Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks.
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HTTPs vs HTTP Connectivity Issues (Wifi)
A friend of mine is facing a weird issue. He recently setup a Wireless router and is now unable to access HTTP sites. He is able to access sites over HTTPs.
What can be done to rectify this issue?
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How can I beam my Wifi signal across the street?
So essentially I'm looking to extend my wireless internet to a building that is about 200ft away.
Right now my wireless signal shows, but it is beyond weak. Does anyone know of a resource where I ...
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Count amount of received data - gnu/linux
How Can I count the received data from the internet.
I want to run my bash script and count how many MB it receive.
It could be stats for whole system.
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How to share internet on Mac with WEP
I'm using Macbook Pro 13", I want to share my internet connection via wifi, but in my sharing options, only show WPA2.
How I can share my internet with WEP ? Do I need install any packets ?
Thanks!
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Can't access the Internet in VMware Workstation
I'm using VMware 7.1.2 in Windows 7 with Ubuntu 11.04 as a guest OS.
In the host OS (Windows 7), I can access the Internet without any problems but in the virtual machine I can't access the Internet.
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Netgear router keeps disconnecting iPhone
My old router (Voyager 2091) packed up so I just got a new router - a Netgear N150 model DGN1000.
My laptop connects OK wirelessly, but my iPhone 4S is constantly getting "disconnected" - it has ...
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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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Why is PPPoE used for DSL rather than EAPoL?
While learning for my IT Security exam I wonder why PPPoE is used for establishing DSL connections instead of EAPoL?
In PPPoE, the authentication is embedded in PPP frames, which are embedded in ...
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Possible for a modem to all of the sudden have degraded speed?
I'm on the phone with Charter (cable company) about how overnight my network speed went from 30 Mbps to 2 Mbps and this support person swears it's because my modem doesn't support 30 Mbps.
I say ...
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Can I share internet connection with my access point?
I have internet connection from isp that use mikrotik. So if want to connect to internet I must to login to mikrotik login page. My problem is isp is limiting the login. So if I want my phones, ...
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Find other people's IP address
How can I find the IP address of others on the internet, such as the IP address of someone who posted a comment on a blog post?
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Default Open ports in router?
In order for my computers at work (behind a main router) to be able to browse to internet -
which ports (minimum) should I keep open to let them browse the internet ?
is it just 80 , 443 ?
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NIC works on Ubuntu, but not on Windows
I have a PC (with Windows 7) which its network adapter didn't work fine. The network adapter leds used to blink and Windows recognized the active connection, but it couldn't get a DHCP address from my ...
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Can I stream music/video from Internet or NAS to PS3
I have a Western Digital MyBook World NAS drive, and I am thinking about getting a PS3, so that I only need one unit to play games, blu-ray, and streaming media.
Questions:
Can I stream media from ...
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If I use a proxy server, can my computer bypass the ISP?
If somebody is using some kind of proxy server to connect to the internet, does their computer connects to the ISP first and then to the proxy server, or does it connect to the proxy server first and ...
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Login to internet provider directly from router
I have to login to Cyberoam Client with my username and password to use the internet services. I have plugged in the WAN cable into my router, with which I am able to use that internet on many ...
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Only my browser not accessing internet?
Sorry guys, I have already checked with questions here, but I couldn't get my answers...
I have tried to install a net monitoring tool in my system and accidentally blocked the internet. But even ...
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Google in Chrome on Linux
Google search and youtube do not work in Chrome on Linux (Ubutu 12.04 x64, Mint 14 x64, Android on Nexus 7). I can find video on youtube, but it don't loading. Also, i can get results from google ...
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Folder sync application which can sync over Internet (the other machine specified by an IP)?
I need to sync some folders between two Win 7 machines. While they are connected to the same LAN, they can't see each-other over Windows Networking since sharing is disabled on both of them (security ...
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Belking Wireless Router unable to connect to internet although wireless connection is working
I have a Belkin Basic N150 Wireless router.
I'm trying to set up wireless connection using the wired ports my university has provided in my hostel room.
Usually, when I connect my laptop using a LAN ...
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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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How to send automated SMS messages over the internet?
Does anyone know of a service that will send SMS messages over the internet, and can be automated?
Prefer service to:
Be free
Have an API freely available and highly modular
Be open source
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RDP connections keep dropping
I have an odd problem on my notebook (HP Pavilion dv7). My Internet connection seems OK for the most part. But lately I've been having trouble with Remote Desktop connections. While I can connect ...
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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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Unable to connect to amazon ec2 instance over ssh
I am unable to connect to my amazon instance through ssh from a particular internet provider's connection. But I am able to traceroute to that ip from the same internet provider's connection.
ssh ...
