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Gen5 Awful Performance - Just can't browse the net.
I am appalled at the service I have with Hughesnet and the Gen5 equipment. I simply cannot browse sites like amazon.com, squareup.com, and many others. I am now stuck after having bought the equipm...
Hi Liz
Thanks for the link. This past weekend out of desperation I tried some reset procedure posted on a previous thread (reset button for 3s then WPS for another 30). Not sure if that is correct, but after doing this, and then a power cycle (had to do that because all lights went dead after the reset), it just magically started to work, so I don't want to touch it.
I am now able to browse normally, my smart TV has full network connectivity (amazon videos, netflix, etc), my Synology server is fully accessible from outside, my wife can do work on square, and life is beautiful.
If things go south again I'll diasable the UPnP as the link suggests.
I wonder though, if this is a known issue as the link states, wouldn't hughesnet want to have this feature diabled by default? that would save everyone a lot of headache.
Anyway, thanks for your help, I'm marking this as solved
Web acceleration aside, is there anything else that could be causing such a basic functionality to not work?
Is there any way to get expert support on this without having to spend hours on the phone with the first tier?
I switched to Gen 5 a week ago up here in Alaska. I use 5 devices. One thing to keep in mind is the distance and the wall thicknesses that the signal has to pass though to the modem. I had to move one of the computers closer to the modem to get a good wireless signal Another solution is to hook and ethernet cable from one of the 4 ports on the back of the modem to ur pc.
What is your signal strength? Mine is a 95. Maybe your'e on the edge of the footprint?
Hope this helped u a little.
