Question about satellite internet and regular internet

[ThanksInAdvance]

I recently found out when it's cloudy out my satellite pretty much quits working so I was wondering if I could still use regular internet on this computer or will it not work now with the satellite settings?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Depending on how the satellite connection is setup, you might have to reconfigure.

 

[ThanksInAdvance]

What information would you need in order to be able to tell me if I can or not? I got a couple free months on aol so figured I would use them when I can't use this.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: ThanksInAdvance
What information would you need in order to be able to tell me if I can or not? I got a couple free months on aol so figured I would use them when I can't use this.

AOL is a different animal. There is a chance installing AOL will do something funky with the system, but I can't tell you for sure. It may just work out of the box.

 

[ThanksInAdvance]

I guess i'll find out in the morning since it won't let me download it right now.

 

[ktwebb]

What is regular internet? Are you asking if you could stilll use dialup? Your satellite will use your ethernet NIC or usb interface IF your using bi-directional satellite. If your still using your dialup to upload then using aol or any other dialup service will create a completely seperate dialup account. There would be nothing to configure. HOWEVER, as mentioned, installing AOL on any machine is a dice roll if you have other networking or dialup connectivity being used or setup so AOL is an "at your own risk" equation.