Two bits here that are getting mashed together.
Satellite internet, like Hughesnet, send and receive data to your
location by bouncing off a satellite. So while you can get high
throughput for, say, streaming media or downloading apps, it also has
high latency. When you put in an URL in your browser, you're only
sending a few hundred bytes of data but it can take a while to go up to
the satellite, back down to hughsnet's base station and then off to
whatever web site you requested. The Web site then responds sending data
that contains the web page you requested. That data then goes up to the
satellite and bounces back down to your dish and then travels to your
computer. From the time you hit enter until the time you get something
back is called latency and satellite, by it's nature, has a lot of it.
Depending on conditions it approaches 1 second. So if you're streaming a
movie on netflix, 1 second might not seem like much time before your
movie starts playing, but if you're doing something interactive it can
really make things feel sluggish. In the case of a web page, most are
not a single big file but rather lots of little pieces. Each image,
javascript library, style sheet and snippet of HTML is a separate fetch.
Something like the Yahoo home page takes about 200 separate "fetches"
and each one is going to have a 1s delay tacked on before the data
arrives. So "slow" web surfing could just be normal, depending on the
complexity of the web pages.
The second bit sounds like you could be having issues with wifi signal
strength in your home. I'm assuming your Hughsnet box is also your wifi
router so signal would be best closer to that box. The easiest way to
check this is to see if the issues go away when you get closer to the
base station. If not then it's probably the aforementioned latency. If
it does get better then there are a bunch of options such as trying to
locate the wifi router somewhere better or set up wifi repeaters and
such. I have my wifi router up between the ceiling joists in the
basement so it covers the floor above well and mostly works the floor
above that (some days better than others).
Hope this helps.
CB
On 5/17/17 1:19 PM, Sharon Hooley wrote:
Hi,
My household has recently switched to Hughesnet, which uses antennas instead of
cable. It’s supposed to be higher speed. It’s based in the master bedroom,
and can turn to go way down to the family room, where the lady of the house
uses a tablet. My room is closest to the base, but it seems that I have more
trouble than she does. Is there a way to boost it in a web browser and latest
version of Mac?
Thanks,
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