All connections, wired, wireless, internet, intranet, and cable fall under this category. Use this tag if your issue involves establishing, maintaining, adding, or removing connections.
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Handling switching connection from two computers to one LCD screen
I have the following equipment:
Dell UltraSharp U2412M Monitor with LED
Stationary HOME PC
Ultrabook Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C
USB Mouse
USB Keyboard
Here is the diagram of how I currently have ...
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ESD Wrist Strap Connection Location
We have some workers who say that the wrist strap is too short to plug into the receptacle on the ESD mat, so, they claim that it is fine to just clip the the ESD wrist strap to the mat, closer to ...
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Windows 7 shows “Network Cable Unpugged” If connected through IO port
I am facing a strange problem while connecting a new windows 7 machine (will be referred as machine A) to a dell switch. Here are few points to better understand my problem:
When machine A is ...
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Why can I only access thebox.bz via a proxy server
I do not like to use a proxy but I cannot access thebox.bz from my LAN without one. I'm using Frontier FiOS. Firefox gives "The connection has timed out" error. F5 very rarely produces a page-load. ...
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Most Challenging Troubleshoot ? Laptop not opening a specific site tried everything?
this is a very very expert question that is remain unanswered in years either a bug or anything I don't know but somebody have to solve it - lets work together and find a solution, let me state the ...
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IE: How can I keep my webpage up if I lose internet connection until it comes back?
I'm hoping there is a setting or method to disallowing the web page redirect when I lose connection. For instance, I'll be typing up a document online and if I lose internet connection from my ...
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How does Netlimiter kill connection?
I'm using Netlimiter to kill TCP connection, using the Kill Connections command under Toolbox area.
I inspect Wireshark and see that the server sends me RST packet. It seems Netlimiter first sent RST ...
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laptop sporadically displays: limited connectivity
I have a Dell inspiron laptop about 18 months old running Windows 7. I have had a problem sporadically for the last 2 months.
I will be using the internet when all of the sudden my browser can't ...
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The Wireless Router intimettent connectivity issue
I have got an Huawei HG8245 wireless router with 40 mbps optical connection on it and as we are in the same room as of the wireless router itself we are connected through wifi and the issue is that ...
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Cannot Connect via SFTP When I Travel or am on Another ISP's Connection
I use SFTP to upload our website to our server with InMotion Hosting. It works fine when I am home and use our ISP (BellSouth.Net - Now AT&T. It also works fine on 1 of our Philippine ISP ...
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DVI-VGA issue wih new nvidia drivers after electiricity down
i am using an old laptop (clevo with nvidia go 7950 GTX), Acer monitor(DVI), windows7(32-bit)
I was using forceware 2xx drivers before electiricty gone, after electiricty came monitor was not ...
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How to disconnect a network drive using powershell
I would like to disconnect a network drive (Y:) with powershell. That drive letter is assigned / mapped to a network location. Is there a simple way to do that?
I believe "net use XXX /delete" would ...
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Why do bittorrent clients connect to seeds when they are themselves seeding
I noticed that when I'm seeding a torrent (using Transmission, the default client under Ubuntu), it regularly connects to other seeds, to which, obviously, I won't send any data.
People I know have ...
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What is the difference between “unable to connect” and “connection was reset”?
These actual error message texts were extracted from my Firefox. But I suppose these describe two general scenarios in networking.
The common thing in both is the end result, that I cannot reach data ...
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os x 10.6.8 sudden wi-fi problems (no recent upgrade)
MacBook pro, os x 10.6.8 for many months. No recent OS changes. Connected easily @ home & different location this morning. Suddenly no connection @ 3rd location. Back home now, connected on ...
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How do I connect two monitors and a 42" LED TV screen to an AMD Radeon HD 6700 video card?
I have (2) Asus 27" monitors and (1) Hisence 42" LED TV screen.
