I believe that the proxy server is eliminated when you have a static
address, but are their any advantages/disadvantages from this in the way
of speed or throughput? I'm looking for a good reason to switch from a
NAT address to a static. Any advice here will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Rick

Rick <anonymous> wrote:

>I believe that the proxy server is eliminated when you have a static
>address, but are their any advantages/disadvantages from this in the way
>of speed or throughput? I'm looking for a good reason to switch from a
>NAT address to a static. Any advice here will be appreciated.

The proxy is not eliminated, or in any way changed, with a static IP.
No speeds change, or other service advantages. The one and only reason
for a Static IP account is that it is public-routed, while the NAT
accounts are not (even though the modem on NAT accounts actually have
a static IP).

If you do not run any servers, do not use a VPN that is improved by
public routing, or similar, there is nothing about static that will
matter.

I have a static IP only because it came standard with my business
account. I use it sometimes for test purposes (open it up to a server
for one reason or another) but normally I just run NAT. The Static IP
accounts also come with full NAT automatically - you have to manually
configure to use the static IP.

Note that any account change may involve a gateway change, which may
possibly produce faster or slower speeds; that's the normal crap-shoot
when making changes to a Hughes account.

--
Don Bradner
donb (not don) at arcatapet.com
Posting today by Satellite from
Dunnigan, California

Rick wrote:
> Speaking of VPN, I use the Prosafe soft VPN client to access the company
> server with my laptop. When I'm on the road it works fine with most wifi
> spots. But has never worked from my home with Hughesnet. The IT guy at
> work said that Prosafe was probably not compatible with satellite
> systems. He guessed my problem was because of latency and/or
> acceleration protocols, but said I could try a static IP and see if it
> would help. This is why I asked if there were any advantages. I was
> trying to decide if I should get a static IP.

Just to add a bit to what both Don and your IT guy have already said.
If you do wish to experiment with a static IP, before you shell out any $$$
ask your IT guy if the Prosafe VPN server allows the client/server timeout
latency to be adjusted. IIRC we once had a poster here who was able to get a
Microsoft Exchange client working via static IP when her IT person upped
the latency the server allowed for client communication. Depending upon the
modem you're using your latency will vary a bit. But I'd say if the server can
allow for ~800ms of latency you should be fine.

AFAIK (Don can correct me here) the only acceleration protocol run under
Hughesnet is for web surfing and works fairly exclusively on Port 80, but
pretty much leaves the other ports alone.

Here's a link to an old but relevant discussion of this issue posted here
awhile ago:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.s...882d40fbd2227b

Dave