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Data Usage
Yes I do have it connected to my satelite TV and yes we occasionally watch OnDemand movies. But at the times my data usage shows to be the highest. As I stated I lived on 15gb with 2 teenagers. I should never be anywhere near 50gb in a month with just my husband and I. I will try the disconnect tonight and post info tomorrow. Thanks for helping.
With regard to the satellite TV receiver, if it's a DirecTV receiver, they can use a LOT of data, and for things other than On Demand, including guide and search updates and program descriptions. And though I've never been able to prove this, I believe it can also use data to download those movies occasionally seen in the guide that can be instantly watched. . People have seen their data wiped out by their DTV receivers. And when they're off, they're not off, but in standby, still connected.
Connecting a DirecTV receiver to HughesNet is normally advised against for this reason.
Not sure about usage with Dish Network's receivers.
We are having the same problem with GBs disappearing and we have Directv. How would you know if Directv and the computers are "connected" in anyway? I apologize for being computer illiterate, but I'm elderly and just don't understant all the lingo. December 17th we lost 7.5 GBs for no apparent reason. We were on a 12 GB plan and generally ran out of time near the end of the month. Upgraded to 30 GB plan and now run out of time mid-month. There have been no changes in users or equipment. Can you help us?
With regard to a DirecTV receiver being connected, someone would have had to actively connect it (it can't auto connect on its own), whether by the tech when the service was installed or by you or someone else in your home at a later time. A DirecTV receiver can only connect to your HughesNet service via ethernet cable to your HughesNet modem, via WiFi to your HT2000W HughesNet modem, or via WiFi to a 3rd party WiFi router connected to your HughesNet modem (only the HT2000W modem has built in WiFi). It can't connect through one of your computers.
With that said, if you're not sure whether it was connected by someone or not, you can look at "Currently Connected Devices" and "Currently Disconnected Devices" on the following page... http://192.168.0.1/limited.html#!/general/conn_dev_info
You can also look at what's currently connected by going to the System Control Center, clicking on "WiFi Settings" on the left, and entering admin for the password (or whatever you've changed it to if you have), and once you're in the WiFi page click on "Devices" in the "Status" box on the lower right. There you'll see what's connected.
The following two threads may help with the high data usage...
