Liz, I have taken my laptop for work directly to the HughesNet modem and plugged directly into it with a Cat5 cable. I get the same result and cannont connect to my corporate lan with any useable speed. The Linksys router was previously connected to my Bertram network and had no issues with connectivity for youtube, netflix, etc. I use those two as an example as they are data hungry. We cannot watch more than one show on netflix on one tv and that show buffers multiple times. If we try and add a second, or just watch video's on youtube, they are painful to watch as they constantly buffer. I understand the speed tests are quick. I see the same result when I run speed tests from my system. However the performance of using the network is not good, even with download speeds in the 20 - 40Mb/sec range. I have a neighbor that also has a HughesNet Gen5 dish and we compared modem settings and they are identical. He connects to his corporate servers without issue and is showing similar speeds. I have a US Cellular 4G modem that works fine for my corporate connection but I'm running out of data and it is $116/mo. It was my intent to take this modem back given the limited data and cost. Right now I am stuck with keeping it as it is my only option for connection to corporate. I was assured by your sales person that this would not be an issue for me. I'm not feeling the love right now........
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