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a week ago
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@BGAL84 wrote: YOU are the only one responding, get a life! Are you tempting others to jump in? Oh, think you just did... You know, for someone that came in here with an absolute horror story that turned out "error in your favor", you really know to dilute anyone's desire to help others. Your credibility is shot. Jog on, mate...
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a week ago
That's essentially it, but I'm sure there are other additonal forward error correcting protocols involved.
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2 weeks ago
@C0RR0SIVE wrote: Leave it enabled if you are using IPv6, as all IPv6 addresses are supposedly routable. I originally thought so as well, but neither IPv6 address is. Edit: Forgot about SME though... that's a different story.
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2 weeks ago
1 Kudo
lol "scalding risk increases with hotter water" it's also wet... who knew?
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2 weeks ago
1 Kudo
Glad everyone's safe. When you start talking gas lines and pilots combined with flooding, the pilots go out and bubble up through the water... that's just bad news waiting to happen. Bunch of houses blew up in Mass. just recently on gas explosions.
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2 weeks ago
1 Kudo
For all intents and purposes you're behind a double-NAT on satellite. Unless you have hackers in your house using your local LAN, I wouldn't worry about the firewall much. Think they just included it because it was part of the router firmware. Think you're safe leaving it disabled, unless you want to use the parental features, etc. underneath it.
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2 weeks ago
1 Kudo
Some of you may know that the EU implemented something called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which placed a ton of tracking and advertising transparency requirements on several internet operating procedures. One of the things that internet hosting services implemented was obfuscating the IP addresses in the log files to /24 netblocks for ipv4 and /40 for ipv6... get this... to protect visitors from tracking mechanisms. In the meantime, several nefarious bad actors from China, Russia, Ukraine, and Brazil have started targeting these servers (and those in the US) with hacking scripts that mask themselves with valid, but somewhat dated browser user agents (the scripts are rarely updated that often). They probe for and look to hack any php element of a web site, including phpMyAdmin, which administers database-driven sites. Making matters worse, they come in directly to a server's IP address completely rendering any DNS-based firewall and content delivery network like Cloudflare completely useless. Summary: - You can't block distinct IPs without blocking an entire 254-IP netblock, the majority of which are likely valid visitors. - You can't block the user agents of old browsers without ticking off all the people that never update their browser to the latest version [Note: I'm doing this anyway, as draconian as it sounds...] - You can't block several web site administration functions without blocking yourself out of the system. This, unless you whitelist everyone that participates to administer, edit, and write posts on a web site (and as we all know, not everyone has a static IP, making this a nightmare). Can anyone else see where all this is heading?
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2 weeks ago
This is nothing new. Verizon does this as well... Many companies do this with direct bank account payments because some don't remit for a 3-7 day period until the electronic 'pending' clears.
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2 weeks ago
@maratsade wrote: LOL. What fun on snowy hills this must be. Did it once and only once. Now it doesn't leave the garage...
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2 weeks ago
Before I retired I used to panic when it snowed, especially since I had to drive from Southern Fauquier to the Dulles area. I drive a Mustang GT, which is American for 'snow sled'. Nowadays I look at it as exercise. I go out there even if there's a bit more than a dusting to shovel away.
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2 weeks ago
TVWS would operate in frequencies not operating between old analog channels 14 thru 52. If reception of digital tv on those frequencies in high-foliage, hilly terrain (such as here in central Virginia) is any indication, it won't work especially for those that live on the downslope of hills. UHF is NLOS, as they say, but only to a point and it degrades real fast because the phasing is critical. There are other terrestrial radio services similar to that, but I don't hold much hope for it for the same reasons. If you really want to look up a real scary technology, look up using power lines for broadband transmission. Some power companies are already using it as part of a power monitoring scheme, but I can't really see it for widespread use. I mean, how are you going to filter out all the 60Hz harmonics to get high-speed data reliably modulated on power lines... Sometimes I really hate being an engineer. It ruins things.
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2 weeks ago
3 Kudos
If you burn through your Bonus bytes your Anytime data kicks in full time until it's depleted.
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2 weeks ago
Think that's a one-time check between modem and gateway. Can't guarantee it will be that way 100% of the time. And, sometimes there are resends just due to busy/congested servers which could be anywhere between the gateway and destination, at any hop point. Think you said you were also hooked up by ethernet cable, so may not apply to you, but for anyone else following along: There are plenty of packet resends on wifi connections as well - more than you'd think. Edit: regarding server resends - obviously only what is seen at the gateway as a resend would be counted, of course.
