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[HN7000S] amc3 87w 1250 transponder problem

2008-07-25 15:07:50

Anyone having problems on this bird? Anything to do about it but wait?

[HN7000S] Strange LAN connect problems on modem. Damaged?

2008-07-25 12:03:39

Hello all, I've been researching a problem with my HN7000S and seeing all the wisdom on this board inpsired me to post my problem here and see if anyone has any insight. Here's the deal: Setup: My modem plugs into the WAN/Internet port of a Linksys WRT54GL. I have a couple desktops wired to the router, and a couple laptops that connect wirelessly. This setup has worked flawlessly for around a year. What happened: I came home a couple days ago, after a thunderstorm, and found my internet connection down. I powered everything off and started back up only to find that the LAN light on my modem would not come on (and correspondingly, the Internet light on the router wasn't lit). I unplugged the modem from the router and plugged directly into my laptop. Nothing. Powered off the Modem and powered back on and this time it worked properly. The Modem was able to browse the internet just fine. Plugged back into the Router, but without any success: LAN light still off. Reset the router. No help. Figured maybe the router's Internet port got blown. So I bought a new one: WRT54GS. Same exact behavior. Neither the Modem nor the router will detect that they are connected. Tried powering on in different orders. The modem also works fine when plugged straight into one of my desktops. One note: the modem always has to be powered down and powered back on between each attempt. In other words, once I unplug the lan cable from the modem, it doesn't matter what I plug it into, the LAN light and the ethernet port lights will remain inactive. I have to power down and power back up for it to work----and sometimes even then it doesn't work and I have to turn it off and on a couple times. A further note: after all my fiddling and switching back and forth, now the Modem won't connect to the laptop as it originally did. It only connects to my desktop. I've tried all the obvious: making sure the LAN cables are good, reseating, etc. And a last note: I also have an old, used Linksys BEFW11S4 router. When I plug the modem into the WAN port on this router, the LAN light on the modem and the Internet light on the router light up and there is activity. However, something in the connection doesn't seem to be right because there is no internet connectivity to the computers connected to the router, and going into the router's control panel and looking at the status doesn't show it having retrieved any connection information from the Modem. A DHCP Renew command has no effect. So even tho the lights are on, something still seems off. Any ideas? My only theory at this point is that something is wrong with the DHCP in the modem itself which is preventing the routers from aquiring their Autodetect information, and when my laptop's network connection got reset during all the switching around now it's not able to get what it needs either. Whereas my desktop perhaps having cached preferred IP addresses and information is fine. Perhaps that's a cracked theory. I'm no expert in this stuff. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas whatsoever, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much for your time! ---Benjamin

