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Questions tagged [satellite]

Satellite refers to a system which delivers television and internet using signals relayed from communication satellites.

The Satellite tag could be used for questions related to Satellite Internet Access or Satellite Television.

Satellite Internet Access is Internet access provided through communications satellites.

Satellite Television is a system of delivering television programming using signals relayed from communication satellites.

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Using laptop's monitor as a HDMI screen

I have a satellite TV decoder and a laptop. Is it possible to plug the decoder's HDMI into my laptop's HDMI plug and use it as a monitor somehow? Edit: I have an Asus S550C but I don't know what kind of HDMI port I have on this.
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Is Satellite internet generally as reliable as cable or DSL?

I'm trying to determine from a reliability standpoint whether internet service from a satellite provider is as good as a cable or DSL provider. Obviously nothing is perfect nor has a 100% uptime, but relatively speaking is satellite internet…
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We have Starlink, our location shows incorrectly as Chicago but we live in Missouri. Starlink says they can't update it. How to get correct location?

Our location based on our IP address shows Illinois and I need it to show Missouri. I emailed Starlink and they are unable to rectify. A lady told me she had a Wi-Fi extender that corrected hers. I will buy an extender if I know which one will show…
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Internet and Satellite sharing same coax

I have searched for this question online and I've seen a variety of answers, most of which are non-technical and simply this is a bad idea and I would never do this without any rational to back it up. I am looking for a concrete technical reason…
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Portable satellite antena

Here is the thing, I travel a lot and every so often I get to a hotel or a remote location where internet is either slow (London), country has a censorship (UAE) or there is no Internet at all. The only solution is to get a satellite network. I am…
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High-def TV tuner for satellite TV

A few months ago I bought a plasma television and upgraded my satellite receiver so that I could watch the high-def channels. We have another television purchased previously which also has a high-def receiver. When I compare the two, the one…
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How does Windows 10 determine if a connection is cellular?

We have a network with 60 clients (not all on our domain) that connect to a single very bandwidth constrained Internet connection (VSAT satellite - 6Mbps, 800ms latency). We have various ways to manage the bandwidth, but ideally we'd like all…
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Satellite TV on my PC?

What would be a good solution for hooking up the satellite TV box (Dish network) in my room to be able to watch it on my PC and possibly record video from it? Please share with me the best cards, cables, software, anything else needed to do this in…
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Locating and pinging a satellite

I want to ping a satellite, or ping some far off computer and know for sure that somewhere in the traceroute is a satellite hop I know that if I ping a computer in , say, australia (i am in the UK) there is a high chance it will have gone through a…
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Using MythTV to Stream Satellite Signal to multiple users

I'm planning on setting up a small media center to achieve the following: I have multiple users who want to watch satellite channels I want them to be able to change the channel remotely I'm going to buy an external DVB to capture the signal …
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Software to measure quality of internet connection

We are going to get a demo of satellite internet connection. Office is based in remote scottish highlands where internet speed is quite bad ( below 2 Mbps per line), a lot of outages due to weather etc. Whilst I am not entirely convinced that…
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Watching satellite tv from laptop's monitor

I have a satellite TV decoder with the following plugs: which are HDMI, RS232, TV/VCR, TV SCART plugs respectively. I'd like to watch TV on my laptop (an ASUS S550C). I was told that it's not possible to connect this directly to my laptop via an…
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USER DNS through a repeater bridge not loading

I have a two router & modem (satellite) set-up and have issues with DHCP settings and internet DNS connections. My first router is connected via wired lan to my modem, and is connected to the second router via wireless. The second router is running…
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Do satellite network cards exist for consumers?

I'm looking to outfit my Ubuntu laptop with a satellite card so that I can access the Internet from just about any place on planet Earth. I searched on Google "satellite network card" and was pretty disappointed by what I found. Do such NICs simply…
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What do I now I forgot the Toshiba Satellite S55T-A5360 BIOS password?

I have Toshiba Satellite S55T-A5360 Laptop. I forget the BIOS password. What can I do? I did not find the jumper or how I can change the password.
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