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Internet is not connected automatically at startup in XP

I am unable to connect to Broadband internet at Windows XP startup? When i View Network Connections i am getting two which include Internet Gateway and LAN or High Speed Internet. The LAN or High ...
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How to Fix Computer internet Connection?

I just Freshly installed Windows 7, and It says i am connected to the internet through the Ethernet port, and it says It is a good connection, but whenever I go onto IE and try to load a website it ...
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How does Windows know information about a connection's lease time?

How can Windows "see" information of an ethernet adapter's lease (like lease obtained/expires), when that lease comes from the ISP, but when there's a router in between? I've assumed that lease ...
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Why my ISP can't change my IP address? [closed]

My ISP is using dynamic IP addresses, now I have problems with my IP (it seems to be blocked somewhere) and want it to be changed. My ISP says to me that they can't assign a new IP for me, can that be ...
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Website fails to load specific assets only on linux kernel + my internect connection combo

The website in question is Ingress Intel. You probably won't be able to access it unless you have been invited to Ingress, but you don't need to because I can relay all errors and problems here. When ...
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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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download a large file using multiple connections and PCs

I have three seperate computers, which I currently do not have an OS on. I also have three seperate internet connections with connection speeds of 256K, 512K and 1M. I would like to use all three of ...
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Network Usage Monitoring

We want to know how much internet is used by our employees. We tried Lan Detective software. But we have to install and run that software in all PCs. So any alternate solution? How can we get internet ...
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Home Network Router Used as Gateway Develops High Latency

I have a WRT54G2 router (V1) with the most recent firmware that serves as the gateway between my Internet connection and my home network. Over the past few months, I've noticed that the router seems ...
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Program for separating connections for different program traffic?

I have seen that for combining 2 different connections into one for gaining speed you have to set up routers and flash their memory or buy new ones, and that's the only way for combining it by ...
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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 do I get on the internet in a 3rd world country? [closed]

My girlfriend is doing peacekeeping work in Rwanda and she has very poor internet access and it's difficult to stay in touch. What technologies or resources are available for non-connected or remote ...
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One wireless connection will not work - claims security settings do not match

at work there is one wireless connection that seems to have given up the ghost in recognising this computer. It was intermittent before, connecting but often not getting internet access, requiring ...
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Why does my internet keep slowing to a halt?

I am in a house where all the other PC's are connecting to the internet fine apart from my one. If I disconnect and reconnect the wireless usb network card I get about 5 mintues hassle free and then ...
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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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Attempting to find where my internet data is being used. Does this seem right?

Google chrome Extensions Used: Adblock Plus IDM Integrated LastPass Neater Bookmarks Pocket I use a monitoring software called "NetWorx" to check the overall internet data usage. I also use ...
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Unable to connect Samsung Corby Pro via Samsung Kies

I have been trying for long to connect my Samsung Corby Pro to Samsung Kies. But, my PC keeps on showing the error as "the device driver was not installed successfully". Can someone please guide me ...
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Directing all packets to one particular IP

I was facing a weird problem on the LAN today. If i have some TCP connection open, then that would work perfectly fine, but the rest won't. For example, if I am logged into G-Chat (the chat in the ...
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Why windows thinks that the internet is not connected?

I have direct access to the internet. My OS is Windows 7. I want to share internet to mobile devices via WIFi, but Windows shows that PC doesn't connected to internet. And I can't share wifi on this ...
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Using two Internet connections at the same time

Recently I got a second Internet connection. Each connection has 50mpbs capacity. One of them is directly connected to my laptop via PPPoE (with username and password); the second one is Wi-Fi from ...
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Managing two internet connections in Windows XP, with different applications using different connections

I have two internet connections, one has limited data but is fast, the other has unlimited data but is slow. What am trying to do is assign the unlimited data connection to the application which is ...
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Are consumer IP addresses essentially static these days? [closed]

It seems that, as of late, people's IP addresses that are on major ISPs (cable Internet, or DSL) are essentially static for long periods of time. Is this a fair assumption? How does this change in ...
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Acer ASPIRE 5830G WIFI Driver ReInstalled. Still intermittent Connection

I've WiFi and 2 laptops. internet is ok with one of them but with another connection is sometimes dissapeared. It is intermittent. I've already downloaded latest version of wifi driver from ...
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How to disable internet access at night on the router?

I have an internet connection that I'd like to be enabled only during the day. With multiple household internet devices, this would need to be something disabled at the level of the router. I don't ...
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Only a Dell Laptop does not connect to the Internet

I have Sky broadband at my home and everything was working perfectly till yesterday. I was able to connect wireless ly to the internet. Yesterday, my main laptop started showing an Exclamation (!) ...
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Second Wireless in Basement? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Connecting a ADSL router to a wireless router. What am I doing wrong? How can I extend my wifi coverage? I have a dual band router - top of the line new one - but ...
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prevent requests to o-o---preferred---bellcanada-yul2---v21---cache.c.pack.google.com

I have a very slow connection and I use to check constantly what requests i made to save bandwidth, I have noticed that i can't open IE or Chrome, they don't stop of doing request to ...
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How to share internet using USB dongle on windows vista [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Setting up wifi router as a switch for Internet Connection Sharing I am running windows vista on my laptop and use a USB dongle for accessing Internet. I have a Netgear ...
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Why can't I access a particular website even though the server appears to be available

I can't access http://www.lynda.com/ with any of my browsers on my home network. By checking http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/, I can see that the server is up and I can access it via a proxy ...
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Modem doesn't seem to pass internet connection to router

I was supplied a Cisco DPC3825 modem by my ISP and use a Cisco E4200 as my main router. Today the Internet just stopped working, just out of the blue, I can't think of anything that would have ...
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Computer never connects to the internet automatically on startup?

I have my Windows Vista laptop connected directly to the router via an ethernet cable, and every time I switch the computer on, the computer cannot connect to the internet. It comes up as limited or ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Is airplane WiFi suitable for streaming video? [closed]

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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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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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: Item ...
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Reset local area connection

My internet connection gets disconnected sometimes so I click on Troubleshoot problems in Windows 7 and it gets fixed when the troubleshooter resets the Local area connection. The problem is that it ...
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Unable to open sites on VPN other than the one's that's been allowed through by the Administrator

I need some help regarding some internet problem that I have been facing with my office VPN Network. I have a VPN installed in my office where only access to 3 or 4 sites have been allowed. I have ...
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Is a 'telecommuter' SLA a good idea? Does it even exist? [closed]

I telecommute from my home to my employer in California. Internet outages are rare, but 2-3 times a year I need to eat vacation time because of an outage. I don't terribly mind missing work here and ...
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Internet access only works after turning off and on the local connection

Every time I turn on the computer, it has no internet access. The network card is connected to a router which broadcasts the internet all over the office LAN. Once I turn off and then on the local ...
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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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Server Not Found error on some servers

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit and Ubuntu . My hosts file is empty. I'm using Firefox and Internet Explorer. When I tried to visit some sites I get a Server Not Found error. If I refresh the page a few ...
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Strange Speedtest results

I just got a fiber internet package which is advertised as max 20MBit down/ 1MBit up. However I'm getting some strange results on speedtest.net... That doesn't look strange, but what happens is the ...
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Why is my internet faster than WLAN?

Why is my internet connection (with a wireless router) faster than my wireless LAN connection? The former is normally ~2 MB/s (I get ~3 MB/s sometimes too), but the latter just doesn't go above a few ...

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