Casey Posted August 24, 2006 CID Share Posted August 24, 2006 We live in the sticks with poor (Direcway Satellite) connectivity. Our Netgear wireless router got sizzled by lightning and we have had no luck with the replacement Netgear Wirelesss Next product. Now I know it's because our bandwidth is poor (thank you, Testmy) so what should be use, "Steady Stream" technology being out of the question? Did I say, "HELP"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiberOptic Posted August 24, 2006 CID Share Posted August 24, 2006 welcome to the forum casey, post a speed test so we know what speed you ar ecurrently getting so we can work with that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted August 24, 2006 CID Share Posted August 24, 2006 Welcome to the forum Casey So your router got fried and what are you wanting exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 25, 2006 We're abandoning Direcway and signing up with WildBlue. Because of our isolation, I predict that their signal will also be weak. So what type/brand of wireless router do you recommend? The ones I know about are all preferably for DSL or Cable - I know of none that accomodate the unpredicitability of a weak Satellite signal. Thank you for your help. I just found this site as I researched my router problem. It is a fun place to explore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted August 25, 2006 CID Share Posted August 25, 2006 Casey have you read this: Achieve the Best Performance Out of Your Computer http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-4257 And have you tried to tweak your connection? Also what is your signal strength? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 We live in the sticks with poor (Direcway Satellite) connectivity. Our Netgear wireless router got sizzled by lightning and we have had no luck with the replacement Netgear Wirelesss Next product. Now I know it's because our bandwidth is poor (thank you, Testmy) so what should be use, "Steady Stream" technology being out of the question? Did I say, "HELP"? What do you mean "no luck" with the new router? Can you even use HughesNet right now? Are you sure your HughesNet modem wasn't 'sizzled' as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 And have you tried to tweak your connection? Tweaking won't do shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 Tweaking won't do shit. hay, watch the attitude. We live in the sticks with poor (Direcway Satellite) connectivity. Our Netgear wireless router got sizzled by lightning and we have had no luck with the replacement Netgear Wirelesss Next product. Now I know it's because our bandwidth is poor (thank you, Testmy) so what should be use, "Steady Stream" technology being out of the question? Did I say, "HELP"? any wireless router will work, you can get anything you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deven Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2663 Kbps about 2.66 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 325 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/08/26 - 7:27am Bottom Line:: 46X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.15 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 9.203 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 155.57 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6FQW743PY User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) [!] This is with a reading of 59 on hughesnet.(directway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2663 Kbps about 2.66 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 325 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/08/26 - 7:27am Bottom Line:: 46X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.15 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 9.203 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 155.57 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6FQW743PY User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) [!] This is with a reading of 59 on hughesnet.(directway) thats a really good speed for sat. good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deven Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 I owe it all to the wonderful people at this sight. Your dedication to helping peons like me is nothing short of phenomenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 Tweaking won't do shit. Boy did someone get out of bed on the wrong side this morning. Having puter problems Bird Fan? Guess I misunderstood the question Casey, I thought you were having problems with it working without the router also. Isn't yours the 4000 deven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted August 26, 2006 CID Share Posted August 26, 2006 Boy did someone get out of bed on the wrong side this morning. Having puter problems Bird Fan? Nah, I woke up fine. But it's pretty obvious this is more of a hardware problem rather than settings related. Even if his settings were off, I doubt he would have a "lousy" connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deven Posted August 28, 2006 CID Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yea tommie, still got the 4000. I was just showing my reading of 59, which is usually low for me and still have good speeds. Its not all roses ,I was cut off from 11pm til 6:30am and don't know why. All I got was antenna adjustment warnings, but when I checked it was excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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