[ForSale-Swap] Need help: "dish" internet system

[Bill Aycock]

Duane- actually, one of each. The old, 333MHz HP Pavilion has plain Win98, 
and the HP Laptop has Win98SE.

At 05:39 PM 2/7/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>Bill,
>
>Windows 98a or Windows 98SE?
>
>Tnx.
>
>
>----------
>From: Bill Aycock <baycock at direcway.com>
>To: wb5jnc at qsl.net; forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Need help: "dish" internet system
>Date: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:35 PM
>
>
>Al, et al
>I have a satellite system for the same reason; the local telco "has no
>plans to upgrade the system".
>However, I have , and have had, no problems of that type. My Dish and ISP
>are from Direcway, and I have a small family LAN. I can, but rarely do, tie
>in five PCs at once. (Two using Win XP, One using Win ME, one using Win98se
>and one using Win98) All feed to the Internet through My own machine, using
>common wireless adapters.
>I do see speed differences at different times of the day, but I have to be
>trying to move a lot of data, like many email messages or a large program
>file to see it. Since his problem is affected by a restart, I suspect he
>has a software or operating system setup problem; The "static" excuse is
>silly. To really be able to see any clues, a trouble-shooter will have to
>know what the hardware and software setup is.  To start, these may be
>significant: Server and ISP, Modem, Operating system, e-Mail program,
>Browser, CPU, firewall and security provisions.
>As I said, these are a start; some simple tests might clear it all up.
>Good luck-- Bill
>
>At 08:51 AM 2/7/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >Greetings all,
> >
> >If I could, I'd like to "pick the brains" of the collective group
> >concerning a
> >tech issue a friend of my son's in NE Oklahoma is having. He recently 
> started
> >using a "dish" type system of some flavor for his internet service as he
> >lives in a rural area. His problem is that after a period of time (maybe a
> >few hours or less?) of being on line his service slows to (as he describes
> >it) almost dialup speed. Unplugging either the Ethernet cable or maybe the
> >power (his description isn't very clear as he's not extremely technical when
> >it comes to electronics) and plugging it back in gets things back to normal.
> >He has called their technical support and they are trying to tell him 
> that it
> >is caused by "static buildup" on the dish and that it needs a better ground.
> >I'm having a hard time swallowing that as the cause of the problem
> >(especially when it still happens on a drizzly/foggy day). My thought is 
> that
> >either something on his end is causing a "data clog" or the "bird" is 
> getting
> >overloaded and not responding in a timely manner. In either case a "reboot"
> >seems to clear the problem. BTW he only has one computer connected to it so
> >it's not due to other computers on the network slurping up the bandwidth.
> >
> >Anyone out there know anything about or have any experience with these type
> >systems?
> >
> >TNX/73, Al
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>Bill Aycock - W4BSG
>Woodville, Alabama
>
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Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama