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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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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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How does OSX check if you have an internet connection?

I have read the SuperUser blog post here about how Windows checks if there is an internet connection using NCSI. Is there an equivalent in the Mac world? EDIT: I just found the post below at ...
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Internet connection lost for a second every ~hour

Every hour or so, my internet seems to disconnect for a second. I know it because I get kicked from every multiplier game with some kind of "network/connection error". I tried downloading a large file ...
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HS Internet connection much slower after registry/adapter tweaks?

Recently (according to speedtest.net log-3 days ago) my HS Internet connection (ATT Uverse 12Mbps down plan) slowed down dramatically after I attempted tweaking registry and adapter settings in Win7 ...
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Strange internet connection issues

Since a few days I have been noticing that I have some strange problems with my internet connection. I have not made any significant changes to the software / firewall settings / adapter settings on ...
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Losing connection in several different multiplayer games

I'm having a connection problems with several multi-player games. It always happen during loading screens before the match, and I'm having problems identifying what could be the potential problem. ...
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Wireless Connection Intermittently Choppy [closed]

hope I'm not asking too much of a repeat question but after a search, I wasn't able to find an answer to my specific issue. Hope I can get this sorted out! Over the past week, maybe a bit more, my ...
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How to check if a connection is active when having multiple connected networks?

Well, I have a WiFi router and I connect to it by using both my WiFi adapters in my laptop, so when doing ipconfig I get this: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft ...
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Download speeds are good. Upload speeds are terrible. Win7

I'm running Windows 7 with a wired connection to my Verizon FIOS router. My download speeds are usually around 80 Mbps, but my upload speeds are lucky to break 1.0 Mbps. This is a new problem, ...
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Internet very slow on new computer ,works fine on old computer [closed]

I just bought a new computer and it is extremely slow. It is showing that it is connected to the wireless server with full bars. The browsers open but are very slow to load, and can't play any music ...
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test of ICMP block

In my bash scripts I have been using something like: until fping -u google.com; do echo "$0[$$] Network/DNS down?? $(date)" 1>&2 && sleep $(($RANDOM%(1 + ++trynum * 1) +1)).222; done ...
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Improving GPRS Internet Performance

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. But since it is related to GPRS network infrastructure and somewhat packet routing I'm placing it here. Do correct me if I am wrong! I ...
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combine two Internet connections to download

I have two computers on a LAN. The first computer with a speed of 128Mbs and a second computer with Internet connection speed is 256Mbs. I tried downloading a 250MB file. If the first computer to ...
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Why would I get ''limited connectivity' (i.e. no internet access) via a home network connected to a ADSL modem?

When I power up my modem, home network and machines, sometimes the machines don't connect to the internet. Why would this be happening? Is there anything I can do to intervene? (See my setup below) ...
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Realtek PCIe FE Losing Connectivity in Win 7 Home 64-bit

I am having an intermittent problem with my network connection dropping out for no apparent reason. When it drops, I still see the lights blinking on the NIC card, but cannot pass packets even to the ...
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Router maintains connections, but will not transfer data

My router losses its connection to the internet, somewhat, several times a day. It doesn't lose any connections, but it will not transmit data. For example, instant messengers and games will continue ...
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Router slowing my connection?

I have a Linksys WRT54G and I pay for a 12Mbps connection. I've been testing my connection using speedtest.net for many days and always get 8Mbps. I called the support and they told me to bypass the ...
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When pinging, the ping responses come from random domain names, but the same IP address?

When I ping a site, I get ping responses from random domains. You can see this in the paste below. I started a ping, and surfed around a few sites, and the domain keeps changing. I've also observed ...
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How can I find out why the internet connection speed in our LAN is so slow?

The internet connection speed in our LAN has been slow down for several days. Is it possible that a virus is the cause of that? How can I detect the cause of this low speed? EDIT : I closed ...
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Internet connection slow, unreliable, but torrent speeds unaffected

Occasionally, I'm unable to reliable use the Internet from any client device. My torrent client is unaffected, transmitting at the speeds I have it set to. Web pages just don't load, or take a long ...
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Local network accessible but not internet via ethernet card (happens in Windows AND Ubuntu (dual boot) on same machine). What has happened to card?

I have a desktop PC with a 1Gb ethernet card as well as a built-in motherboard 100mb/s ethernet card. Very recently, internet access using these has stopped working. Initially I thought it was a ...
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Remote location loses connectivity

I have a remote location that has constant internet access using DSL. The remote location only has three Linksys cameras that have internet access from a router. There is no computer on the network. ...
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No internet connection, can ping fine

I have multiple devices (Windows 7 PC, Windows Vista laptop, Macbook Air and two phones) at home and a Linksys router. Only Windows 7 PC can't connect to the internet, every other device is fine. More ...
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Interrupted downloads

I've been having troubles with my internet connection within these sites: (I'm using Firefox 6.0, Chrome 13.0.782.112, I.E 9.0 Latest version, and is the same problem with all those browsers, for ...
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Bridge Network Connections?

I would like to start off by saying that this might not belong here. This is the only StackExchange site I found relating to networking, but if it is a problem please let me know and I will delete it. ...
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Unable to access certain websites from a computer

One of the desktop computers in my office is unable to access some particular websites. We've tried from Chrome, IE, Firefox, but no luck. eg: http://spsims.wto.org/ -> click on "Regular ...
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Internet Working, Browsing Not

I have a very odd problem that I can't resolve. I am connected to the internet, but my browsing doesn't work. I don't mean a web browser - I mean browsing. Firefox, Chrome, Curl all fail to ...
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How to use a Network adapter only for a specific Connection on Win7?

I've got several network adapter in my PC (from LAN, WLAN, VPN etc...) and what I want to accomplish is that some specific adresses use the VPN adapter, while all others use eiter LAN or WLAN. (So ...
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Is there a way to Blacklist/Hide Wireless Networks in Windows 7 Available Networks List?

There are a several Wireless networks viewable from my home which I want to blacklist/hide from the the available networks listing, by SSID Name. Is this possible, and if not, why?
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What can I do to try and fix my home internet connection?

I have cable internet through Charter with a wireless router and every now and then the connection will either be extremely slow or non-existent. Right now, both my laptops are saying that they are ...
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Internet connection problem through python urllib2 and wget

I have recently shifted from behind the proxy to direct connection settings. I removed http_proxy and now my apt-get update and upgrade works fine but somehow I am not able o connect to internet ...
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Internet connectivity issues

My Laptop (a Toshiba Satellite Pro P300 running Vista) is having trouble connecting to my wireless router. Other laptops are using the wireless, but it's not reached capacity. The laptop recognises ...
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Internet Connectivity problem but wi-fi is ok?

I am using windows-XP. I have a wi-fi internet connection. My system shows the wi-fi status ok. But still I am not able to browse the internet from my Pc(laptop). I am sure this is not the browser ...