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How does bandwidth allocation in broadband internet actually happen?
I have subscribed for a broadband plan for 2Mbps. However there is considerable inconsistencies between the promised speed and the actual download speeds. For instance the maximum download speeds I ...
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Why is dial up so slow?
On a dial-up Internet connection, why is the speed is limited to 56 kbits/s compared to a broadband Internet connection which may carry 10 times as much as dial up through that same telephone line?
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Network monitoring tool on linux for home broadband router [closed]
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Monitor the bandwidth usage of each computer on a network
I have broadband router at my home, and 3 systems are connected to it through Wifi. I want to monitor or ...
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Incredibly Slow Internet. What am I missing?
I am consistently getting speeds of 2mb or less on one of my machines. I can't figure out why. I have already tried:
Other Devices - All seem to work fine, speeds ranging from 7.6mb to 8.3mb
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Router stops Working
I have been facing the problem since a couple of months..
I have bought an Edimax wireless router for my home network from ebay. Now that router had some serious issues with overheating. It used to ...
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Why does my Time Warner IP address change depending on device?
I currently have Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet service. This uses a SMC Cable Modem (Model SMCD3GN).
If I plug my MacBook directly into the cable modem via Ethernet and restart it, I get an IP ...
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How can I track network use per user in my house?
Our broadband account has a 60 GB monthly cap but we keep exceeding it. I'm trying to get the younger members of the family to understand they can't watch online videos all day but I need to be able ...
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Internet usage monitor software [closed]
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Software to report internet traffic for home user
My mobile Internet connection has a daily usage limit, so I'm looking for some software which can monitor both the ...
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Why do BT router firewall rules keep resetting?
A large number of our customers have routers supplied by BT when they order business broadband. When the routers are installed, we configure the firewall to allow our EPOS system to communicate ...
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Is is possible to use a mobile phone as a usb modem?
Is it possible to use the data allowance of a phone contract on a laptop? At the moment, I have a usb dongle which I use when I need to use my laptop away from home. Instead of using this dongle, ...
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No internet through a web browser but Skype still works
We get our office broadband through a BT Business Broadband WiFi router. We have a mixture of macs and windows PC/laptops connecting to it at any one time.
All devices are able to connect to the ...
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Taking advantage of two broadband links [closed]
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Can I use more than one internet provider at the same time?
I have two broadband connections at my place, delivered via plain old Ethernet. I was wondering if I can ...
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How can a speed test restore broadband speed?
Our broadband connection has been inexplicably slow for a number of days, to the point of being unusable. Of course broadband support is never helpful and says it is all our fault. After many ...
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Connecting to cable modem - best architecture? [closed]
I have a DSL now, and am switching to Cable modem because in my neighborhood DSL is capped at 1.5 mbps which I can no longer tolerate.
Now I have a combo DSL Modem/Wireless device. For the cable ...
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BEFSR41 to wireless?
I have the following device: BEFSR41
What is the best way to add wireless capabilities to this? Can I buy a wireless switch, attach the switch to one of the ports on the BEFSR41, and have wireless ...
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My AirPort Express 802.11n is slowing down my broadband connection
I just upgraded my broadband connection to 64mbps. When I connect my MacBook Pro laptop directly to the router, SpeedTest.net reveals my downstream speed to be around 61mbps, which seems reasonable.
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How share internet connection between two laptops
I have what appears to be a cable modem plugged into the wall with only ONE ethernet port on it. Therefore i can only connect one computer to it. Also, it has no wireless capability.
I have to dialup ...
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How to start/stop a Broadband connection at a specific time on Windows 7 Enterprise?
I want to start my broadband connection at a specific time, and stop it at specific time. How do I achieve it on Windows 7 ?
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High sync for attenuation, speeds achieved seem low now, FEC errors!
I had a physical line fault, now corrected, that led to slow broadband.
Since then the connection rate has been running very high, even up to 79xx kbps on ADSL2+ with 46.5 attenuation. The margin ...
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Problem with settings for using Internet on Ubuntu
I am a student and using Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 as dual boot.
In my college, we have a proxy server, so all I need to use the internet is set the proxy settings in Preferences -> Network ...
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How to limit broadband speed in my flat?
I need help with limiting broadband speed in my flat. There are 13 people living in my flat and there's only 20GB of broadband data cap to use each month. I was wondering if there is anyway to limit ...
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How to setup mobile broadband connection in Backtrack BT4 R2
I recently installed (Backtrack BT4 R2 - dual boot) ...
Idon't know how to set the configurations of Mobile broadband connection such as APN .
My phone is Nokia-E66 , and i'm using USB cable to make ...
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Share an Internet Connection over three machines
I want to share my Broadband Internet Connection over three computers. I am having Windows XP on all three machines, a switch and a modem. All my three machines are on LAN. Currently I need to dial-up ...
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Is there a specific test to check why Skype in not working well between two machines?
There are plenty of general broadband tests like speedtest.net. But are there similar tests around skype, which can say like "the problem is on side B, between 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2, too narrow: 1.2 ...
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How can I get BT Openreach to expedite installation of a PSTN line for ADSL? [closed]
While not strictly a hardware question, I'm hoping this falls into the remit of questions I can ask. I currently have a lead time of over a month which is unacceptable; is there anything I can do to ...
