A router is a device that forwards data packets across multiple networks. Questions tagged with router can cover router hardware, software, and network configuration.
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Bridge between Wired and Wireless networks for a single device?
EDIT 18/05/2011: Thanks for your answers, bridge mode IS the solution in most cases for this problem, but I can't use it because it breaks my web server. I am now looking at setting up a specific ...
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how to debug epicly slow wifi but fast lan
How can I debug a problem where my wifi is REALLY slow(it takes a minute for this page to load...even my router's admin page - 192.168.0.1)?
I've tried upgrading my hardware firmware(using a DIR-600 ...
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How can I get my routers to forward ports correctly?
My network currently looks like this (simplified):
Note that Router #2 is connected to the LAN interface of Router #1. This should be familiar to anyone who has seen a standard static-IP setup ...
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Power went out and now my router doesn't give any internet
yesterday the power went out for a second. I then noticed that my router (D-Link DGL-4300) had stopped working. It didn't power on at all.
Today I borrowed my friends power adapter because he has the ...
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Setting up Remote access home LAN behind multiple routers?
I split/share an internet connection with family members that live next door to my house. I don't have/need/want cable, so they have the modem. I have admin/config access to all components involved.
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5 Max connections/devices to the internet? Is my ISP limiting me somehow?
I have a strange limit where I can only have 5 devices connected to the internet at any given time. More than 5 devices can connect to the router, either through WIFI or ethernet, but only 5 can use ...
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Mac Mini's internet very slow, every other device fine (PC, iPhone, Xbox 360)
I recently haven't used my Mac Mini for about 5 days (however it was left on).
I seem to be able to connect and get great download / upload speeds through my PC, Xbox 360, iPhone and parents' laptop.
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What firmware should I use on my router?
I've got a Linksys something or other router. I've never had any issues with the default firmware but have always wondered what I'm missing out on by not changing to a 3rd party more configurable ...
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Wifi router that has a *button* to turn wifi signal off? [closed]
Anobody knows about any wifi routers that have a button (or switch) to turn the wifi signal off?
BTW: there are a few reasons I can think of why one would want to do this but not turn of the ...
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Why is D-Link DIR-825 not accepting a MAC address?
I am trying to reserve an IP address for my desktop PC in a DIR-825 and when I type in all the details and press the Save button it tells me that the MAC address is invalid.
My MAC address looks ...
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Wireless Router Connection Notifications
For Windows 7, is there, ideally, a small program for the task bar that shows a list of all devices/MAC Addresses that are connected to the wireless router, and perhaps also notifies when a new ...
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Wifi connected but no data transfer
I have a Desktop which runs on Windows XP and a laptop which runs in Ubuntu. Recently I have set up a wireless router in order to be able to access internet on my laptop through wifi. The laptop ...
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Malicious program changing my DNSs
Some weeks ago I started having problems with my internet connection, it was extremely slow and suddently some websites (specifically gmail, facebook, youtube and twitter) started failing to connect, ...
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How can I setup a win 7 PC as a router?
I have an industrial PC with 4 Ethernet port, I would like to use this PC as a router on windows 7. Before we used Ubuntu so there is an open source solutiosn, but unfortunately the UPS power supply ...
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MBR624GU Netgear Router Problems
I have just purchased a Netgear MBR624GU 3G Router. I want to use it along with my ZTE MF100 modem (which is in their "compatible" list), but it's not working as expected.
The Router has been ...
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How do enable 100 Full Duplex on WRT54G for faster Internet?
I've got a problem with my Internet modem. When I connect the modem directly to my computer and run a speed test, I got 15 mbps when it should be 25 mbps. I then set the LAN card to use "100BaseTX ...
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How do I disable auto-negotiation on DD-WRT?
I have a WRT54GL router with DD-WRT firmware installed, and have the exact same situation as exposed in this thread. The problem is, I don't know how to disable the auto-negotiation on the router ...
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Bypassing Router's DNS Settings
Is there a way to bypass my ISP provided CPE/router's DNS settings? I'd like to use OpenDNS but I am unable to access the administrator acount of the CPE. I tried logging in using the default ...
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Poor wifi connection - PC: 5 bars, Router: 1 bar
I'm having some problems with my Wifi setup. In a nutshell sometimes the performance is fine, sometimes it's terrible. When it's bad it seems to oscillate quickly between good transfer and very poor ...
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barebones features for a DD-WRT router acting as PPTP server
I have a little router (Linksys E900) only to act as a VPN server. I have a decent router behind it, handling radio anyway. So I am happy to relegate any other CPU-intensive stuff to the bigger ...
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monitor internet bandwidth on LAN
I'm on a office network and there are around 12 PCs that are connected to a switch and then to a Prolink Router. Now the Internet connection is very slow and I'm the one who manage all the computers. ...
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ISP 5 Device Limit - double NAT the solution?
I have asked this question in response to another question here ( 5 Max connections/devices to the internet? Is my ISP limiting me somehow? ), but thought I should start a thread to see if I can get ...
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Separating two networks
I have two routers, R1 and R2.
R1 (a stock linksys router running dd-wrt) is connected to internet and is serving internet to a network of 5 devices/PCs running a DHCP server, with a network of ...
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Can I run a minimalist web-server on my router without rewriting the firmware with DD-WRT?
I read this article on Nezzen.net that says that you can make a web-server on your router providing that you rewrite its firmware with a free DD-WRT, Tomato, or equivalent.
Leaving apart the fact ...
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PCs in the same network can not communicate
I have 2 PCs.
