This auctions is for a Portable Quick Setup Direcway/Hughesnet satellite internet system With Tripod DW 6000 Receiver/Transmitter ,all cables, power supplys and a Router for WiFi.
I used this system while on camping trips. It uses the same account as your home system. With a relitively unobstructed southern sky view, It alway preformed flawlessly and never had any issues. Once familiar with setup ,I could have it up and working in 15 to 20 minutes. Less time if you use the same Receiver/Transmitter you use with your home system. This auction does include everything that you need to set up and operate this system. Just the Tripod setup cost over $400 ! I have setup instructions all printed up which I will include also. Any Q's Please email us. Ray
This Comes with a D-link Router with Wifi in case you have to set it up off your campsite to get a clear shot at a southern sky.
This unit is free and clear, the contract period has expired.
No telephone services required!
NO CONTRACT required if you own your equipment.
Connects directly to a PC or to multiple PC's via a router.
Way faster than dial-up. Usually 900+ kbs down 160 up
I paid $1600 for this satellite system and you can buy it now much cheaper!
This equipment works great.
Extra care will also be taken in packaging this satellite system to allow for safe delievery. Local pickup encouraged if possible, it's quite bulky! This dish will be disassembled for shipping.
With HughesNet™, your super-fast, always-on, satellite Internet access is ready when you are—no dialing in, no waiting and no tied-up phone lines. You can download files in seconds, check email instantly and surf faster than you ever imagined. And HughesNet is compatible with Windows and Mac, so getting online anywhere in the contiguous U.S. is easy!
Benefits
Want to access more Web content, get more done and have more fun? Get ready to enjoy the benefits of high-speed Internet access from HughesNet™! Not only do you get high-speed access, but you also get to eliminate the frustration of dealing with a dial-up connection, logging in, and slow surfing speeds. Here are some things people love about HughesNet:
* Available everywhere…today
* It’s fast—just sit down at your computer and start surfing!
* Flip through Web pages like turning the pages of a book
* Download large files in minutes, not hours
* Enjoy fast Internet music and video downloads
* Compatible with Windows® and Macintosh® operating systems
* Frees up your phone—no missed calls, no dialing in, no extra phone line needed
I’ve had satellite Internet installed, and, after three days of test driving it, I’m pleased. It’s not a cheap option, but some of us have few broadband choices. I live on a small road in a suburb of Nashville, TN, that, though only 15 minutes from a major mall, isn’t serviced by DSL or cable. I can take advantage of Sprint wireless thanks to products such as the Franklin Wireless USB Modem, the first wireless broadband USB modem that supports the Mac. It’s a great product, but I wanted something faster. So, after being dissed by DirecTV I turned to HughesNet.
The company offers five satellite Internet options. The Home plan is US$59.99 per month and offers download speeds of 700 Kbps and upload speeds of 128 Kbps. The Pro plan is $69.99 per month with download and upload speeds of 1000 Kbps and 200 Kbps, respectively. The ProPlus plan (the one I chose) is $79.99 per month with download and upload speeds of 1500 Kbps and 200 Kbps, respectively. The Small Office plan is $99.99 per month and offers download and upload speeds of 1500 Kbps and 300 Kbps, respectively. Then there’s the Business/Commercial plan, which is a whopping $179.99 per month with download and upload speeds of 2000 Kbps and 500 Kbps, respectively. The first three options use a .74 meter with one-watt dish, while the latter two use a .98 meter with two-watt dish.
Speaking of which, another cost of satellite Internet access is the dish itself. The smaller dish is (with HughesNet’s current promotion and rebates) $274.98, while the bigger dish is $549.98. You can upgrade among the first three service/price plans with a software update, but can’t upgrade to the Small Office or Business plan without replacing your satellite. All the plans include the new HN7000s modem (more on it tomorrow). You’ll probably also want to spring an another $125 for a rock-solid pole mount for the dish. It can be installed on your roof, but you’ll have to sign a waiver that HughesNet isn’t responsible for potential problems—such as, if your roof starts leaking. The serviceman who installed my dish said that roof installations usually went well, but pointed out that the dish weighs about 75 pounds. When it’s sitting atop your roof and the wind is blowing 60 mph, that’s like having the dish shaken by two hefty men. You can see why damage is possible.
I’ve found the speeds on my Pro plan to live up to HughesNet’s claims. Neither an overcast sky nor a thunderstorm had an apparent effect on my uploading and downloading abilities. I’ve been able to easily download movie trailers from the QuickTime Movie Trailer site and videos from YouTube, something I couldn’t do with dial-up (though “streaming” video is still jerky). I can download system updates from Apple and sizeable software products with ease—something that would take hours (and hours and hours) on dial-up, assuming my connection didn’t “choke” before the download was completed.
