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Internet connectivity issues with one router but work ok with other router
I have one Tplink ADSL ROUTER and when i enter username and password on setup page then everything works fine.
Now i have one more router Netgear router then when i enter same username and password ...
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What security changes are necessary when connecting DSL modem directly to PC instead of router?
Windows XP
I have a user with a single PC that was connected to the internet via a standard home router. The router is now having hardware-related issues and to save money, they're considering ...
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I want my internet connection to disconnect automatically after completing 90 MB bandwidth, but HOW? [closed]
I am using a modem (ZTE USB Modem FFF1) to connect to internet and I want it to disconnect automatically after completing 90 MB bandwidth (Downloaded data + Uploaded Data). Can anyone suggest how can ...
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Why are download/upload speeds so slow between South Korea and Europe? [closed]
This might not be the correct place to ask this question, but I didn't really feel that any of the other sites fit better.
On a recent business trip to South Korea, I noticed that their internet ...
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Can I connect two routers to one switch?
I want to connect two routers to a switch which will then be connected to a modem. Now as far as I know a switch does not do network translation and this won't work with one IP address. So I bought ...
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VMWare vSphere Hypervisor VM Ubuntu: no internet?
I run a Ubuntu Server 12.04 on a vmware vsphere hypervisor and it seems i have no internet connection:
apt-get update says: Temporärer Fehlschlag beim Auflösen von »de.archive.ubuntu.com« (failure ...
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Tata photon device is not working after deleting files in Control Panel
I have deleted some files in Control Panel to increase the performance of the laptop. Now LAN is not working or due to some other problem Tata photon device is not working.
I tried in Network and ...
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Firefox can't access internet in Ubuntu 10.04
I installed Ubuntu 10.04. Firefox will not access the internet. It works fine in 10.04.
This happens every time Firefox opens. Do I have to update the kernel, is there another way?
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sharing internet connection to browse internet on my phone [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Use PC internet on mobile phone via bluetooth
I am connected to internet through a wireless network. Now from this computer i want to share this connection so that i am ...
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Why Website Cannot Be Accessed But Can Be Pinged? [closed]
I have this issue sometimes and this time it is with buyincoins.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5v61PM7slM&hd=1
While cannot access it, i can ping or tracert successfully. Also Down For ...
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Windows 7 shows Not connected even if I am connected to internet
Windows 7 shows Not connected (with a red cross)even if I am connected to internet.
This problem continues all the time. I have one network adapter. I have tried disabling and then enabling the ...
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Wireless fails until one does arp -d 192.168.1.1
My wireless fails from between some minutes after being connected to half an hour or more.
Symptoms:
new pages not opening
downloads already in progress continue
ping 8.8.8.8 not working
The ...
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Internet connection pauses
I have a Motorola SB5120 cable modem. My provider is Atlantic Broadband in North Miami Beach. I've had this modem for over 5 years and has always worked the same way. Even in 2 different locations. ...
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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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Internet connection with ADSL modem in bridged mode
We have just moved to a new apartment and here we do not have a standard telephone connection, but a RJ-45 network connection. This connection has internet already enabled. I therefore configured my ...
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Connect to internet with virtual machine
I'm using Windows 7. Using a CentOS virtual machine, I want to connect to the internet with a Bridged connection.
Now if I write ifconfig, I get the IP address 192.168.1.99, which I manually set. My ...
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Using VPN for some software but not for others?
I sometime need to use a VPN to access some websites (blocked where I live). However, when I do so I need to close uTorrent otherwise the VPN gets extremely slow and eventually cuts the connection.
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Router can connect to the internet, computer is connected to router, but computer cannot connect to the internet
To connect to the internet, I usually configure my PC to use the static IP, the gateway and the DNS provided to me by my ISP and plug in the connector to my NIC. Recently, my NIC stopped working, so I ...
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Automatically connect Wired Ethernet Connection after power outage
I am using Scientific Linux 6.2 (Variant of RHEL / CentOS) . Every day at a particular time there is a power outage at my place, and after 1 hour power is restored. My laptop is connected to a network ...
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What causes my desktop computer to lose its internet connection on a wired LAN?
Please help! I am at my wits end.
I am by no means a techy, but I feel I am intelligent enough to read these forums and follow directions, but I digress...
My issue, I have a very simple home network ...
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Can I pass Internet Connection on to a virtual machine, but forbid it on host?
I've got the following situation.
I've got one physical machine which is connected to the Internet.
It runs one virtual machine which can be made to utilize the host Internet connection.
I wish 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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Can I use two internet connections simultaneously in Windows 7?
I have two internet connections - one via a 3G modem, and the other via wireless. The modem is faster so I normally browse with it, but it does not support torrent downloads while my wireless does. ...
