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Gen5 Upgrade..
I have decided to upgrade to Gen5. I have some questions that I want to be addressed before the install. I currently have an HN9000 model which uses 2 cables from the dish to modem. I had my in...
That is how mine is as well. When first opening Browser and going to a site it is takes a little while for it to load, or loading a new site on an additional tab.
Thats good to know that the lower signal is better with the Gen5 system.
With just having Gen5 for about 6 hours and the little that I have been doing and testing everything I find it to be fantastic as well. :smileyhappy: I am not a fan of the WiFi though. I dont know how the distance is with it, but I do not think I will be using it unless they add some much needed features. I have Gargoyle-Router firmware installed on a Western Digital MyNet N750 dual ban router. There is a Quota usage feature in Gargoyle, so I can set all my devices to a certain Download limit and then Throttle or Shut Down all Internet Access for the device once the limit is reached. I have found it to work great with the 375 daily limit I had with my Spaceway System. With 2 children under 16 in the house the Quota Limits are much needed! I have my WD Router hanging on wall so its pretty much out of the way. I was just thinking about putting a small shelf on the wall to sit the HT2000 on it to get it up off the desk and out of the way. Plus I dont like all the holes that are on the top. The holes are pretty BIG!
Bringing up the Modem, what I researched I was thinking it would be MUCH larger than it is. I was thinking it would be a few inches taller and wider. But it is a decent size, but weird with all the big openings and how its shaped.
wildcats198308 wrote:With 2 children under 16 in the house the Quota Limits are much needed!
No doubt! :)
The Wi-Fi is pretty basic, no doubt. No frills. I think, though, for a lot of people basic is good. Many don't know much about computers (after fifteen years my folks still wouldn't know how to get to a web site if you gave them the URL), and more options means more confusion for them. I only use one computer at a time, and it's only me, so the built in Wi-Fi is great.
But, of course, one can still use their own router, so that's good, too. My Netgear router works perfectly with the modem, but it doesn't really do anything more than the built in Wi-Fi, and having one less component sitting there is nice for me.
How are your speeds?
Yeah, Basic is best for most people. If it wasnt for my niece and nephew I would possibly give the built in WiFi a try. But then again I have multiple devices and tablets and the Kindle Fire tablets I have like to do random system updates with out warning and you cant turn off auto update for the system updates.
Some of the speed tests that I ran were quite slow. I was tested and ran tests on different connections. Started with my WD Router and it was extremely slow. Did tests with the built in WiFi and direct. I have to say I did get a bit speed test happy LOL.... Some of the tests I ran on testmy.net kept going up to higher data usage. I didnt really do much except speed tests and test a few websites and played a game for about 20 mins and my usage meter showed I used 500 MB in about 2 hours... I was glad to see my usage was reset.
With Gen5, it's best to use the 25MB file for downloads and the 4MB file for uploads. The 25MB file has forwarding disabled, so it won't resize to anything larger.
I see a couple of nice speeds, including one that was in the high 50s. Very nice.
Maybe someone will have some ideas for you on how to get the speeds up when using Wi-Fi. Maybe you could try the different bands (2.4Mhz and 5Mhz) to see if one gives a better result than the other.
Being that you came from a legacy plan you are probably gettiing the daily data resets. Lucky bugger! But, just to be safe, I wouldn't go hog wild today. Wait until tomorrow, when you know for sure it's resetting, then go hog wild. :)
I couldnt remember what was recommened to run tests on I thought I seen someone say 12 so thats what I was using for most and as you could tell the one jumped up to 73.4 MB. I think the 50 was directly connected to the modem. I have tested 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz connections with my WD Router. The last test I ran was with my laptop using the 5G connection on the WD Router (20.59 Mbps)
It is not a daily reset.. ( GabeU I guess you were on the 20 day reset) I have noticed my usage was reset 3 or 4 times already in 7 hours. Yea I am going to wait and make sure it keeps resetting at least tomorrow as well. Then I will do more if it does. I might even let the kids have full access for a while ... or is that too much LMAO..
GabeU Your Gen5 was on the 20 day reset correct? After the 20 days did your month restart or did you have the remainder of the month to use your plan data? My account shows Allowance Resets in 29 days.
On the HN9000 system there was a Troubleshooting option in the System Control Center. I dont see a Troubleshooting for Gen5. Is there anyway to test if there is a problem and then reset the connection. I also do not see anywhere to Restart the modem. Is the only way to restart by unplugging the power?
No. I didn't have the resets. Those coming from Gen4 (not sure about the faux Gen4) don't get the daily resets when upgrading to Gen5.
If I remember correctly, when I upgraded from my legacy plan to Gen4 and got the 20 days of daily resets, my account showed the proper allowance reset date, but I was still getting the daily resets. Once I was through with the initial 20 days of daily resets the data I had was for the remainder of the cycle (ten days), and then reset like a normal month after those ten days.
If yours is resetting more often than daily, it may continue to do so, but it will most likely only be for the first twenty days. That's pretty cool. Heck, that truly is like being unlimited for those 20 days. Even luckier bugger!!!! :)
Edit: The 12MB file size is for download speed testing with Gen4, but being that Gen5's speed can be twice what Gen4's are, the recommended download file size is 25MB.
Edit: Being that the speed was very good when directly connected, hopefully you can fiddle around and figure out how to get the wireless speeds near that, too. Perhaps someone on here may have some additional things to try.
Don't get spoiled or spoil the kiddos during a reset period.
Those coming from Gen3 to Gen4/5 will get 20 days of resets. Those coming from Gen4, unless they get a new SAN, will not get daily resets.
Anyways, yeah, Gen5 use the 25MB download package, and the 3 or 4MB upload package if testing that.
As for website issues, yeup, I have experienced odd slowdowns when opening websites, but have only experienced it when Web-Accel is on. I suspect Gen5 is more popular than expected and those servers take a good beating once in awhile thus causing page hangs and other abnormalities.
Gen4 had similar launch issues early on in its life, after a month or two everything was good to go for most everyone till the congestion started to take a toll on it.
By the way, if your able to, when testing, do direct connections...
As far as rebooting the modem, you can do so in the WebGUI under the Advanced Menu, there will be an almost invisible "i" icon near the language selection, click that, and you can click reboot.
