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How am I able to connect to internet using my mobile phone?

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question. I connect myself to internet using a ADSL modem. The CAT-5 cable is connected both sides to RJ-45 port ,one on my laptop and the other on ...
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Explain The Illustrated Network Map

Overally it was quite well described in the book, therefore only the two things are so far incomprehensible for me. 1) What does IoO mean? 2) Could you explain these strange floating-point numbers ...
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Any way to get where an application connects to?

Is there any built-in way to know in windows 7 where the spotify application connects to? I'd like to know if it connects to the local (the same country) server, or some abroad one. Yes, I could ...
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Is it possible to figure out which http request generated the corresponding response

I am using iptables to listen to tcp (http) packets. I am filtering out INPUT responses containing a matching string. Is it possible to know which http request generated the response. Assuming 10 ...
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My sleeping process accepts TCP connections?

After sending the STOP signal to a process, it stops working as expected, but still accepts TCP connections. So is it working anyhow?
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Remove bad network drive

I have network drives that can't be connected to on my windows 7 machine. When I try to disconnect, it says it can't because they aren't found. How can I remove them from my menu?
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vmware windows7 professional changing ip addresses

is there a way to fix your windows 7 professional guest host os ipaddress so it does not change every time you startup? I am currently using NAT for networking and would like to remain using this ...
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Device that connects to a switch via RJ45, that emulates a PC

One of my co-workers once saw a device that plugged into a RJ45 jack, that emulated a PC. It could be configured with an IP address, and respond to pings. I was wondering if anyone knew about these, ...
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Theoretical and Operational bandwidth of different network technologies [closed]

There are so many webpages where these information can be found. Unfortunately, there are so much differences among them that it is really confusing. I need a reliable source(s) where I can find up-to-...
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After TrendMicro Installation, no internet

So I installed TrendMicro TITANIUM Maximum Security 2012 on a system for a client, and the system no longer can use the Internet. Disabling the software has no effect. What could be the cause of the ...
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get all ip address from subnet mask

I have this IP list shown below. How i can calculate all ip addresses from that in Linux? Is there some tools that can calculate that for me ? I need that to check if i have not banned some cloudflare ...
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Configuration of two different networks

May be the question is a little silly but I'm rookie into this. I have one laptop which i use in my home and in my work. In home I use internet from one ISP and in work i use another internet ...
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e1000 and e1000e network drivers

I am using SUSE Linux 11, in Zenworks distro and i can see. kernel version is: 3.0.13-0.27-default. I can see that when the distro is loaded, the e1000 driver is loaded and not e1000e although e1000e ...
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How to know I had network intrusion and system tampering?

I have a small home business and all of the sudden, my machine could not login anymore. I have some weird "Login failed". I managed to login with another user. When I got in, my C: drive, a lot of ...
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Internet access via USB [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to share Internet between two computers via USB? I have a windows stationary, and a ubuntu laptop. Is it possible to connect the two via USB cable and use the stationary ...
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what is the simplest way to connect two computers over the internet using network cards

If I wanted to share files with someone and I had a static IP what is the easiest way to give them access over the internet. They dont have a static IP and I dont have a router. Can I just let them ...
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Wireless network, two sets of PCs in different locations - tradeoff between workstations <-> single router or router <-> router

I looked for similar questions but I didn't see anything similar to my topic - if you have a link please share. I have a small home with two clusters of 2-3 devices which use the Internet - one ...
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Can't communicate with Primary DNS Server

A computer, with Windows 7, can't access any website by domain suddenly. Whether this computer use a wired link or connect to the WLAN, The fault persists IP and DNS obtained automatically, and seems ...
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How can the Network Administrator check the Transfer files History between remote PCs? [closed]

I wonder how could the network administrator check the history of the transferred files between different users or remote PCs, and in case if someone transferred data from a network PC to his external ...
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Share wifi internet (wlan0) over ethernet (eth0)

On my CentOS system, Wifi Interface (wlan0) is connected to the internet through an access point. The IPV4 for it is assigned dynamically by the ISP. The eth0 for this machine is manually configured ...
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How to enable ports on a wireless network for java socket programming

Background: I have written a java server-client program. The server accepts incoming connections on port 2175 and writes responses on 2176 which the client listens on for the response. I am sending ...
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Slackware - Assigning routes (IP address ranges) to one of many network adapters

I am using a Slackware 13.37 virtual machine within VirtualBox (current). I currently have a number of Ubuntu VMs on a single server, along with this Slackware VM. All VMs have been set up to use "...
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Can't get static IPs configured correctly

Normally, I would just keep trying to figure this out on my own, but I'm really at my wits' end. I have a server with two Ethernet adapters, eth0 and eth1. I've been assigned a /29 subnet that ...
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How can I disable the network detection on Windows 7?

I have a computer running Windows 7 that shares some files on the network. This works fine for a while until for some unknown reason the computer decides that it is connected to a new, unknown public ...
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Why can't I connect to a wifi network with my laptop, when I can with my phone?

I can connect with my phone and use the browser as usual. On my laptop it won't connect when using windows 7 while in ubuntu it will connect, but with no internet. What is going on here and how can I ...
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NATing with a single-homed machine possible?

