to the set top box? other the the DVB
> route? We have a lot at our disposal here but do not know what to use.
>
> Thanks!

A TCP/IP link does need 2-way communication. A one-way satellite link is often
used in conjunction with a modem link for the return path. Or you could set
up a two-way satellite link with the appropriate service provider.

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