Dream satellite migration from Agila2 to Koreasat5

July 15, 2010 · Filed Under Technology · 1 Comment 

Last May 18, 2010, my Homecast satellite receiver received an OTA (Over the air) software upgrade from Dream. It turns out that this was in anticipation of their planned migration from Agila2 to Koreasat5. The said software update (from previous v1.03 to v1.06) contains the necessary information or TPs (transponder settings) for the new satellite. So once you perform a factory reset on your Homecast unit, you need not input the said new transponder values and your receiver will automatically scan both Koreasat5 and Agila2.

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PLDT DSL and Edimax BR-6204Wlg Router Internet Slowdown?

June 24, 2010 · Filed Under Technology · 3 Comments 

I have been using Edimax BR-6204Wlg on my PLDT DSL with good perfomance for over a year when suddenly, I have noticed a slowdown in my Internet access. Downloading, torrent transfers aren’t affected, but when browsing Internet, most pages are slow to load and most stop loading at all. Even my speedtest.net test wouldn’t complete and stalls at the upload test phase.

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