I have the following setup: a) a single-homed machine, A, that can see the Internet. b) other machines B, C, and D that cannot see the Internet. c) A, B, C, and D can see each other. d) all ...
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MacOS tool to count data incoming and outcoming

I'm looking for a tool for my Mac which allows for counting how many data (in kB) go out and in. Any suggestions?
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How is network address of destination IP address specified?

So I understand that in internet routers route packet from source host to destination host by using its network address, as it is not possible to maintain route tables for each IP address. My ...
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How to extend a wireless network as another SSID?

So I'm trying to extend my wireless network (uses a thomson modem/router) using a AP acting as a client and a router to broadcast a new SSID but the problem is I can't get it to work, DHCP is enabled ...
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Can this be called a P2P connection?

There are two clients and interact with a server. At some point the server sends the clients information about each other in order to make a connection. The two clients make a socket connection to ...
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Some sites not accessible - others are

Everything was working perfectly a few days ago. However, now I can't visit e.g. some .edu sites or Ebay - they time out. I tried to download AVG but it wouldn't start the download. Several other big ...
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How to get connected to the computer that doesn't have a public ip

for instance, I could run a web server on my computer with is connect to router which suggest it doesn't have a public ip address. How can I send data to it from other client or server? Web socket ...
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WDS (Wireless Distribution System) is not working

I have a D-Link DI-524 as a main router (192.168.0.1) connected to the Internet and a second router (192.168.0.2), a TP-Link TL-WR841N, with WDS enabled and correctly configured to "join" with the D-...
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Many hosts sharing network ID = slow network?

From Networking all in one For Dummies: "The second reason for subnetting is that even if a single organization has thousands of network devices, operating all those devices with the same network ID ...
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How to prevent eMule from jamming up the router?

Usually, when eMule is started, after some time, I find that the router is jammed, so the internet connection on that computer stopped working, or it seemed to be waiting for some port to be freed up ...
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How can I set network priority to give me faster download speed?

I have been trying for some time to torrent at school. They blocked almost every port apart from the necessary ones, (21 80 443 etc.) I finally figured out how to torrent, but with over 200 people ...
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Rate limiting bandwidth per IP

First, I am not that good with computer. I even had problem with Windows PC. Right now I own a restaurant which happened to offer free internet. My ISP has my connection setup using a Ubuntu 11.1 box. ...
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Program to manage network profiles in Windows 7, possibly location-aware

I'm looking for a program that will allow you to easily switch between networks on a laptop, when moving between networks, so that one can easily keep their static IP and dns setting for the specific ...
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USB camera to Fast Ethernet

I have an USB camera from Microsoft that is too far away from the computer(10 meters along the wall) that I want to connect to. And as we know that the maximum length of an USB 2.0 cable can be 7 ...
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Home Network Two Routers

I have a a home network, pretty simple. Internet <-> Modem <-> Router <-> Wireless Devices But the thing is my house is pretty big and that setup is on the on the first floor, but ...
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how to reach the network from CentOS vm in Virtualbox

I have a CentOS 5.6 VM set up in virtualbox running on Windows 7. I had the network configured to run on DHCP when the VM was built, and it worked fine with a public internet connection. However, I ...
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How to talk to device with fixed IP address

I have power distribution unit with an ethernet interface, that allegedly has been configured to have an IP address of 200.200.100.1 (the network it was on was not on the public internet). That old ...
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Linux: tunelling an incoming connection

Setup: PC I (Ubuntu 11.10, have sudo), Mac T (OS X 10.7.2, have sudo), Smart device S (barely configurable). S can see to I on the local network, but can't see T. I and T can see each other. There ...
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How to view sent and received packets in OSX like in Windows XP?

When I was on Windows XP I remember if you brought up the network information there would be a part of the window that would say packets sent and received (I would supply a screenshot, but I cannot). ...
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Usefulness of CIDR [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is Classful addressing? Over the years I've heard the term "CIDR" and never gave it much thought. This morning I perused the Wikipedia article on it, and came away from ...
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Sharing audio over an IP network

I have 2 seperate computers, A and B, both run on Windows 7, connected by a network. My headphones are plugged to computer A. I want to hear the audio from computer B on computer A. Is there software ...
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What EAP type to use on Public Wifi 802.1X?

I understand you cannot use EAP-TLS for public wifi because the clients will not have their own certificates, therefore what EAP do you use, so that mutual authentication can take place?
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How to configure Windows 7 Professional appliance PC on my client's network using a cross cable and laptop?

I'm a software guy with little networking experience. I need to deploy a Windows 7 Professional appliance PC (on which I'll pre-install my server application) at my customer's office - probably in ...
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How can I use an iPhone Personal Hotspot and at the same time stay connected to a Local Network for File Sharing?

I am on a WinXP machine in a LAN. Through the LAN my computer connects to a server that has some shared drives I need to access. I usually connect to the internet through that server (which also ...
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Explain a simple network diagram?

In the image below, are bridge1, bdidge2 and bridge3 connected to each other? and how? i tried to design this in Cisco packet tracer and i used a hub to connect the three bridges? is that right?
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