Questions tagged [internet]
Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks.
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Why would my cable internet cut out but cable tv still works?
A friend of mine asked me this and I wasn't able to come up with a good answer. Basically, you could be watching Comcast television in one room but the internet router is in another room. TV is fine ...
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Computer requires a reboot to get LAN connectivity
I have a lan adapter connected on my pc. However the first time I power it on it doesnt appear in the adapter setting and I have no internet connectivity. I have to restart the computer for me to get ...
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Network PCs Lost internet, Server Doesnt
I currently have a small server (running Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials) and 3 pcs set up in a network. I moved the server this morning, unpacked a new printer and plugged it into the ...
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How to fix this network issue for my desktop?
Recently I've been having some network trouble with the desktop in my living room. Right now I have Comcast internet service, which is the 50 Mbps plan. Now on my desktop computer, I've only been ...
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How can I send a packet around the circumference of the globe? [closed]
I want to send some data around the circumference of the earth from my computer and back to my computer. How do you suppose I can accomplish this?
I tried searching for something online to handle ...
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Monitoring WI-FI HTTP requests?
I was just wondering if it's possible to monitor HTTP requests sent & received to a WIFI network. If so, how is it done and how can I protect myself from it?
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Can I use multiple vpn connections to increase bandwidth
There is wifi network in our college and it only connected to local server so if we want to use internet we have to connect to a vpn server using our specific user/pass the problem is bandwidth is ...
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Router appears to have public IP address
I recently moved to a new apartment and tried to set up internet with a Motorola Surfboard modem and Netgear router. My ISP is Time Warner Cable. Usually I just connect the router to the modem and ...
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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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19MB/s Net Speed but Only 2MB/s Usable
Hi so i just got internet a about a month ago and my net speed is 19MB/s, I have tested it on loads of sites they all say the same thing(19MB/s), but it wont use more than around 2MB/s i have tried ...
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use the internet connection of a remote desktop
I'm a web developer and not a hardware/software type of a man. I have something in mind but I don't know if possible. So here goes nothing.
I have internet connection at home and I can connect to my ...
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Cannot reach specific public IP
My server (runs on Ubuntu 12.04) is behind a NAT and has to access a specific service that has a public IP address (64.*.*.*).
The problem is that I cannot reach that specific public IP (all other ...
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Open Ports on iPhone?
I host a small, personal Apache server on my desktop and allow others to visit it using my IP address. If I normally have a connection which runs through a router (allowing me to specify which ports ...
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Internet is very slow on my Windows 8 machine
I am using a Intel Core i5 system with 8 GB RAM and Asus P8B75-Mle Motherboard. I installed both Windows 7 and Windows 8 on my system (dual boot).
In Windows 8, there is a long loading time for web ...
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Why does ping sometimes decrease in a traceroute?
I've run a traceroute. (see image). The "Avg" column shows that on hop 7, the ping actually decreases between ping 6 and 8. This can't be due to an anomaly because this data is averaged over ...
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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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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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Set up Chrome OS Vanilla without internet in Windows 7 via USB
I had downloaded Chrome OS Vanilla and wrote it on my USB stick in my Windows 7. After booting from it, the setup screen appears. I cannot continue from there since there is no internet connection. I ...
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Is there a way to track internet connection speed?
Is there a utility program for tracking internet connection speeds?
The program would test internet upload and download speeds periodically (e.g. once every hour) and record the results.
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Why do broadband speed test results vary so widely, and are there any truly accurate ones? [closed]
I've tried a bunch of broadband speed tests. Up until the last year or so, they usually agreed fairly closely when measuring my connection. Recently, the reported speeds have been much more diverse. I'...
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What interesting uses for IPv6 are out there? [closed]
IPv6 is reasonably easy to setup these days via 6to4 tunneling, but once done, what does one do with it? What interesting services are out there already using IPv6 or providing exclusive features over ...
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Does anyone know of a scriptable way to switch Internet Proxy LAN Settings for browsers
I have two networks at work and when I have to use my Wireless settings I need IE to use one set of Proxy LAN Settings, and when I am plugged in I need a different set.
I have been looking for a way ...
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Testing web page speed [closed]
How can I test the speed of a web page?
How can I further diagnose a page so that I can see which elements in the page take longer to load?
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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 : http://...
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How does non-web based email like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird work? [closed]
If I use some desktop-based email program like Mozilla Thunderbird on my own individual computer and someone on one of the other gazillion computers in the world writes me an email, how does the email ...
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Is it possible to statically assign public IPs and use DHCP on the same router?
My ISP has given me a set of public IP addresses I can assign to various devices.
But they have been controlling everything, and I've had to call them to make any changes to the configuration.
I'm ...
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Is it possible for a PC to use two net connections simultaneously?
We have two net connections in our office - a 10mb Wired DSL provider and a 3mb Wireless backup provider. The wireless is a backup, but it has the advantage of 3mb upload speeds whereas the wired is ...
