ok i also have the hughesnet satelite ****.. i have the highest plan proplus... and i still have issues with the firewall being up and i dont have windows firewall enabled,,, it is turned off.. i have no other firewalls or antivirus...im xp 2 gb ram ,180gb Hd and the hn7000s modem/router combo. i hope someone figures this out soon , i mean i had faster dl's on dialup ... WTF