[HN7000S] FAP Monitoring software w/tray icon

2008-07-22 07:35:43

Hello all - I wrote this in C# .net for a friend of mine with HN, I figure someone else might find it useful as well. I can't guarantee it to be bug free, but it works pretty darn good (on XP anyway, 64 bit vista is so-so). We have a HN7000S modem, I don't know if it would work for any others, but I'll post the source incase anyone wants to mess with it. If you can get to (http://192.168.0.1/cgi/execAdvCom.bin?Command=33) it will probably work. It has a tray icon that is color coded according to megabyte usage/24 hours, as well as a tool tip text with numeric details. In the main window (can be minimized to just a tray icon) there is a 24 hour bar graph with 5 minute blocks of data, also color coded, that refreshes every 5 minutes, and has detailed stats when you roll over each of the 288 (one for every 5 minute block in 24 hours) bars. Anyway, I hope someone finds it useful. Take care, JSD mainForm.csusing System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Text;using System.Windows.Forms;using System.Net;using System.Xml;using System.IO;using System.Text.RegularExpressions;using System.Collections; /** * Fap Minder 3000 * * Designed for interface with H0uGh$net * * Jacob Dilles 2008 */namespace FAP_Minder{ public partial class mainForm : Form { /** * ------------------------- * Global data declerations * ------------------------- */ // collection of blocks repersenting data private Block[] timeBlocks; // Block that was [0] last redraw. Prevents unessessary redrawing private Block lastRedrawnBlock; // router used to get the data private HN7000S router = new HN7000S("http://192.168.0.1"); /** * ------------------------- * Form initilization methods * ------------------------- */ public mainForm() { InitializeComponent(); } private void mainForm_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Refresh(); initBlocks(); RefreshTimer.Interval = 30000; RefreshTimer.Start(); //testInitBlocks(); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Check every 5 minutes; generate_icon(Color.Black); } private void initBlocks() { fullRefreshProgress.Visible = true; fullRefreshProgress.Value = 0; timeBlocks = new Block[288]; for (int i = 0; i < timeBlocks.Length; i++) { fullRefreshProgress.Value = i; timeBlocks[i] = router.getHistoryBlock(i * 5); } // Init the array here, with status bar updating redrawMyStuff(); fullRefreshProgress.Visible = false; } private void testInitBlocks() { timeBlocks = new Block[288]; for (int i = 0; i < timeBlocks.Length; i++) { Block b = new Block(System.DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(-5*i),i*100000,i*75000); b.infoString = "bytes: " + bytesAsString(b.rx); timeBlocks[i] = b; } // Init the array here, with status bar updating redrawMyStuff(); } // for config to change URL public void setRouter(string url, string routerType){ status("Setting router type to: " + routerType); status("Setting router URL to: " + url); router = new HN7000S(url); } /** * ------------------------- * Button Handlers * ------------------------- * >Refresh button * >Clear button * >MainForm resize * >Tray Icon dblclick * >Refresh Period changed * fullRefresh clicked * tool strip functions (3) */ private void refreshButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { refresh(); } private void clearButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { statusBox.Clear(); refresh(); } private void mainForm_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (FormWindowState.Minimized == WindowState) Hide(); } private void trayIcon_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { Show(); WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; } private void fullRefreshButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { fullRefreshProgress.Value = 0; MessageBox.Show("Please wait, this takes some time..."); initBlocks(); } private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Application.Exit(); } private void aboutToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { AboutBox1 about = new AboutBox1(); about.Show(); } private void optionsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { optionForm options = new optionForm(this); options.Show(); } /** * ------------------------- * Form control elements * ------------------------- * * > Status - update the status box * > generate icon - create the tray and window icon with colored prettyness * > generate graph - do the bar graph * > redrawMyStuff - write all things to screen */ private void status(string update) { // prevent memory leak if (statusBox.Text.Length > 10000) statusBox.Text = statusBox.Text.Substring(0, 300); // update status box statusBox.Text = update + "\r\n" + statusBox.Text; } private void generate_icon(Color color) { Bitmap canvas = new Bitmap(16, 16); using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(canvas)) { SolidBrush myBrush = new SolidBrush(color); g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Transparent, 0, 0, 15, 15); g.FillEllipse(myBrush, 0, 0, 15, 15); g.Flush(); this.Icon = Icon.FromHandle(canvas.GetHicon()); trayIcon.Icon = this.Icon; } } private void redrawMyStuff() { // check for unessesary redraws if (lastRedrawnBlock == timeBlocks[0]) return; double totalTx = 0; double totalRx = 0; double corrdRx = 0; // 3mb/s = 112 Mb/5 min max, so 64 sounds like a good number // Graph has 288 bars, 1px each, plus 16 px on left for text, and a 2px verticle bar = 306 wide // 64 px high Bitmap graph = new Bitmap(288, 80); using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(graph)) { // Draw the graph background as solid black SolidBrush forground = new SolidBrush(Color.Black); SolidBrush datebrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Red); SolidBrush background = new SolidBrush(Color.White); SolidBrush graybrush = new SolidBrush(Color.DimGray); Pen uplinkPen = new Pen(new SolidBrush(Color.DimGray)); Pen datelinePen = new Pen(datebrush); Pen downlinkPen; Rectangle datarectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, 288, 70); Rectangle textrectangle = new Rectangle(0, 71, 288, 80); g.FillRectangle(forground, datarectangle); g.FillRectangle(graybrush, textrectangle); // Draw the scale and text Font keyFont = new Font("Arial", 6); Font dateFont = new Font("Arial", 8); int mn = System.DateTime.Now.Minute; for (int i = 0; i < timeBlocks.Length; i++) { // draw in the scale if (mn < 5) { string tstring = "" + System.DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(-5 * i).Hour; g.DrawString(tstring, keyFont, forground, i, 71); mn = 