IKS

IKS stands for Internet Key Sharing, but it's a contradictory of it's own term, since it does not share ANY key information.

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Q. What is IKS?

A. IKS in a nutshell Posted by Blind Scan
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Q. How does it work?

A. The NFusion stb is connected to the internet via the same router that your PC is contected to. IKS is the term that is being used to describe the way the NFusion 'acquires' data from the internet to maintain it's 'always up' status. The actual data it acquires and where it get's that data are trade secrets that only Matchstick and Matchbox (the Pyro Twins) know.
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Q. How much data does the Nfusion IKS download from the internet? Will i go over my bandwidth limit?

A. The Nfusion IKS uses 60 bytes every 20 seconds to function.

1024 bytes = 1KB (kilobyte)
1024 KB = 1MB (megabyte)

so at this rate the IKS uses 10.5kb per hour or 253 kb over a 24hr span,

if you left your tv on 24/7 for 30 days it would use 7593 kb or 7.4 MB over that entire span of 720 hrs that your TV and IKS was on.

I highly doubt that anyone leaves there TV on that long or will they go over any bandwidth limit set by your ISP, (internet service provider)
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Q. Is IKS Safe ?

A. The forum is full of information that can help you deduct your own conclusion:
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Q. Why will IKS not work with my ISP?

A. Some ISP's (Internet Service Provider) will block certain ports that are needed by the NFusion to communicate with the IKS server.
***NOTE*** Clearwire is a know ISP that is blocking ports needed to get the IKS to function properly. It is recommended that you do not use Clearwire if you are planning on utilizing the IKS feature of this STB.
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Q. Why does TopCat feel cheated?

A. Because is just a big pussy ;)
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Q. Is a sat signal required in order for IKS to work?

A. YES. You must have a signal in order for IKS to kick in.
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