Specifications

Bulletin Boards and Newsgroups

One of the best speed test sites that includes moderated discussion groups is the site

www.testmy.net. This site has the ability to truthfully measure the speed of your

Direcway system – both upload and download. There is also a moderated forum for

Direcway users.

The newsgroup for Direcway users is alt.satellite.direcpc. Amazingly, Direcway does not

allow for newsgroups in their service plan and you will have to locate a pay for service

that provides newsgroup services.

Another site is www.copperhead.cc which is solely dedicated to Direcway satellite

systems. For instance, the DW6000 User Manual can be found on this web site in the

Downloads section under manuals. You have to know the specific link on MyDirecway

to get to the manual there:

http://www.mydirecway.com/mydw/common/Guides/DW6000 User Guide.pdf.

Copperhead.com has recently gone to a for fee service so it may not be the most desirable

site at this time.

The DW7000 User Guide is not generally available for users at this time. It is located on

the CPE Labs web site in the Online Documentation section. Once Hughes places the

manual in a spot for general availability we will provide that information.

Another site is www.dslreports.com which covers the entire broadband industry and has

large moderated forum areas. You will also find many FAQ (Frequently Asked

Questions) pages arranged into a type of hyper manual for users looking for more

detailed information.

As you read through the forums you will come across many references to tweaking the

performance of a Direcway system to increase downloads/uploads. Many of these

references are dated and refer to the older generation DW4000 systems. The DWx000

system is a self-hosted system while the DW4000 required a USB connection to a

Windows PC to function. Since the DWx000 is a dedicated device it is tuned to the

desired performance that Direcway desires. The user has almost no way to tweak their

Windows or Macintosh systems to improve their system responsiveness in such a way as

to effect the designed functioning of the DWx000. Except – to point your web browser to

the DWx000 proxy and DNS onboard function. I have included an article from DSL

reports with the instructions on pointing browsers to the DW6000.

General satellite location information can be found from the following sources.

• Lyngsat.com General satellite and transponder information.

• Satcodx.com/usa detailed satellite and transponder information.

• Web-radio.com streaming audio.

• Macromedia.com streaming video.