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0rangeGal
Sophomore
8 years ago

How do I configure my PC so that I can start browsing???

Well, as the Subject line indicates, I am not able to get online!  I am told by HughesNet that all one needs to do is open up a browser window, type in any website, (ebay, for example) and presto, yo...
  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    8 years ago

    0rangeGal

     

    If you can connect to the System Control Center by clicking on www.systemcontrolcenter.com you are connected to Hughesnet and not your old ISP.  

     

    Conversely, you can do the same by entering 192.168.0.1 into the address bar and hit enter.  

     

    Either way, if you connect to the Hughesnet System Control Center, you are connecting through Hughesnet, not your old ISP.  Your old ISP can't connect to the System Control Center as it's inside the Hughesnet modem.  

     

     

0rangeGal's avatar
0rangeGal
Sophomore

We're connected via ethernet cable directly to the HughesNet modem/gateway. 

As I said, I was just confused about how my desktop icon (see my earlier jpg) worked.  But apparently, as the Hughes tech said to us, the ethernet cable will get the internet transmission from whatever modem it's connect to; and it (the ethernet cable) will ignore any ISP usernames/passwords that may be attached to it.

In any case, we're online and that's what we were after.  If we run into problems in a few months (after our other ISP runs out) we'll figure it out then.

Thanks!

 

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

0rangeGal

 

If you can connect to the System Control Center by clicking on www.systemcontrolcenter.com you are connected to Hughesnet and not your old ISP.  

 

Conversely, you can do the same by entering 192.168.0.1 into the address bar and hit enter.  

 

Either way, if you connect to the Hughesnet System Control Center, you are connecting through Hughesnet, not your old ISP.  Your old ISP can't connect to the System Control Center as it's inside the Hughesnet modem.