sticks Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 how do i know what kind of dish i have (size_ does this affect speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlh24 Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 All that I can contribute is that I have read that size does effect speed. I have the standard home dish. Mine is grey. I know there are bigger ones, but I can not say with any accuracy antything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMan Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 The smaller your dish is the faster and more reliable connection u wil get, I know its hard to believe but its true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 i dont think i agree with you DaveMan... do you have some proof of that? bigger size would most likely increase your signal strength and keep it higher even during storms... which i suppose could increase your speed some... or at least prevent it from decreasing as much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 I would also have to say since a home account is a .74m and the more expensive account gets a .98m...... bigger must be better. Would also seem to think a .98m would get better signal and hold a higher signal in inclement weather better than a smaller dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presleyhome Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 Could not have said that better. Bigger dish equals more consistent signal. Really helps with weather and sun related variants. Does not necessarily give you better speed unless you have very poor reception now, and have re-transmits and receive locking errors. If your operation is steady now, you won't see higher speed, just better reliability. Jim P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMan Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 i dont think i agree with you DaveMan... do you have some proof of that? bigger size would most likely increase your signal strength and keep it higher even during storms... which i suppose could increase your speed some... or at least prevent it from decreasing as much... I said that because my freind used to have sattilite internet and from experience he has switched dishes, and when he got a smaller dish his speeds increased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 maybe the smaller dish was better quality or pointed better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 Is there a special way to measure it? I know that the direcpc dish is way bigger than my hd dish for satilite T.V. and that sucker is pretty big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 do you have a DW6000 or DW4000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 oh sorry dw6000 i didnt know that the 4000 and 6000 had differnt dishes? Thats why i love this place alway something new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 they dont have different dishes... go to http://192.168.0.1 and click on the system status link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlh24 Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 What tells me the size of my dish on that page php? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 nothing, it tells you your signal strength... you would have to measure your dish to find out how big it is... if you do that, you might want to unplug your modem first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlh24 Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 What are the different sizes of direcway dishes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 20, 2005 CID Share Posted April 20, 2005 .74M and .98M (i think...) .74M is the standard consumer dish size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 21, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 so if 3 feet is about 1 meter and my dish is a liitle bigger than 3 feet then i have a .98 meter dish? I dont have a bussiness account so i guess thats good. Never lost signal in west texas wind or in rain either. I remember the guy that put out my dish up saying i had a better dish than his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 so if 3 feet is about 1 meter and my dish is a liitle bigger than 3 feet then i have a .98 meter dish? I dont have a bussiness account so i guess thats good. Never lost signal in west texas wind or in rain either. I remember the guy that put out my dish up saying i had a better dish than his. But it still isn't any faster is it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 21, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 no i never said it was was just curious on the dish. always constant speeds Connection is:: 995 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 121 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Thu Apr 21 00:54:26 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.46 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 27.56 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H06OXEMYV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted April 21, 2005 CID Share Posted April 21, 2005 Hey all: I don't know this or I wouldn't ask what about a big dish like a 10 foot dish? I know some people still use these for TV .How would they work for a satellite connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 23, 2005 CID Share Posted April 23, 2005 probably pretty good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 Hey all: I don't know this or I wouldn't ask what about a big dish like a 10 foot dish? I know some people still use these for TV .How would they work for a satellite connection? I should imagine it would work pretty well, but you would have a hard time lineing the sucker up I would think? most of them dishes have the LNB in the center of the dish, most smaller ones these days are ofset to the dish to get more gain in the center I beleive, so the azimuth would change right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 I don't know but the large type of dish has electronic adjustment to align the signal.I think the smaller ones are stationary once adjusted if they a like the small ones for TV.I am just trying to learn something about the satellite internet connection dishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 cholla ...do us all a favor....and don't try to learn about sat.......cause the more you know the less you like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted April 24, 2005 CID Share Posted April 24, 2005 cholla ...do us all a favor....and don't try to learn about sat.......cause the more you know the less you like.... I get your point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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