Is it possible to have all three connected to an AMD Radeon HD 6700 video card on my computer as one whole desktop?
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Network Adapter Problems
This, stumps me entirely.
I've got a Gateway running Win7. I connect to the internet through a wired Local Area Connection with a Marvell Yukon PCI-E Ethernet.
Problem is, I keep getting Wireless ...
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my HP laptop knocks other laptop off wireless network
I have a work HP laptop and my husband has an IBM. When I logon to wireless and VPN it knocks his connection off and we have to reboot (and unplug) the router for his to work again. It's like my ...
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list active VNC connections from terminal
I am looking for a way to list all the active VNC connection to a machine.
I know I can get all the active connection of the machine by running netstat -na but I don't know how to filter just the ...
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TCP vs UDP Error-Checking
I've bounced upon two articles that describe in-depth on how TCP and UDP connections work. However there is some kind of inconsistency. Where one article tells me that UDP does no Error-Checking at ...
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i want my computer to dial a connection directly without me clicking on dial / connect if the connection is not present computer software
i want my computer to dial a connection directly without me clicking on "dial / connect" if the connection is not present.
I have a dial up connection which sometimes gets disconnected in the night ...
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Internet is extremely slow after using VPN (and exiting/restarting)
I'm a student at Penn State, and for my engineering class I use a program called SolidWorks. Penn state provides me with a fully licensed edition of this program, but for it to acquire a license I ...
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Windows 7 Faking Internet Connection
I am having a problem from this blog post: http://blog.superuser.com/2011/05/16/windows-7-network-awareness/
I have a dns server set up that I make my windows machine point to as per this : ...
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Vista Periodic loss of connection to main router
I have the following setup..
Home Network over 3 Devolo HomePlugs.
Plug 1 Connects to the Draytek 2830n which is my primary router with DHCP configured and provides internet access.
A ReadyNas NV+ ...
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My computer loses internet connection while router is ok
It happens when I play games mostly. My desktop pc loses its internet connection (connected via ethernet) for a small amount of time (1-2 sec), dropping from games and raidcall and every other ...
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ssh connection and X11 server, diverse issues
I'm using a machine in a town next to mine via ssh (with putty). I'm connecting through ssh, and after I log in that machine I start (with Xming running in my PC), a software that opens X11 window. ...
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How to connect php 5.4.4 with microsoft sql server 2008 R2 in windows Xp?
How to connect php 5.4.4 with microsoft sql server 2008 R2 in windows Xp?
i have installed xampp 1.8.0 with apache2.4 and php 5.4.4 embedded in it.
i have installed microsoft sql server 2008 R2.
i ...
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Internet Connectivity through router to desktop and Tab
I have a Broadband connection (wired) with a modem (not wireless). I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 which works only on direct wifi so I bought a Belkin Basic N150 router (compatible with ...
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Wireless headset(bluetooth) connect with more than one device simultaneously
There are two devices notebook and android phone that both come with bluetooth, is it possible to connect them together with one bluetooth headset at a time? That means I can listen both sides of ...
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Liveheader/Curl script for reconnecting Netgear WNR2000V1 router
I need a Liveheader/Curl script for reconnecting my Netgear WNR2000V1 router for a program called jDownloader. I've tried asking on the official forums, but I haven't gotten a useful reply. Can anyone ...
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Choosing IP Address For Firefox
On my server I have 2 static IP addresses. I would like to set Firefox to use one IP address exclusively. Does anyone have any good ideas on achieving this?
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Network goes “Request Timed Out” when I run a query
I use postgreSQL 9.2 as the database and Java 6 as the programming language.
There is no problem when I run my program on the server computer. But when I run my program from a remote client, ...
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My pc can only work on ethernet, don't know how to activate the wifi
I have an HP Pavilion 20 All-in-One PC running with Win 8. I recently moved from the place I was living and cannot manage to establish a connection. In my old place the computer connected through ...
