@wildcats198308 wrote:
My upgrade was done today, I am faily happy with the Gen5 system and speeds. It is better than the HN9000 Spaceway system I had. I was unable to load alot of flash embedded pages correctly. With Gen5 these pages load with out a problem.
There is a slight delay in loading pages at times though, is anyone else having this issue? I see someone did post about sluggish pages but I dont know if everyone is having the problem.
Question on the dish install... All my previous systems had a ground wire attached to the feed horn on the arm of the dish. The installer did not attach the ground wire this time. Does anyone else have a ground wire attached to theirs? (The installer chopped the one cable and ground wire off back behind the dish)
I have been seeing signal strength of 100 for my system, My HN9000 had signal strength in the mid 100's with max around 160. I hope 100 will hold up good in heavy rain and snow with Gen5.
I'm glad that your install went well and that you are able to do things now that you were not able to do with your HN9000S system.
The delay seems to be happening to at least some people, though apparently not in the same way, or even perhaps for the same reasons. For me, it is a delay before a page opens, like when you open the browser for the first time or when going to another web address. I use Chrome, though I don't know that the browser matters when it comes to this. What I've found is that, when this is happening, on the lower left there is a "resolving host" message, and this is what is causing the delay. Again, this is with Chrome, so I don't know where, if anywhere, it would give that message with another browser. I've tried various things to solve this. Some have worked temporarily, some have not. It doesn't always happen, but when it does it can certainly be a bit annoying. Once the page is found and it starts to load, though, it's very fast for me.
As for the ground wire, I'd have to look. It's pouring outside right now, so I can't at this time, but I don't believe mine has a ground wire going up the feed arm either, though I think there is a ground wire connected to the mount itself, behind the dish. I know for sure the system is grounded, I just can't remember exactly where. I do remember the ground wire going up the feed arm on my legacy dish. It's probably just that they are very different pieces of equipment and are grounded in different ways.
My signal strength reaches up to about 104, but usually hovers in the mid-high 90s. It's been very good with rain. I've only had it lose its signal twice. Once with wet snow on the dish, and the other time during a heavy snowfall and VERY thick cloud cover. My DirecTV lost its signal both times, and one additional time during heavy rain when the Gen5 didn't.
I've found Gen5, overall, to be fantastic. I didn't think I would like, nor use, the built in WiFi, but I changed my mind on that quickly. It has better range than my Netgear router, and it's easier to use, as it's right there, meaning I don't have an additonal piece of equipment cluttering things up.
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! 