60; } mn = mn - 5; Block iBlock = timeBlocks[i]; // compute stats while at it totalTx += iBlock.tx; totalRx += iBlock.rx; // draw in the date(s) if (iBlock.time.Hour == 0 && iBlock.time.Minute <= 5) // it's a new day { string tstring = " "+iBlock.time.ToShortDateString(); g.DrawString(tstring, dateFont, datebrush, i, 0); g.DrawLine(datelinePen, i, 0, i, 12); } Color instantColor; // draw in immunity period if (iBlock.time.Hour == 5) { g.DrawLine(uplinkPen, i, 0, i, 70); instantColor = new HSLColor((((-4 * (double)Math.Min(20971520, iBlock.rx))) / (1024 * 1024)) + 80, 240, 100); // get the color } else { corrdRx += iBlock.rx; instantColor = new HSLColor((((-4 * (double)Math.Min(20971520, iBlock.rx))) / (1024 * 1024)) + 80, 240, 120); // get the color } downlinkPen = new Pen(new SolidBrush(instantColor)); // Start point is (i/5) i.e. 5 minute block for x, 64 for y // End point is (i/5) for x, 64-downlink in megs for y g.DrawLine(downlinkPen, new Point(i, 70), new Point(i, (70 - (int)((iBlock.rx + 1) / 350000)))); } g.Flush(); } this.graphBox.Image = graph; // update status box status("Total uplink: " + totalTx); status("Total downlink: " + totalRx); status("Corrected downlink: " + corrdRx); // update the title bar this.Text = "Used " + bytesAsString(corrdRx) + " down, " + bytesAsString(totalTx) + " up"; // update the tray icon trayIcon.Text = "FAP Minder\r\n" + bytesAsString(corrdRx) + " down\r\n" + bytesAsString(totalTx) + " up"; generate_icon(new HSLColor(Math.Round((double)(-.303523 * Math.Min(500, corrdRx / 1048576) + 128)), 239, 116)); // prevent unessesary redraws lastRedrawnBlock = timeBlocks[0]; } /** * ------------------------- * Periodic repeating functions * ------------------------- */ private void RefreshTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { // single refresh refresh(); } private void refresh() { // Get the latest data Block newBlock = router.getHistoryBlock(0); // If it's old data, don't worry about it if(newBlock.equals(timeBlocks[0])) return; // If the array out of sync, just rebuild the whole thing if (!router.getHistoryBlock(5).equals(timeBlocks[0])) { initBlocks(); return; } // Start at second-to-last block (last should be oldest) shift down for (int i = timeBlocks.Length - 2; i > 0; i--) { timeBlocks[i] = timeBlocks[i-1]; } timeBlocks[0] = newBlock; redrawMyStuff(); } /** * ------------------------- * Utility methods * ------------------------- */ private string bytesAsString(double num) { return bytesAsString((int)num); } private string bytesAsString(int num) { if (num <= 0) return "0b"; if (0 < num && num < 1024) return (num + " b"); if (1024 < num && num < 1048576) return (Math.Round((double)num / 1024, 2) + " kb"); if (1048576 < num && num < 1073741824) return (Math.Round((double)num / 1048576, 2) + " Mb"); if (1073741824 < num && num < int.MaxValue) return (Math.Round((double)num / 1073741824, 2) + " Gb"); return "How did you download a terabyte?"; } private int getBlockFromTime(DateTime when) { DateTime now = System.DateTime.Now; TimeSpan diffrence = (now - when); // can't be future if (diffrence.Seconds < 0) return -1; // can't be past 24 hours if (diffrence.Minutes >= 1440) return 287; // get rounded to closest timeblock return ((diffrence.Minutes - (diffrence.Minutes % 5)) / 5); } private void graphBox_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e) { hourDetail.Hide(this); } private void graphBox_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { if (e.X > 0 && e.X < timeBlocks.Length) { hourDetail.Show(timeBlocks[e.X].infoString, this, e.X, 270); } } }} This is the interface to the router's diagnostic pages HN7000S.csusing System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Text;using System.Windows.Forms;using System.Net;using System.Xml;using System.IO;using System.Text.RegularExpressions;using System.Collections;namespace FAP_Minder{ class HN7000S { //base url ( string baseURL; // Used to get network time static string summeryURL = "/stats/summary/summary.html"; // Used to get 5 minute blocks static string fiveMinURL = "/cgi/execAdvCom.bin?Command=33¶m="; public HN7000S(string baseURL) { this.baseURL = baseURL; } public HN7000S() { this.baseURL = "http://192.168.0.1"; } public DateTime getNetworkTime() { return System.DateTime.Now; } public Block getHistoryBlock(int minutesAgo) { // Cant see into the future if (minutesAgo < 0) minutesAgo = 0; Block block = new Block(System.DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(-1 * minutesAgo), 0, 0); block.infoString = "No data avalible"; try { Uri instant = new Uri(baseURL+fiveMinURL + minutesAgo); HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(instant); HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())) { // get upplink and downlink stats for each time block String line; while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) { if(line.Contains("History does not exist")) { // Can't go that far back return block; } if (line.StartsWith("Monitoring interval")) { block.infoString = line.Substring(25).Trim(); continue; } if (line.StartsWith("Interface")) { block.infoString += "\n" + line.Trim(); continue; } if (line.StartsWith("Uplink")) { block.tx = convertBytesStringToInt(line.Substring(18, 12).Trim()); block.infoString += "\n" + line.Trim(); continue; } if (line.StartsWith("Downlink")) { block.rx = convertBytesStringToInt(line.Substring(18, 12).Trim()); block.infoString += "\n" + line.Trim(); break; } } } } catch (Exception e) { block.infoString += "\n" + e.Message; } return block; } private static Regex kb = new Regex("[\\d\\.]+K"); private static Regex mb = new Regex("[\\d\\.]+M"); private int convertBytesStringToInt(string bytesString) { int value = 0; if (kb.IsMatch(bytesString)) value = (int)(decimal.Parse(bytesString.Substring(0, bytesString.Length - 1), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint) * 1000); else if (mb.IsMatch(bytesString)) value = (int)(decimal.Parse(bytesString.Substring(0, bytesString.Length - 1), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint) * 1000000); return value; } }} block.csusing System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Text; namespace FAP_Minder{ class Block { public DateTime time; public string infoString; public int tx; public int rx; public Block() { this.rx = 0; this.tx = 0; this.time = new DateTime(); } public Block(DateTime time, int tx, int rx) { this.time = time; this.tx = tx; this.rx = rx; } public bool equals(Block b) { return b.rx == this.rx && b.tx == this.tx; } }} Let me know if there's a problem with the attachment and I'll throw it on my site

