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Gen5 Upgrade..
wildcats198308 wrote:I see posts in different threads about going to www.systemcontrolcenter.com .... Nothing loads for me on my Gen5 system. I get a The connection has timed out message. I can load 192.168.0.1 with no problem. Why wont it load going to the web address as well? Any other Gen5 users have this issue as well?
Are you using a public DNS server, like Google's or someone else's? Doing so can cause that. I use Google's and it does that for me, too. I have to use 192.168.0.1.
GabeU wrote:
Are you using a public DNS server, like Google's or someone else's? Doing so can cause that. I use Google's and it does that for me, too. I have to use 192.168.0.1.
I use Firefox mostly. But I havent tried any other browsers. I just tried Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, and Edge. None of them will open it using www.systemcontrolcenter.com. I believe with my Spaceway HN9000 modem I was able to open it that way, but I was always used to typing 192.168.0.1 so always used that. It sounds like with Gen5 it does not accept www.systemcontrolcenter.com ??
Not the browser you use, but the DNS settings for your computer's network adapter. Some people change their DNS settings from the default setting of obtaining the DNS server address automatically, which ends up using Hughesnet's DNS server, to manually setting it to Google's or someone else's.
If you didn't manually change your DNS settings in your adapter, then it's probably using Hughesnet's, and if it is, I don't know why using the www.systemcontrolcenter.com address won't work for you. I'm sure the more adept people like Corrosive, BirdDog and Gwalk may have an idea as to why using that URL for the System Control Center isn't working.
But, with that said, at least you can still get to the SCC using its IP address.
No I did not change anything. Everything is what ever it was set automatically. If its something that needs changed to be able to use the web address, Why do they advise people to go to www.systemcontrolcenter.com just going to cause more confusion with the basic person. I know what is meant if someone says system control center so I know where to go (I know both methods are listed in posts)
They use the www.systemcontrolcenter.com address because that's the main address to go to. It works for most people, and if it's not working that suggests that something is altered with the setup. What exactly can cause that problem, other than what I mentioned, I don't know. I'm sure there are other things, but I don't know enough about them to know what to suggest.
And along with the fact that it works for most people, the general public knows what an address like that is and what they are supposed to do with it, but if Hughesnet listed an IP address as the location of the SCC, many people wouldn't know what to do with it. They'd be clueless as to how they are supposed to use a bunch of numbers and dots to get anywhere.
Again, the fact that the www address doesn't get you to the SCC suggests something is different with the set up that would enable you to utilize that. It doesn't mean it's a problem, per se, but only that whatever is going on stops your broswer from being able to utilize that address for the SCC. It shouldn't be affecting anything else.
Like I said, I know the reason that I can't personally use it is because of me using Google's DNS servers, so I just use the IP address. Why you can't use it I don't know.
