A device that allows access to the Internet or computer network without the need for a wired connection.
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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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Does a wireless-N (802.11n) network have poor performance when in b/g “mixed” mode?
It seems to be an "old" wives tale that, when using a wireless-N router in "mixed mode" to support legacy 802.11b or 802.11g devices, the performance of 802.11n clients will suffer.
Some places ...
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Connect Router with Access Point by WiFi
Is it possible to connect a Router (TP-Link TD-W8960NB) with a Access Point (TL-WA501G) by WiFi (not by cat* cable)?
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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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How can I make wireless transfers faster on a Linksys WRT54G running DD-WRT?
I have a Linksys WRT54G plugged into the cable modem, and a 2nd wireless router, an old D-Link plugged into that. Both wireless routers work, but if I connect wirelessly to the Linksys router I get ...
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Wireless Connection not maxed out but “slow”
I just got a 20MBit cable connection at home and tried to measure the bandwidth from this with my laptop. After a few tries (5), I could see I was getting 14/1 Mbps (down/up) speeds from speedtest.net
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Open Dns on my router giving problems
Recently i switched to OpenDns with Familyshield.I have applied the dns setting on my belkin wireless router.
If i dont use internet for 3-4 hours,my ISP asks me to re-login again,then i cant access ...
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Adding a 2nd Wireless Router to use as a network switch
I have bought a Netgear N300 Wireless Router (WNR2000v3) and am attempting to use it as a wireless switch. A.K.A. I am tying to connect 2 wired devices on the 2nd floor (desktop computer and game ...
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Is it better to use a crowded 2.4GHz Wi-Fi channel 1, 6, 11 or “unused” 3, 4, 8, or 9?
I understand that 2.4GHz Wi-Fi channels overlap, and that the most popular non-overlapping set of channels in the US is 1, 6, and 11. Generally, my signal strength on channels 1, 6, and 11 are much ...
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How can I find out who is connected to my wireless router? (Linksys WRT54g)
This seems like it would be obvious, but I can't find it anywhere on the screens provided when I log into my wireless router. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious here, but I thought I'd take the ...
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How do I set up a proxy server for home with bandwidth control, download limit options?
3 room mates share a single 2 Mbps connection. Have a 40GB per month download limit beyond which speed drops to 256Kbps which is annoying.
One of the roommates abuses the connection by downloading ...
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What's the difference between dual antenna and triple antenna for a router?
Mainly, would it contribute to differences in the range and antenna propagation pattern, affecting my signal at my computer points?
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Uploading kill internet connection
In my house I have 2 relevant computers, one wireless and one wired, connected to a wireless G router (Belkin G F5d7234-4 V5), which is connected to my internet modem. My internet is Insight BB 10.0 ...
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How do I use a 2Wire 2701HG-B as a router only?
I recently switched from DSL to cable Internet. I have a 2Wire 2701HG-B modem/wireless router that I would like to use as just a wireless router.
I tried hooking up the cable modem directly to the ...
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I forgot my wireless router password. What do I do?
I have a Linksys wireless router but I can't figure out what the password is. I just got a new laptop and I can't connect via wireless.
My old laptop seems to have the password set in the security ...
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Wifi signal changes over time
I have a trouble about my wireless router signal. My laptop is 25-30 feets (about 8 meters) away from the router. Between them there're 2 walls. Windows reports signal strength is two bars, and ...
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Set up wireless networking solution for small office (<30 people)?
I have one wireless router (Linksys E2500) that's currently providing wifi for ~18 people on laptops, plus some of their devices (e.g. tablets). The network has gotten slow lately, and we're pretty ...
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How can I fix my WRT54GL's constant crashing?
I have a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router (the old blue-and-black) whose underside indicates it is Version 2. I've noticed that, on wireless mode, if I am on a Skype call or in a Google Hangout, the ...
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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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Is my network infrastructure visible outside of my wireless router?
I have a wireless router which connects to the Internet. Do external sites and services know that I'm using a router and it is not a final PC?
For that matter can external services (and perhaps my ...
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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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What are the best WiFi settings for my situation?
I am trying to tweak my WiFi settings on the router and on my laptop so I can enjoy using the WiFi at my attic. For now I only get headaches because I cannot move freely around with my laptop at the ...
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router is slow to connect but downloads quickly
My router (pocket wifi 2 from vodafone AU) seems to download data quickly enough (1Mbps) but it takes ages (10-20 seconds) to connect to the requested site first.
All devices using this router have ...
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ad blocking host file, shared to all computers on local network
I currently update my local hosts file with advertising server domain names and direct them to nowhere.
Well, almost nowhere. I point them to 127.0.0.1 and I don't have a web service running so it is ...
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How to secure your home WiFi connection
Like many others I have a WiFi router which all my devices (XBOX, Smartphones, Laptop etc.) use to access the internet. Now I am looking at securing my connection to prevent any unauthorized access.
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Cannot Access Website First Time Through Router And Later It Seems To Forget Routing Table [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot Resolve Host Or Access Website Through Router
Would be helpful to those who are willing to help with this one. I evaluated the problem and it is for computer ...
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Login to USR9108 router control panel
Here is the setup: A US Robotics USR-9108 router is connected to an ADSL modem via ethernet cable. The modem, upon connecting with the ISP, provides a gateway address of 192.168.1.1 to the router. ...
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Wireless router disconnecting when using VPN
I have a Netgear RangeMax wireless router. Whenever I connect to this router either wirelessly or via an ethernet cable and try to use VPN, at some point during the VPN connection all computers ...
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Streaming Netflix through Wifi kills all other devices
I have a "Belkin N150" Router. My current setup is wired connection to my personal tv and xbox with wireless going to the Wii and Bedroom laptop.
Anytime I try streaming Netflix Instant Queue on the ...
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1answer
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What are the ways to monitor and limit the internet connection speed that individual computers are getting from my wireless router? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I reduce bandwidth of a computer in LAN?
My neighbors are planning to connect to the internet through my home wi-fi hence I will have to give them the WPA/WPA2 ...
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Could not find DHCP daemon to get information on Belkin G Wifi Router
I am using a Belkin G Wireless Router F5D7234, and i have a DSL connection with only a ethernet cable. So i connected the cable to the Modem port and allowed it to use Dyanmic IP, it worked ...
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Prefer wired over wireless on same network (special case)
In a related post (multiple nics force routing), I asked about forcing Internet traffic to go via one specific NIC where there were multiples. In that case, the 100Mb wired network had no Internet ...
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Can I connect my D-Link to another access point?
I have a D-Link N300 and I want to connect it to another wireless router, so I may provide Internet access to my wired network in another room. Is this possible?
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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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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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Dell xps l502x wi-fi speed is dead slow
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I have purchased a new Dell XPS L502x laptop which has Windows 7 64 bit Home which has this Wi-Fi Option: Intel ® Centrino ® Advanced-N 6230 (2x2 agn + Bluetooth)
And I have 4 Mbps Internet ...
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Linkage wrt54g2 wont let me reconnect
I was connected for the past month with no problems and today, out of nowhere, the router dropped my laptop connection. I tried to reconect and restarted my computer and everything, but it just didn't ...
