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| Thread ID: 35131 | 2003-07-03 01:36:00 | Ultra satelite service-opinions | krafty (3711) | Press F1 |
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| 157140 | 2003-07-04 13:19:00 | >what part of the country are you in, roughly? Bay Of Plenty Bit Error Rate is 0 No sign of the driver mentioned in settings box |
krafty (3711) | ||
| 157141 | 2003-07-05 03:49:00 | try this (support.microsoft.com) word of caution however, disable or uninstall any firewalls and disable any email antivirus otherwise those products will throw a huge hissy fit when you reset the tcp/ip. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 157142 | 2003-07-05 06:53:00 | You should have no problems with your connection. Setup under XP is a question of just plugging it in. I assume you have the DTP card. The Garnet card is a bit of a problem although it can be massaged to work. The main problem is orientating the dish properly. Only a couple of degrees off and poor performance. If you have the Skymedia card, then indeed the bit error rate (BER) should be zero and there should be four smiling faces. I get download speeds of well over 500kb on occasion, of course it depends on what the web site you are contacting can shovel out. Some are just plain overloaded or just plain dogs. Regarding TCP/IP you shouldn't touch this. Your IP addresses, etc., don't need changing. There are several web sites that are set up for DSL networks, but I have yet to find one purely for the type of satellite that Ihug offers, i.e. the mix of modem up and satellite down. I have played with my receive window and other settings with results ranging from stuff up to zero improvement. As for the help desk there are multiple options. Ringing in will give you the first teir. In general they may or may not be useful/helpful. Most professionals will insist on the second teir who know a bit. I am told there is even a third teir for the real tricky stuff that might affect someone paying mega$ for their connection. As for getting service - I suggest you go for a holiday. Recently a howling gail moved my connection. I had to fix it myself. The time before that there was a mix of LNB and movement. It took six weeks for them to authorise the tecty to come and then I had to threaten legal action to get a rebate for lost time. I was not interested in the remark that I could still use a modem in both directions. In general, when it works (95%) of the time it's great. Crunn |
Crunn (1068) | ||
| 157143 | 2003-07-05 10:47:00 | >You should have no problems with your connection lol he wouldn't be writing here if it was working! (sorry my sence of humor ;-) ) >Setup under XP is a question of just plugging it in and installing drivers, upgrading firmware, setting up settings............etc >Regarding TCP/IP you shouldn't touch this except for when it don't work! the fake ip addy helps boot up time. XP handles tcp/ip automaticly hence no need for the rwin patches. > Recently a howling gail moved my connection it shouldn't move, at all. the dishes are almost impossible to line up by hand without meters. one thing to check however is some of the poles used suffer from "pole twist" (very loose term). the pole twists on the bottom single through bolt. a simple change from single to dual bolts fixes this problem. :) |
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