I can use Skype to make calls, even long-distance ones. The audio quality is good, but there’s a noticeable lag in the conversation as data is uploaded and downloaded. Sadly, I’ve been unable to do video chatting with iChat. Though I have 1500 Kbps download speed and 200 Kbps upload speed (which seems to fall within iChat’s requirements), I keep getting a “lack of bandwidth” message. I plan to try another video chat product to see if the results differ. As for online gaming, sorry, but satellite Internet just doesn’t cut it.
So how does its speeds compare to other options? Many cable companies and Internet service providers argue that cable modems are as much as 100 times faster than a dial-up Internet connection, running at 5 million bits per second (mbps). In theory, it’s possible, but a more realistic speed is 1-2 mbps, or about 20 to 40 times faster than a typical 56,000-bits-per-second (kbps) dial-up connection.
One type of DSL technology, VDSL, can match cable’s performance. However, Internet service providers generally don’t offer VDSL, but rather the cheaper and slower ADSL or SDSL services. Your DSL speed can change depending on how you use the network.
DSL providers often advertise speed of their service using a combination of two bandwidth numbers; pretty typically, “1.5 Mbps (downloads) / 128 Kbps (uploads).” The rated maximum bandwidth of a DSL connection often can’t be reached and actual DSL speeds vary between households based on a variety of factors.
Mobile broadband providers claim they can provide users with typical speeds of 300-500 kbps and bursts of up to 2 Mbps. In my experience with Sprint’s mobile service, I’ve found that the latter speed burst never happened.
Tomorrow, we’ll look at the HughesNet 7000S modem.
Yesterday I started a series on satellite Internet on the Mac, using my newly installed broadband satellite through HughesNet. Part 1 looked at the costs; today we’ll look at the modem itself: the HughesNet HN7000S modem, which obviously receives and transmits data over the satellite through the HughesNet network.
The HN7000S, which was released last July, is compatible with Mac and Windows operating systems and connects effortlessly with your computer via an Ethernet connection (Monday I’ll go through the installation process, and offer some tips you need to know if you sign up for the HughesNet service). The HN7000S is self-hosting, and there’s no software to load. The modem automatically upgrades software when new versions become available. And, unlike with Internet satellite set-ups in the past, no phone line is needed. The modem uses two-way satellite communication for setup and operation. HughesNetT delivers high-speed Internet access totally via satellite, so need neither a phone line nor dial-up data modem.
While the HN7000S is a big improvement (or so I’m told) over its predecessors, like all satellite Internet systems, you’ll have to deal with transmission latency. Latency refers to the amount of time it takes a packet of data to travel across a network. With satellite service, that data makes a pretty long journey, traveling up to the satellite and back (about 45,000 miles). This round trip adds about a half a second delay to the total time your computer takes to communicate with a web site or host server. Most back-office applications, e-commerce transactions, and common business applications work just fine over HughesNet. Business applications that require response times in fractions-of-a-second (such as web hosting, VoIP, and video conferencing) aren’t recommended over satellite.
I’ve tried VoIP and video conferencing, and they work with the HughesNet system, but not smoothly. My son Matt and his friend Jake are planning to give online gaming a whirl. Again, it’s not recommended and I’m dubious they’ll have much luck, but I’ll pass along their results when they finished their experiments.
Can you run a VPN using HughesNet for business? Yep, but running a VPN client over satellite isn’t an ideal configuration. If you choose to run VPN over satellite, your data speeds may be reduced by as much as 50–75 percent. Of course, you can restore your connection to full speed by simply disabling your VPN client when your session is over. However, HughesNet technical support does not provide help with configuring or troubleshooting problems associated with VPN clients. However, part II: HughesNet does offer an end-to-end VPN accelerator solution for large corporations and government agencies. This accelerator delivers higher connection speeds over VPN. Go here for more info.
One final note: the HN7000 unit lets users take advantage of the second generation satellite broadband application “DVB-S2,” which provides enhancements through increased NOC capacity and out-route traffic. In addition, the new application will allow the system to adjust to obtain the best transmission rates.
Monday: setting up a home network with multiple computers on the HughesNet system.
In this, the third and final part of this series, I look at setting up satellite Internet on a Mac. I recently had such a service installed at my home office via HughesNet. So far we’ve looked at the costs in Part 1 and the modem itself in Part II. So how do you ago about implementing it?