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Connection loss
I have an office network setup. it's a work-group and the problem is that, in one computer the user cannot connect to websites. The network connection shows that it has internet access, but the ...
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Track deleted internet history
I have got a copy of the jumpListCache folder of firefox, which contains the favicon.ico files of deleted history. Is there a way to find the url of the site to which the each favicon belongs?
Thanks
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Ubuntu Karmic - Net connection unusually laggy
I've just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and fired up Firefox, what I have noticed is that the Internet is slower than it is with the other machines that I have with identical connection.
In particular, it ...
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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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How can I minimize the amount my router slows down my Internet connection speed?
Background
I'm working with what I assume is a pretty common Internet setup: a cable modem, a wireless router and a few Internet-connected devices. Lately, I've started being more demanding on my ...
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Where does Internet Explorer store information about the default homepage?
By that I mean, where on the hard drive does IE store information about the default homepage?
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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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How do Internet (ISP/AS) routers send IP packets to each other
I know how computers in a LAN communicate with each other (all the Ethernet/MAC address/NAT etc stuff), but I wonder, how do Internet routers communicate? Are they connected into some kind of giant ...
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Internet connection gets unstable when Windows laptop joins [closed]
I recently started renting out a room to someone who has a Windows-laptop.
Everything we have is Apple (2 Macbooks, 1 iPad, 2 iPhones, 1 iMac) connecting to an Apple Airport Extreme which extends the ...
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How to use one connection to the Internet for VPN and another for accessing other websites?
I have two network cards. If I connect to a network using VPN then to access other websites I have to pass through a proxy server.
Is it possible to use my other network card to connect to the ...
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way to switch between two internet connections [closed]
Say you have two separate internet connections, with two separate ethernet cables. How can you switch between them automatically at time intervals, in windows 7?
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Can I lock a user to one site only in Chrome?
I want to prevent users of my personal Google Chrome browser from navigating away from the defined homepage except for refreshing the page.
More "for science" than anything else - how can I do this ...
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Streaming A/V from Linux webcam
I am planning on setting up a simple Debian Wheezy machine and connecting a Logitech Webcam C200 to it. I want the server to stream the camera's A/V feed over the internet to a specific server I have ...
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Routing Between Intranet and Internet
I have 2 ADSL Modems:
One is for intranet connectivity, the other is for accessing the internet.
I connect the intranet to my PC on network interface "Local Area Connection", and connect to internet ...
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Internet keeps connecting and disconnecting
I have a PC running 32bit Windows 7 Professional.
My wireless internet card is Edimax EW-7128G, it is inside my computer case and it is connected to an antenna.
My problem is:
I have a wireless ...
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Issue when starting up Google Chrome
After trying both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, I decided to go ahead with Chrome and uninstalled Firefox.
After that uninstallation, I have had an issue with Chrome. Whenever I start the ...
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Connect Wireless router to Ethernet router?
I have two router, wireless and ethernet router.
Wireless router is TP-Link WA501G and ethernet router is PTI-8411 Annex A.
Can I connect LAN cable from Wireless router to any of LAN ports ...
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Certain websites do not open. Instead a 1*1 image gets displayed
When I try to visit certain websites like www.bidvertiser.com, www.buysellads.com, a white page shows up, the title bar displays the site name followed by (1x1) in brackets. When I right click, 'View ...
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Can I split one ethernet line coming out of my wall into multiple separate lines?
Hi all and thanks in advance. I'll start with some background.
I live in an apartment which provides internet service included in the rent.
They use company called pavlov for the internet ...
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Hosting WCF over internet
I am pretty new to exposing the WCF services hosted on IIS over internet. I will be deploying a WCF service over IIS (6 or 7) and would like to expose this service over the internet. This will be ...
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How should I choose my DNS?
When I have to choose my DNS I think that I should consider:
Speed
Reliability
Privacy
Control (reports and stats)
The main options that come to my mind, and how I weigh them according to the ...
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Router hangs once in a while
What are the issues that cause a router to hang? I have a router that has 15 machines of which 3 are on WiFi. Also there are 2 ip cameras. The network is entirely dedicated for a project relating to ...
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Will 1 Gbit internet service typically be supported by many/most endpoints?
I have the opportunity of upgrading my internet service from my current 20 Mbit/sec (both up and down) to 1 Gbit/sec (both up and down) here in Burlington, VT (both services via fiber-optic). This ...
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How to increase my network speed in Ubuntu
I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and I am experiencing some fairly dire internet speeds from the same connection that Windows machines have no issues with.
All the help I have found online seems to be aimed ...
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my internet is not working on ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 and I found that Twitter.com is not work for me. I have tried to install plugin but it's not worked for me on Firefox.
In chrome net is running slow as Firefox. When I have ...