Can satellite aim "drift"???

2008-07-25 12:06:36

Maybe an ignorant question, but after 3 years my signal strength has gradually dropped from 75 down now to typically 64. The building my dish is bolted to is on mostly solid rock--assuming no settling of the foundation, is it possible that the Earth and satellite can drift out-of-perfect after a while? Yeah I suppose I should just get-up there with a wrench and re-aim the thing, but this question popped into my head and I'm sure someone here knows the answer... -- DW6000CEv5.4.1.11, G13/H1@127W, 1270MHz, SigTyp74, 10-20clients & 6+OSes

[HN9000] Acting weird. Unable to browse at times,bitorrent.

2008-07-24 22:27:41

Last night I started a dl of bleach through utorrent. This morning I look at the download and it was about 5 percent done. My I could not connect to any site, etc. For some reason the modem was being recognized as an Azureus media server (could be related to adding the TCP and UDP ports to the exceptions list in the firewall). Vista's Network and Sharing center showed that my computer was trying to connect to multiple networks, and that was blocking me from the internet (instead of just seeing the "network 3", there was that Azureus media server, too). Both connections appeared to be "unknown". So, I switch plug the Ethernet cable in the other Ethernet port in my computer. Problem seemed fixed, BLAZING speeds (for satellite)! I could finally connect to google again, bittorrent picked up quickly and was downloading at 144 kb/s within eight minutes, even with only ten peers and seeds. I come back a few hours later and the same problem happens (only this time I saw "network 3" and some kind of other network with it). I fix this by setting the proxy for the computer to connect to the modem through LAN settings in Internet Options (I'm surprised the installer didn't do this). Problems fixed! Well, except for certain url's accessed through firefox 3 that give me the TCP 1299 error code, like yahoo email login (which works fine in IE7). I go play DMC4 for a while. Finally I go find out that the new naruto episode just aired in japan today was subbed and posted two hours ago. Okay, so the torrent should be well seeded and stable. It should download even faster than bleach did this morning, right? WRONG! For a little while I was getting about 2-6 kb's. I disabled DHT and still no luck. Enabling the proxy to the modem through utorrent didn't work, either. Download speeds through the browser are excellent all day long. WTF is going on here!? There are over 14000 seeders and over 14000 leechers! I can only get two or three of each at a time. Could it be because I just got my satellite installed yesterday? I'm on the elite plan. Also, I have a HN7000S and a DW7000. Would either of those help stabilize my connection? And, is anyone else having similar issues? Best of luck to anyone else who does. Edit: Seems like any https protocol gets the error. Edit: https problem fixed for firefox. Enabled proxy in firefox only for http. (But BT is still slooooooow! I finally have average speeds of up to 15 kbytes/sec, though. Still, why not 144 kb/s like this morning? I might just downgrade to proplus and get a static IP. Proplus appears to be a better deal regardless. Switching to proplus, I'd get 80 / 83 percent of the download / upload I have with elite for about 66.7 percent of the price and 85 percent of the FAP bucket. I'd buy a static IP but it sounds like a lot of trouble to set up port forwarding. All the necessary information to set up port forwarding seems to be littered among thousands of lines of text, too difficult to string together (at least when I'm extremely tired :()

