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How do I configure my PC so that I can start browsing???
- 8 years ago
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.
Hello OrangeGal, if you click on the network tray icon then a choice of networks available to you should appear. You can then choose your other provider or HughesNet by clicking on them.
Like this on my computer:
We only have 1 option - the ethernet connection option (we don't connect online via wifi, just via ethernet cable). Anyway, since we're online now, we'll just wait and see what happens after the other ISP expires. Thanks!
- BirdDog8 years agoAssistant Professor
If not using WiFi then your computer must be connected directly to the HughesNet modem/gateway by cable. A bit confused how you are connected.
- 0rangeGal8 years agoSophomore
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!
- GabeU8 years agoDistinguished Professor IV
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.
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