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I can't download or stream for more then 3 sec, and then the conection activity just dies
Just got a new internet connection installed at my sisters place, but it randomly just stops working. At first it was only affecting flash videos. they would randomly just stop buffering. I did a lot ...
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Share wired internet connection of windows 7 pc to iPad via bluetooth?
At my work, we have wireless... but our desktops are wired.
The wireless in the building is sparse and horrible and my iPad has an unstable wifi connection to it.
However, I was wondering since my ...
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BitTorrent hogging my bandwidth to the point where Windows doesn't think I'm connected to the internet
I just witnessed something that blew my mind. I was downloading something on BitTorrent, and it was downloading at a fairly high rate (~1MB/s). The upload speed was very low (~15kB/s courtesy of lots ...
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How to use PCs' internet connection on Android phone?
How to use PCs' internet connection on Android phone ? I want to use it for surfing and downloading apps from Google Play . Reverse tethering works for surfing but not for downloading apps . Device - ...
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Windows 7 Intermittent Connection Issues (Repeatedly “identifying”)
I have an issue solely with my desktop windows 7 machine on my network (the network has multiple different devices, on the same and different operating systems) and the issue is that irregularly, ...
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What would be the total expenses of running an in-home web server? [closed]
I have several hosting accounts with companies, and plan to keep them. However, I would like to try my hand at creating my own home web-server, both for fun and for the learning experience. I would ...
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GoogleEarth installation : HTTP 403: forbidden?
my GoogleEarth crashed, than it wouldnt want to connect. So, I tried to reinstalled it, but since than Im getting :
The installer cannot connect to the Internet because of HTTP 403 Forbidden...
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Router with Dynamic IP Address - How to point it to my domain. For my CCTV
I have CCTV in my office and port-forward its ip to router. my router ip is dynamic how can i access my CCTV with my own domain name.
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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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windows 7 adhoc annoyance
When i get disconnected from my wifi somehow my laptop will search other connections i guess and it will start broadcasting in adhoc mode. Which i use only when i am traveling and want to play a lan ...
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DSL vs Cable latency
currently I have a 10Mbps DSL line and I'm thinking to switch to a cable since they got 100Mbps for a little less than double the price I'm paying for 10Mbps.
In other words the cable company is ...
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How do I simulate a slow internet connection on OS X?
I would like to test how some websites and other services behave when using them with a slow connection, say, a maximum bandwidth of 512 kBit/s, and a delay of 500ms.
How can I do that in OS X?
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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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User Receives a “Error Code: 403 Forbidden” but no one else does. What can I suggest that they do to fix it?
I have a ClickOnce application that is published to an IIS web server and the install page and installation process has been working perfectly for years.
One of my new users has recently tried to go ...
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Is airplane WiFi suitable for streaming video?
Some airlines now offer in-flight WiFi to their passengers. Not knowing exactly how these things work, I'm imagining there could potentially be a lot of buffering involved that makes streaming video ...
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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?
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I closed ...
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Who provides the Internet service to Internet Service Providers (ISPs)?
I've been wondering recently about how the infrastructure of the Internet really works.
I know that I have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that supplies my connection to the Internet.
But what ...
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can I prevent internet connectivity in my machine by corrupting some Windows networking api dll?
I am interested in ways to achieve bulletproof reversible disabling of internet connection. E.g. I figure that if I just run "ipconfig /release" the smart trojan could reenable connection by doing the ...
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Cannot access the internet in Metro
I am having one odd problem in Windows 8. Everytime I start my computer I need to connect manually to the internet with a username and a password. When I get connected I can access the internet in ...
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Connecting to router, some devices get good speeds, others get awful speeds
I have a strange problem.
I got Virgin 30MB broadband installed yesterday (its been over 24 hours since it was activated)
FYI I am in the United Kingdom.
My home network goes like this:
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Speed-up uTorrent when PC is idle?
Is it possible that uTorrent will use its max speed when there is no other internet activity in the PC?
For example, if I'm using Firefox, uTorrent should be limited or have low priority for internet ...
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Network connection problems in OSX Lion after waking from sleep
In the past two days, when I wake my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.7.3) from sleep, none of my applications can access the internet. The wifi still shows as connected, but there's no internet. The browser ...
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OSX 10.4.11 connected usb dongle to internet but no web access, wifi ok any browser
I have a macbook running 10.4.11 and can connect to the internet using a BT dongle (ZTEUSB Modem) but cannot access any websites through any browser. I have ditched preference files, in fact anything ...
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Windows 7 ICS causes No Network Connection
I am trying to use the ICS in Windows 7 to link my xbox 360 to the internet. I want to use ICS instead of bridging the two connections because then i can use the internet on my laptop at the same ...
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Access VMware based webserver from any computer via internet
I have created a web server(ubuntu server OS), on my web-development machine, using VMware Workstation. Now I want that I could point my website's nameservers to this virtual machine servers & ...