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How can I connect to sql server from a different domain/network
I installed SQL Server 2008 R2 on 6 machines. They are to be placed in 2 offices, 3 in each.
I created a database instance and I used VB6 and was able to link both perfectly.
I was also able to ...
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GNU/Linux: Make bad connections usable
I have recently been traveling. On my way I experienced 3 different
bad connections:
Long latency (1000-10000 ms with around 10% loss)
High packet loss (50% loss)
Connection flapping two hops from ...
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Linux Mint 14 issues with WiFi connectivity
For the past month and a half or so I've been trying rid myself of my Windows dependency. I have tried Fedora, Ubuntu, and now Linux Mint. Everything works great except for WiFi.
I install the distro ...
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Sudden high packet loss over wireless/wired network
I have recently noticed that my Internet connectivity both over wireless and wired connections has become increasingly intermittent. I fired up command prompt and ran ping google.com -t to check out ...
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suddenly cannot retrieve scan applications list from computer for Lexmark 9350 all-in-one printer
I suspect a Microsoft update to Windows 7 x64 in the past week or so may be preventing my Lexmark 9350 from downloading the scan applications list. It's been working for 2 years, and I can still print ...
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Zotac NVida GT640 2GB Video Card Mini HDMI output
I cannot get my 42" Samsung TV to show my computer on the HDMI cable which has a mini HDMI cable hooked to the computer.
It works fine if I use the DVI connections from the tv to the computer but I ...
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Notepad++ FTP Sync with server on connection
Is it possible for notepad++ to automatically sync with a ftp server when you connect to it via etc. nppftp to get the files from the server; that you have set up a cache for on your local computer, ...
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Is it possible to use a laptop as an external storage device?
I want to use my laptop as an external storage device with my PC. Is this possible? Is there a way to keep a backup of a file on my laptop hard drive and is there any software that can keep the backup ...
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Connect a MAC (Lion) to Windows by RDP when the two networks are the same?
I have a new MAC (Mountain Lion) and I am trying to connect at my small office Windows desktop using the MAC built in VPN and the Microsoft RDP software.
The problem is that my home network address is ...
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How to connect two computers using SSH tunneling
I have two linux computers in two different institutes. Computer1 is username1 with host1(internal ip 192.168.1.115) connected to server1(public ip 59.162.19.43). Second Computer2 is username2 with ...
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Non-authoritative answer? Can't connect to my website?
Just recently I noticed I couldn't FTP to my site. Then I tried to just go to my site. It didn't work. I decided to wait a day to see if the problem fixed itself. So the next day at school tried going ...
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Ubuntu can't connect to internet
Ubuntu is unable to connect to internet, both live CD and installed Ubuntu can't connect to network. The system sees the Ethernet interface from the look of ifconfig output:
*eth0
Link ...
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How do I set up an OS level proxy when a specific application does not support it?
I'm running a certain desktop app (actually Youwave Android) which doesn't have any built-in proxy configuration settings.
I need to get all traffic just from this app directed through a proxy.
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USB disconnect sound as I go away from PC, and I'm not touching anything as I get up
My computer is an Acer notebook connected to a HDTV.
When I get up and walk away from the computer almost every time I hear the disconnect USB device sound after a few seconds.
How is this ...
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Network connections for cable modem, wireless router, network switch, server, 3 desktops and an occasional laptop
I have a small home network - a server and 3 desktop PC's; I have a cable modem, a Netgear 5-port 10/100/1000M GS605 network switch, and I recently installed a new Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n WiFi ...
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Connecting more than 2 ethernets [closed]
I have a problem. I need to plug two RJ45 into 1 PC with 1 RJ45 plug so my question is. Is this possible to make form 2 cables one?
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HTTPS connections fail with Chrome
Currently I can't use HTTPS with Chrome*. I get
Error 103 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED)
I noticed it trying to login into Dropbox or search with Google using HTTPS.
How can I repair this?
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