The good news is that you can usually find this information with help of your satellite provider. DISH Network for example features a Point Dish/Signal option in their on-screen menu to assist you in adjustment of your dish. Using your zip code, you can determine azimuth, elevation and skew. Pointing your dish is normally part of installation process so plan to do your install when you have time to follow through.

Your skew should be set before you mount your dish. Using adjustment number from your service provider, rotate dish horn to match recommended coordinates.

With your azimuth and elevation numbers in hand, grab your compass and go outside. Standing close to your dish but at least one foot away, rotate your compass until needle points North, or zero degrees. Starting from this point, locate azimuth number on compass and turn to face that point without moving compass itself. East is 90 degrees, South is 180 degrees and West is 270 degrees. If your azimuth number is 240 for example, you would face a direction that fell between South and West on your compass.

Now that you’ve found your direction, estimate angle of elevation. With ground representing zero, calculate distance going upwards using elevation number provided by your provider. Straight up would be 90 degrees so if your elevation number was 45, your elevation would be halfway between ground and looking straight up into sky. Got it? Good... There’s your satellite!

Can I have that without cables please? When routers first came out, preferred choice was using Ethernet cabling to connect Ethernet enabled computers to router. Ethernet offers reliable high speed local connectivity but prospect of network cables trailing around your home doesn’t sound appealing. Queue wireless routers! Over years, wireless technology has evolved to point where wireless routers allow your wireless enabled computers to communicate via harmless radio waves without need of cables. With a wireless enabled laptop, you can freely roam around within your wireless network area or have your wirelessly enabled desktop computer in a different room.

Difference between ADSL and Broadband Routers. On market there are two main types of routers – Broadband routers and ADSL routers. Broadband routers require an external Ethernet modem to operate. While ADSL routers have built-in ADSL modems. The Pro and cons are

•ADSL routers will only operate on ADSL connections. Broadband routers with appropriate modem can operate on any type of connection (Cable or DSL) offering flexibility to change broadband technology.

•Broadband router with a modem require two power supplies and take up more space while an ADSL routers offer a nice simple single power supply solution.

•Broadband routers are more prone to compatibility issues with modems than ADSL routers with built-in modems.

You’re not alone If you’re still confused, then there are specialist sites like www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk that have online wizards, offer unbiased pre-sales and post-sales support to aid you in making right decision and assist if problems arise.

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