Wireless Internet beats Hughesnet

2008-06-09 09:19:57

After years of struggling with DirecWay/Hughesnet, I have finally been freed by wireless. In rural VA,Verizon (at 1-2 bars)delivers speed of 120-180K down/80-90kbps up using UM-150 modem on lap-top and desk-top. This is much faster than Hughsnet has been delivering for the past two years. The price is $10/month less (currently free Modem promo with $25 activation), and the tech support is OUTSTANDING. I always said I would leave HN the moment I had a viable option. My experience with HN (like many on this forum) represents the most irritating and frustrating consumer experience I have ever had. Thanks to this forum, I picked up the idea of wireless as an option. BTW, I am on the "NationalAccess-Extended Network" which is the slowest service. When I travel to primary Verizon service areas, download increases to 600-800K. Thanks to all who support the forum.

commisioning on ia8?

2008-07-24 23:30:53

hey guys are they still comissining on ia8? i ask because im one of the many affected by g17 coming online. and im looking for a new sat for my small office plan. thanks -- St louis du nord,Haiti,Idirect pointed at Intelsat 905 @ 24.5 west, Apple Macbook pro 2gbmemory/Airport Express router w/ pcs-running winxpHome

[HN7000S] Signal Strength

2008-07-23 20:38:13

When my DirecWay was installed six years ago, the installer claimed that he had attained a Signal Strength of 60. I never saw 60, more like 40. It eventually degaraded to 34-37 where it remained for several years. Before I installed the 7000, I had another installer come out who re-aimed the dish and, for the past year, get around 50. The installer said that with my tree cover and possibly bad cabling, it was the best I could hope for. This morning it was 76 and all day has been as high as 85. Is there a rational explanation for this sudden increase? -- DirecWay | DW6000 CE | 91W | Pentium 4 2.60 GHZ | 512 RAM | XP Home/SP2 | LAN:Linksys Wireless Router WRT54GS

[HN7000S] Self Setup with HN7000S modem

2008-07-23 11:42:43

I recently moved into a house that had HughesNet service. I called to talk to the person about activation, and they told me it would cost between $200 and $400 to set it up. Even though it was already installed! He then informed me that I could potentially just buy a modem myself, and activiate it. Which is what I did. However, the person wouldn't let me activate it without an installer coming out to 'check the system'. This installer wanted $200 just to come out. I told him forget it. So, I'm hoping to find out how I can get everything activated on my own. I know that Arion did this, and I tried to contact him directly, but couldn't create an account with dslreports... So, any advice on how I can do this? Thanks,

[DW7000] more email problems - connection to server was interrup

2008-07-23 15:21:06

Well Hughes oversubscribed service is messing with my ability to work from my home office today - email has barely worked since this morning, every 2 hours or so, with some pop locations consisently getting the 'connection to server was interrupted.' error. This started happening when http slowed down quite a bit around 11:30 edt, and has not yet improved. I rebooted modem and tried from multiple systems but I have been thru this before and its definitly a problem on their end, probably at NOC juggling too many connections. I pray for another viable option to sat internet every day. -- DW7000 IA8 1410 router: 67.142.137.146 fixed |.98 2watt | Small Office | Win2K_PRO(SP4) IE6.0.2600