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MrBuster's avatar
MrBuster
Senior
7 years ago

Can there be an option added to the HughesNet Speedtest?

An option to just run from the gateway would be nice.  For example, instead of sending data to/from Chicago or Dallas, have an option to just go to/from the gateway for the test.   Kind of a comple...
MarkJFine's avatar
MarkJFine
Professor
7 years ago

Pretty sure the speed test that's here already is that.

  • MrBuster's avatar
    MrBuster
    Senior
    7 years ago

    I thought so too, but recently it seems to have changed? 

     

    With the Ookla speedtest acting up since the start of the year, I was trying the HughesNet test some more because I thought it was just going to the gateway and back, but there now seems to be a 'server selected', which is auto-selected....

     

    Is this new?  I don't remember it, but I may not have noticed it.  It would be nice to have an option.

     

    • MarkJFine's avatar
      MarkJFine
      Professor
      7 years ago

      Lol... New to me.

    • GabeU's avatar
      GabeU
      Distinguished Professor IV
      7 years ago

      MrBuster 

       

      If I remember correctly, it's been selecting a server for some time.  I remember when I was trying it out over the summer, just for some result comparisons, and it would sometimes choose that same server, which I thought was a little odd, considering it's nowhere near my gateway.  Still, I don't know how they're chosen.  I don't know how long it's been that way, though.