1 Windows 7/64 bit.
1 Windows Vista.
Both are connected to the same router accessing the public network.
Both can access the Internet.
Problem:
None of the PCs can ping each other.
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How to disable direct download and torrents
Is there any way to disable direct download and torrents from the router? Or from the computer?I have a slow internet connection (.40 mbps) and I'm sharing it with another person.
Please help. If you ...
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Can I upgrade an ADSL router firmware to DD-WRT or Tomato?
I have an ISP-supplied ADSL modem/router with firmware upgrade options listed in the admin options. The router is probably not from one of the more popular router vendors - I could not find the model ...
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Unidentified network: How to configure TCP/IPv4 for Windows 7?
When I try to connect to internet I keep getting the error Unidentified network.
I've tried numerous attempts at restoring access without success.
IP release, flushing DNS cache, reinstalling NIC, ...
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Why is my desktop PC unable to get an IP Address from the router?
Since this morning my desktop pc (connected directly to the router) is unable to connect to the internet. My laptop is connected to the same router via a wireless access point and its internet ...
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Problems exposing a web site from behind a router
I have a D-Link DSL-2650U ADSL router for my home network.
I also have my own domain server registered at dyndns.org, and I have successfully configured my router to keep [mydomain].dyndns.org ...
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My Internet Connection Keeps Disconnecting at regular intervals
I have a Cable modem connected to a router (Linksys WRT54G)
I use internet on my Desktop PC using a Wireless Adapter (NETGEAR WG111)
I am using Windows Vista.
I tried few things like
Contacting ...
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Two public IPs behind a cable-modem using D-Link DIR-300
I have a cable-modem connection to the internet and I bought a router in order to share my internet connection betwen my laptop and my PC.
The router I bought is D-Link DIR-300.
The first weird thing ...
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Remote Router Access For Linksys WRT54GL
I just set up a wireless network at home using a Linksys WRT54GL. All was fine except that I can still access 192.168.1.1, the configuration setup page of the router, within the local wireless after I ...
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DD-WRT, virtual hostname forwarding to other names/IP's using round robin
I'm using DD-WRT v24/K2.6 on Netgear WNDR3400. On my home network I have many machines running (I do lots of distributed programming). I want to create a virtual hostname, say publisher, such that any ...
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Can't open DWR-112 router configuration
I'm using a DLink DWR-112 3G router to connect to the internet. The router's default IP address was 192.168.0.1, which I had changed to 192.168.1.1 and used the same to open my router's configuration. ...
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how can i capture packets from my router to a server [duplicate]
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How can I capture packets going from my router to a specific server?
I have a small local network in my house that has two computers connected to a modem-router. i would ...
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How do I change my DNS address to something other than 8.8.8.8?
My DNS address seem to be set to 8.8.8.8 (primary) and 8.8.4.4 (secondary). These are Google DNS addresses, right? How can I change this so that I get the DNS address from my ISP? I can't change this ...
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How can I enable Telnet on a router
My router's telnet and ssh are disabled. It's a ISP supplied router so ISP disabled them.
Is there a way to enable telnet on a telnet-disabled router?
It's an Airties RT-204.
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Access to modem's config page through router
I have the next config:
PC -> Asus RT-N16 router (192.168.1.1) -> LinkSys WAG54G2 in bridge mode (192.168.0.1)
How can I access to modem's config page from my PC?
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Extending wireless network?
Have had some headaches with setting up wireless in my apartment. My first attempt was to buy a powerful wireless router and just have one in the living room. But the signal was abysmal in the bedroom ...
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XP can connect to router and LAN but not Internet
I have a modem router (TP-Link TD-W8961ND) connected to the internet and working fine. It is broadcasting a wireless network and that too works fine.
I have a second modem router (Siemens SL2-141) ...
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dd-wrt router crashes during big uploads, downloads are perfect
I download about 300GB monthly in big months and it’s always perfectly fine and router has uptimes of months, but when I start uploading a few gigabytes of data via FTP or via vSphere, the router ...
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DNS: Domain name goes to router when on the network, not the web server
I recently set up a web server on my office network with a domain let's say example.net
Everything works perfect outside of the network when I visit example.net, it connects to the webpage just fine.
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Other computers behind isp cable
Today I have problems with my internet connection.
I am connected to my router and router is connected to cable in the wall.
Today, when I connect my computer directly to cable in the wall I notice ...
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Mac OS X 10.5.8 gets wrong IP address from wireless router
My Mac OS X system is mostly getting the wrong ip address from any router.
It gets an IP address starting with 169.254.59.233, when it should be getting a good, old 192.168.1.5 or something.
Does ...
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Deprioritize BitTorrent traffic
I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I can't seem to find it for myself; my Google-fu eludes me.
My router, the Linksys E2000, does a decent job at being reasonable about prioritizing ...
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Does Torrent traffic to NAS go through my laptop?
If I am running utorrent on my laptop but direct the download file to go to my NAS that is hard wired to the router (Linksys E3000) is the traffic still directed to my laptop then uploaded wirelessly ...
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Connecting two routers together
I have a d-Link DIR615 router provided to me by my ISP, and a Vigor2900G router. I used to have the Vigor router as my main router, but since I upgraded my internet connection and speed, the Vigor ...
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What is causing my wireless router to stop routing HTTP (port 80) connections?
My 802.11g router (Belkin F5D7230-4 v2000) periodically stops transmitting HTTP data on port 80. My laptop is the sole client connected to it (on channel 9 with WPA-AES encryption), and there are ...