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Change the NAT setttings on mobile dongle
Is it possible to change the NAT type on a mobile dongle modem? I've searched the web but couldn't find anything. Should I contact the ISP for this, is it even possible. At the moment it is set as ...
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Graphical broadband connectivity logger for Linux/Ubuntu?
Our home broadband (TWC/RoadRunner/San Diego) intermittently drops out for minutes at a time. In WinXP, I had a logger that would ping one or more sites (e.g. Yahoo.com), log the ping times, and ...
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Tough problem - slow network connection late night
I'm stumped as to why one of my computers gets TERRIBLE broadband speeds late at night, and is OK in the morning.
I checked for a scheduled backup or drive scan. There are none.
Speedtest.net shows ...
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Slow ethernet broadband connection - is my cable wrong?
I just bought a 15m cat 6 cable and the connection to my desktop is slow 2-4Mbps.
I have a Netgear DG834 router with the latest firmware that's reporting a 19Mbps connection speed. My wireless ...
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internet bandwidth measurement?
How the internet speed is calculated, and how does it differ from other speed measurements (like CPU speed)? For example, what does it mean if somebody says, "my internet speed is 512"?
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Software which keep checking broadband speed and then give me average speed
Is there any software which can check my broadband speed after some fixed interval and give me avg at the end of day.
I need this because i dont think i am getting what i am paying for.
Thanks
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Should ADSL routers be left switched on 24/7?
I've been happily using my ADSL wireless router for five years, only switching it on when I use it which is typically in the evenings and at weekends. Over the past fews weeks I had a dramatic drop in ...
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Can I use my modem's ethernet and USB simultaneously, to connect two computers?
I have a Netgear broadband modem. I use a desktop and a laptop.
I have connected the modem to the desktop by using their ethernet connectors. But I need internet on my laptop too.
There is another ...
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How to share broadband Internet connection of one computer with another computer?
I want to share my Internet connection (broadband) in my desktop PC to my laptop. I don't know how to achieve this. My desktop doesn't have Bluetooth. Please suggest a solution.
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What does frequency mean with regard to Broadband?
I read that Broadband is distinguished from Baseband by using a greater range of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum and that ADSL divides the 1.1 MHz spectrum into 256 independent channels. ...
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Free tool for monitoring Broadband usage on Windows 7 [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Software to report internet traffic for home user
Desktop Internet traffic measurement software
I need a free tool ( non browser ) to monitor my broadband usage on ...
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Windows XP reinstall, now I am unable to connect to broadband what shall I select to do this?
My hardrive was failing so I needed to reinstall Windows XP. I completed the reinstall and the drivers but now only the wireless connection works. The broadband states connected but does not go out ...
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Testing bandwidth on a single port
At work we are having issues with our till system. The company we use hosts the database centrally on a MySql server and we connect in on the standard port 3306.
The problem that we are having is ...
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How to automatically connect to Broadband Modem
Is there a way I can automatically connect to any Broadband modem so I can access the internet on Windows Vista, without first setting up the connection and typing in the IP address and the password?
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Quick way to check my broadband speed
What is the simplest way to check my actual broadband connection speed?
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UK broadband provider who doesn't screw with DNS [closed]
I'm lazy, so used to searching for things by typing the first name of a company into Firefox and getting redirected to Google on DNS failure. In order to make money out of this service provided by ...
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Shareing two internet connections on my laptop running Windows XP
I have two internet connections, one is internet via our organization's corporate LAN network, and the other one is mobile broadband via a USB modem
Is there anyway I can share internet connections ...
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Why is my speed only limited to 12% of my max bandwidth?
I subscribed in a 1Mbps broadband internet (data only). The provider said that customers would only get 60% of it which is approximately 600kbps of the 1Mbps, which is enough for me. But I've been ...
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Cable from broadband router to computer (cross-over or regular)
I have a wireless broadband (WiMax) and I want to move my computer from where the IDU (In Door Unit) is to another location. So my plan is to get a longer ethernet cable from the IDU to the computer ...
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Wireless broadband issue
I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop connected to my wireless broadband (UK ISP, o2) and a desktop PC which - until a few days ago - was connecting fine.
On my desktop PC I am running Windows XP and, ...
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Are my Hi-Speed numbers adequate for Voip?
When I test my broadband speed I get these numbers returned:
Download - 8.1 Mb/s ::
Upload - .511 Mb/s ::
Are these numbers high enough to support a voip application?
Thanks
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Bandwidth Usage
I am wondering how much bandwidth in terms of bytes sent/received is consumed by a typical remote desktop session. I need to know this because our ISP enforces a cap on monthly bandwidth usage (i.e. ...
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Which router should I buy for 3G/HSDPA using Three Mobile Ireland? [closed]
I've been spending quite a bit of time working over in the Republic of Ireland (Co. Donegal) at the moment. There's no terrestrial ADSL but there is a fairly usable 3G/HSDPA service from Three Mobile ...
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Will a standard wireless router support 12 wireless users?
I'm having a fantasy football draft in a couple of weeks, and without thinking, I said we could do an online draft if everyone brought their laptops. So, will my poor little Dlink G band router be ...
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Why is my ADSL download speed lower than my upload speed
I seem to be getting ~400 Kbps download speed here, and ~700 Kbps upload (yes, they're both rubbish). Does this seem wrong to anyone, and what could be causing it (apart from the 'acceptable' things ...