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2 weeks ago
Have you accounted for base-2 vs. base-10 counting? One method may be seeing 1.024 as rounded to 1M or 1k, so there's 2.4% possibly accounted for right there.
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2 weeks ago
3 Kudos
Ask Elon Musk why the price of being a space passenger is so high, when the cost of driving is so (relatively) low.
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3 weeks ago
2 Kudos
Reboot your modem. It's likely that the DNS is corrupted. If you still have a problem afterwards, it's likely that the corrupted DNS entry propagated to one or more of your devices: 1. Turn off all of the devices (computers, phones, etc.) 2. Unplug your modem power cord from the wall. 3. Wait 60 seconds and plug your modem's power cord back into the wall. 4. Wait until all the lights are back on (~60 more seconds) and turn all your devices back on.
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3 weeks ago
1 Kudo
@maratsade wrote: In the past, when this state code has been brought up here in the community, the answer was that it was likely bad weather at the gateway - see here, for example. Could this be the same issue in this case? Nah, for a couple of reasons: 1. It seemed to be continuous rather than sporadic. 2. Weather at terminal as well as Bismarck seemed ok today.
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3 weeks ago
Basically, I believe this means the terminal can't lock onto the satellite. This could be as simple as the modem was somehow zeroized and needs to be 'reinstalled' by a technician. Or, it could mean the dish was misaligned and also needs to be re-sighted by a technician. At the worst, it could also mean the modem and/or the transceiver in the dish went bad and it - you guessed it - needs to be replaced by a technician. Tagging the admins here, so they know to see this when they get in on Monday: @Amanda @Liz @Hardy @Jay
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3 weeks ago
I doubt GW is "0", but if it's Beam 46, that's Bismarck, ND. IOW: The GWID looks like: J2BIS046HNSGWxxxx. Looks like a small bit of snow went through there, but not enough to cause problems The 0000-0000-0000-0027 is a diagnostic, but I can never decipher those correctly. What is the System State Code when you go here.
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3 weeks ago
2 Kudos
I'll never understand the social media mentality of "misery always attracting more company."
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3 weeks ago
1 Kudo
Also, if you have automatic downloading of images turned off (which you should) and not manually opened any images or clicked on anything, there is no way they would know when you opened it, since you've essentially not followed any links.
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3 weeks ago
Well, not sure what it used to be, but your gateway is in Omaha, Nebraska now. You may want to check the weather there when you have a connection problem, just to be sure. That said, that's just the first thing to check if something's intermittent. The other things that can affect it are: 1. Dish alignment - in case it's been hit hard by something like a lawn mower or falling tree limb, or if the mount has otherwise been somehow dislodged. 2. Blockage and/or reflections - Blowing tree limbs and foliage can cause havoc if anywhere within 45 degrees of the dish's view. The signal can be reflected back into the dish causing nasty standing wave patterns, increasing the overall error rate (and reducing the signal quality number you see). 3. Unsecure cable connections/leaky cables - Cables should be finger tight at the back of the modem as well as at the dish. The cabling itself should be water-resistant, so the outer covering should be clear of any nicks or breaks. Might want to inspect all connections and cabling to make sure there are no problems. 4. Power supply - The modem should be plugged directly into the wall and not go through a filtered power strip or other uninteruptable power source. Power variations and low voltage situations can disrupt the way the modem regulates power to the transmitter through the cabling to the dish.
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3 weeks ago
1 Kudo
It will be hard to check your usage during the first 20 days, as I think it's reset on an hourly basis. Generally, if you're just one person and all you do is check email and some simple web pages, 10Gb might be enough. I can tell you that for two people that do a lot of file transfers, have a lot of software to update, and/or do a lot of social media (Facebook eats a ton of bandwidth) and some occasional streaming of small videos, 20-30Gb is probably more like it depending upon how much of that is done in the bonus period.
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3 weeks ago
The strength may not necessarily be a problem with your link to the satellite, which could feasibly be an alignment problem. It could also mean a poor link from the satellite to the ground station as well. What is the number to the right of Data IPGW when you go to this page? Should be something like "J2xxxyyyHNSIGWzzzz". Mainly interested in the xxxyyy part. I should also add that you could be running out of data quicker than normal when there are connection issues because you're forcing the system to resend failed packets. If you're having to resend on every packet, you're essentially using at least twice the data that you should be.
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3 weeks ago
The packet loss could also be the segment the signal traverses from the satellite down to the ground station. What is the number to the right of Data IPGW when you go to this page? Should be something like "J2xxxyyyHNSIGWzzzz". Mainly interested in the xxxyyy part.
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