First, you’ll need a repairman to come to your home or business and do the actual installation of the satellite dish and the modem (both of these are covered in our previous installments). Once the physical components are in place, the HN7000S modem must be attached to a Mac via an Ethernet cable, which will “talk” to the HughesNet satellite to get your connection up and going for the first time. This takes about 30 minutes. After this, you’re good to go. Unless you want to set up a network. Which I did.
And that’s where I ran into problems. After unplugging the modem from my desktop Mac, I connected it (again, via Ethernet) to my AirPort Extreme Base Station (though you can use other routers). I tried accessing the Internet and my desktop Mac connected just fine. However, while I could download email, I couldn’t send email. Nor could I get any other Macs on the AirPort network online except my desktop system.
Finally, after much hair pulling, weeping, gnashing of teeth and unfruitful calls to the (very friendly) HughesNet support number, I finally discovered (with the help of my friend and fellow HughesNet user, Steve Foster) the solution to my problems. It’s a simple one, but I would never have figured it out on my own.
Here’s the solution—and what you must do if you’re setting up a network that uses satellite Internet (see the graphic below):
1) Open up the AirPort Administration Utility.
2) Click on the Network option.
3) Disable the “Distribution IP addresses” option.
That’s it. Once I did that, things have worked perfectly (you will also need to set smtp.hughes.net as your outgoing mail server). The Internet access has worked fine through rain, though we haven’t had any bad storms since I’ve had this set-up. I’ll keep you updated on the situation as things, such as the weather, change.
My recommendation? If you have other Internet options, be sure to check ‘em out. But if, like me, DSL and cable are out of the question and if you can bear the upfront expenses and rather steep monthly charge, I’d certainly recommend HughesNet. The satellite Internet connection has been MUCH faster than I had expected—and it’s made my daily work (and play) much more enjoyable.
Recently, I did a three-part series on setting up satellite Internet on a Mac for those who have no other recourse to broadband access (you can read ‘em here: Part 1, Part II and Part III). I’ve had the system for over two weeks now, so how do I feel?
I didn’t like paying the upfront costs (about 400 bucks) and I don’t like the monthly fee ($69.95). But I can’t get DSL or cable, wireless systems such as EVDO aren’t fast enough and fiber optic is just a dream, so I have little choice. That said the satellite Internet from HughesNet is faster than I thought and pretty reliable. It’s worked in rain without much slow-down and overcast skies don’t seem to affect it at all. Internet gaming doesn’t work, VOiP and video chatting are wanky at best.
My main complaint: for some reason, I occasionally have to unplug the HughesNet modem from my AirPort Extreme Base Station (I have a network set up) and plug it into my desktop Mac to “reboot” the system (it’s not really rebooting, but that’s the best term I can think of). Then I can reconnect the modem to the Base Station and everything is fine.
But the bottom line is this: my daily work is much faster. I’d say the Internet satellite saves me at least an hour a day in work time, so it’s more than worth the money. I wish I had other options where I live, but I don’t. For those in my situation, I’d certain recommend satellite Internet.
该方案其工作原理如下：用户的电脑装配一张卫星网络PCI卡，并和一个大约75厘米口径的卫星接收天线相连。所有低带宽。外向的信息(如网址要求)通过调制解调器从电话网络上送出，但所有高带宽。内向的信息(比如一个图像丰富的网站)都从卫星上直接发射到用户的电脑上。用户在浏览器软件上单击一个网址，网址要求信号由调制解调器送出到用户的ISP。在这个要求信号离开用户PC机之前，用户端软件附加了一个IP头码到要求信号上。这个附加码指示用户ISP把要求信号转到网络运行中心，NOC接到要求信号后，把附加码去除，然后根据用户要求到相应的网站去获取所需信息，再将信息上传到卫星，以高速高带宽送到用户的接收天线，再到用户的PC机上或配置机顶盒STB(set top box)的视频接收机中。这种卫星高速数据接入系统充分利用互联网不对称传输特点，采用DirecPC技术，用户端只需14.4kbps以上Modem基本上网配置。卫星网络PCI卡。用户端软件和0.75m卫星接收天线等设备即可。系统的交互速率可达200-400kbps，最高可达3Mbps高速单向广播式数据文件下载。
由于主站与远端站间需要进行交互传输，因此远端站需要安装一个宽带双向(two-way)终端。如果远端小站只接收Internet内容，则只需安装单向(one-way)终端。一个双向终端主要包括室外单元(ODU)和室内单元(IDU)。ODU包括RF部分的天线和HPA。IDU则配有机顶盒(set top box)用于提供宽带交互式卫星系统网络接入的数据接口，连接ODU和用户的PC。用户的需求和反馈信息通
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