About MarkJFine

Cloudflare acts as the server-in-the-loop and nameserver. It reroutes/caches only webserver type actions: Images, css, and executable javascript (or php) code; and only when addressed through the *testmy.com domain. Anything other than http or https activity just gets passed through, such as pings and (s)ftps. They also won't handle any access that is direct via IP which bypasses them and goes directly to the original webserver. ... View more

that's actually very bad for several reasons. Now I'm unsure what Cloudflare is actually caching with testmy and how they calculate it.   Since Cloudflare's network is distributed, I'm also unsure what selecting a testmy server location actually does, if anything, since you're really just talking to Cloudflare, not testmy... ... View more

You went through all that, just to say you solved your problem by switching from satellite to terrestrial. How clever... and unhelpful. ... View more

Network speed isn't an issue with teleconferencing, latency is. There's nothing you can really do about it because the round trip from you to the satellite, down to the groundstation, and back is around 90-95,000 miles. Given the speed of light that dictates the time it takes for a radio transmission to traverse that is about a half a second minimal for one ping for you, then again to whomever you're talking. So, not only are you basically streaming in both directions, your responses will always be lagged by a number of seconds, that is if the servers don't timeout.   Bottom line: That's really suboptimal for regular chatting, let alone a formal interview where you're trying to make an impression. You're better off finding another way. ... View more

@maratsade  I was confused by the parachute post as well. ... View more

@EMZ  An SPF softfail just indicates that although the from, smtp, and transitional domain (that one is actually kind of weird) was not specified within the SPF entries of the host's (Synacor) DNS record, that the email receiver should neither quarantine nor reject the email as being inauthentic. Either the reciever has set too stringent SPF requirements, or they rejected the email for another reason.   Edit: Plus, as has been said (and seen), jumping in on someone else's issue with a completely unrelated 'me too' has the possiblity of confusing the original poster's issue (and the original poster). If you have something to add, please create your own thread where it can recieve the appropriate attention.   ... View more

I saw this before. My first impression is to discourage the use of a remote cloud server, which will be very slow because of the large amount of secure pinging that occurs (which won't be accelerated on a satellite network), and it will potentially use up all of your data very quickly. Also, cloud servers/hosting sites are notorious for being targets for hacking, malware, and other miscreants trying to mask their deeds behind an anonymous (and dynamic) IP. [I'm looking at you Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, OVH, DigtalOcean...]   First, you'll go absolutely nuts trying to filter by IP range, mainly because it changes (as you know), and secondly because it doesn't only show up as IPv6. Sometimes the IPv4 gets recognized instead - I've seen this happen on Wordpress sites. The answer is going to be complicated because it's out of your control, and secondly it doesn't rule out the fact that you're still allowing others on the broader network to gain access. You're only going to gain a small amount of security.   Second, what if you need to access it from a mobile location for some reason (you go on travel somewhere, etc.), which means you'd have to add the range for your phone carrier if you're using a mobile hotspot, making the whole thing vastly insecure... You would not believe the amount of absolute hijinks I see coming from mobile IPs from phones with malware on them.   Your best bet is to forget IP filtering entirely. If you had a way to use MAC address filtering and a way to manage it that'd be much better because you'd be restricting devices, not IPs.   Even better would be to augment your authentication with a 2FA system using Google Authenticator. That way you can guarantee the user's login and MAC address weren't spoofed, and the user was able to provide the correct RSA code in the past 60 seconds. ... View more

@Garyr  Too many inconsistent things to unpack here: 1. To the best of my knowledge, the maximum fee for breaking a residential contract is around $400. There is no $700 fee. 2. Dish doesn't have their own internet service. I believe they resell HughesNet. 3. Speed is also decreased as a function of how many devices are simultaneously using the internet. 4. Speed is not the issue with streaming, latency is, and because of the distances involved in satellite-based internet, there's nothing that can be done about it. Depending upon the protocol and server used by the streaming service, not all services will be 100% compatible with ANY satellite internet.   If there's something you need worked on, please start your own thread. ... View more

Ever try and download an 8GB software update at 500kbps? Sorry, I ain't got the time. ... View more

@bokbok wrote: The strongest thing that an consumer can do is to not buy a product and tell everyone they know what a bad product it is. Not trying to be contrarian, but it's not a 'bad product'. It is a 'different' product than what most people are used to and provides a service that's not really meant for regular, real-time streaming or third party two-way communications.   Putting a satellite in the loop creates a signal path that's over 45,000 miles from an internet source (90-95,000 round trip), which creates a minimum lag time of half a second because of radio signal physics based on the speed of light. Many streaming services can't even handle that lag, and that's best case given any kind of congestion putting a load on the system.   It's that latency that's creating the impression of slowness, not the actual speed of an web-accelerated channel, which is quite good. For anything else, like software downloads and uncomplicated websites that don't have a lot of extra plugins and other baggage to keep it pinging to eternity, it's generally ok. Moreso, it provides a viable service that many wouldn't otherwise have.   No one can give you advice of what to do, and only you know what you want the service to do for you. For many of us, we just deal with the limitations. ... View more

Just want to point out that problems with phone calls dropping or streaming is usually a latency issue, not a speed issue. Your speed seems sufficient for both of these.   VOIP is basically two-way audio streaming. If there's a large 1-minute gap in service it will cause anything requiring a steady stream to timeout or buffer for long periods of time (depending upon the protocol).   And... I've been noticing an unusually high incidence of 1-minute service gaps again, here on HughesNet as well as outside of HughesNet... pointing to my favorite backbone target: CenturyLink. ... View more

I'm still not technically convinced that a 2-way LEO system is going to be viable if the orbit/constellation is going to be one that's not geostationary. Reception should be ~95%, but sending back may require an antenna with a gimbol driven by geopostioning software that can help constantly track its location. That's a lot of constantly moving parts as well as something that requires the installation to be precisely installed - even more critical that the current dish installation, and certainly not on someone's roof, side of a barn, etc. ... View more

MTU is Maximum Transmission Unit, basically the largest packet size a receiving side will accept. It's possible that CL is dynamically (and incorrectly) dropping theirs depending upon loading patterns. Then they're either rejecting or just flat out dropping whole packets (likely, from what I've seen) waiting for a timeout/resend. ... View more

It's possible this all points to an erratic MTU issue somewhere. ... View more

If there's a problem with people abusing your wifi, it might be easier to find the abuser's MAC address and block them.   If there are only a few devices that are using the wifi, an easier thing is to set up a list that are allowed to use the wifi, instead. This way the abusers just can't use a different device to get in - the MAC address would have to be manually added.   Log in to the wifi options, and have a look at Advanced Setup -> WIRELESS -> MAC Filtering Table. Recommend that whatever you do, use a computer with a LAN cable to set it up. Setting it up incorrectly via wifi may cause a chicken-egg situation where you end up locking yourself out. ... View more

Not particular to that, but I've been noticing a vastly increased number of dead spots lately - many much longer than the traditonal minute. It's either due to severe congestion or my favorite backbone provider. ... View more

I'm not one for petty euphemisms, but: #CenturyStink ... View more

It's almost as if several entitled people don't realize there's a real life and death crisis happening. Wonder how that happened... ... View more