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How do I increase my office internet speed? [closed]
Can you please suggest what should I do to increase my internet speed per PC?
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I have 6 Macs and 10 PC/Laptops in my office. We have a 12 MBPS internet plan. We have a Wireless router ...
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Bing search page locks up (the front page, not results)
I'm encountering a strange problem. I've been using the Bing search engine for a while now, and have been happy with it. I still am. However, starting either last night or early today, when the ...
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Synchronous video viewing over the internet
I'm looking for a program or web app where I can view a video file (.avi) with somebody over the internet synchronously; does anybody know of such a thing?
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set up VPN server to share internet connection
In my university, the wifi signal covers anywhere in the campus.
However, an internet client software is needed for users to login before the internet connection is available. And there are no such ...
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How do I find Safari on a Mac?
I just bought a Mac Mini after using PCs for a decade plus. I've configured with the Mac Mini setup assistant. It finally confirms I'm connected to the internet.
I can find no browser to surf the ...
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Share LAN & CDMA over WIFI
I have a PC (Windows 7) connected to a LAN network and want to share internet over WIFI. What hardware is necessary to share LAN connection over WIFI (preferably a USB device)?
Secondly, can a CDMA ...
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Why am I being redirected to Cisco Guest Access
Every time I access the internet, the neighbor's Cisco GUEST ACCESS shows up instead of my home internet. If I leave my computer for over 15 minutes, I am kicked off my own internet ID and redirected ...
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Can I tell which process is using my 3G connection?
My PAYG 3G bandwidth is vanishing at an alarming rate. Yesterday 2GB just surfing and processing email, in an hour or two. I just experienced it again, with 500MB over about an hour. I suspect either ...
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Two websites give different values for my IP
I just found something curious:
http://whatismyip.org/ says my IP address is 82.44.14.246
http://www.whatismyip.com/ says my IP address is 31.52.118.197
I'm based in the UK and behind a router ...
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How can I record additional data with pings, such as IP and ISP info?
I am running after my ISP for last 15 days for unacceptable slow internet speed without any help. I was using SpeedTest.net and testmy.net for testing the speed.
At times SpeedTest fails to load due ...
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Use a proxy with web authentication
I'm behind a web-proxy that needs me to authenticate on a web page in order to browse the web. It seems to me that because of this authentication page sytem, I can't set up my linux package manager to ...
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The little eye on the right hand side when logging in passwords [duplicate]
I just finished reading an answer to this question - but why is this happening? I had someone come out to fix my internet explorer - which was running super slow due to a recent install of HP printer ...
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Downloading over wifi is strange
The situation is basically as follows:
If I download a file (e.g. a ubuntu.iso) through ethernet on my homeserver I get 2 MB/s.
If I transfer the file over wifi to my laptop, I get about 1.8 MB/s
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using a non-network internet connection while being connected to a home network
So I've setup a home network using Netgear N300 router with the intention of connection my home computers together so that they can access files from each other...
The thing is, I don't want to ...
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Wifi internet and network acces only via bluetooth adapter
I want to have wifi access via my bluetooth adapter. I have a computer without wifi adapter, but i do have a bluetooth adapter (usb). I was wondering how to use my bluetooth adapter as a wifi adapter. ...
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Unable to connect to Wifi Router (Windows 7)
I have a Dlink signal antenna wifi router. It takes alot of time to connect to the wifi even when the signals are at full strength, but if I take the device to the router, the device gets connected. ...
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Internet connection working properly for some computers, but not others
I hope this is the right place to ask this question. If it isn't, please let me know where it would be appropriate, as this problem has been plaguing me for some time. At any rate, my problem is this:
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Generic Ethernet drivers for WINDOWS
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I have a custom built box that I like to setup with multi-boot using GRUB2 and having Windows 7 x64, latest Linux Mint x64, and couple other Linux/Unix distros.
I've had this setup ...
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Internet connection lost after share
We have 2 laptops:
Vista, working WIFI
Win 7, broken WIFI
We need share WIFI Internet from 1. laptop to 2. laptop by LAN.
Router or other devices are not arount, so this is only way at the moment.
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Cannot browse to most websites, on my PC only
I cannot load most websites on my PC. Using Chrome, FireFox, or IE I get the "this webpage is not available" error. I've tried and failed to ping the websites that won't load. I'm in a domain ...
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Windows 7 Internet Only Works In IE (Not proxy, or Windows updates)
A friend of mine turned on their computer today and Firefox did not open any webpages they tried to navigate too (namely mail.google.com).
Anyway, they called me up since I do tech support and this ...
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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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usenet server uses more bandwidth then I can measure
So here's the situation. I just started using usenet (server Newshosting), and I am on a bit of a limited bandwidth local network so I've been trying to figure out how much bandwidth I'm actually ...
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