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I recently moved into a new house where the owner has a high-speed internet connection through Comcast. I installed a wireless-B adapter (made by Linksys) so I could tune in to his signal. After a few days, my computer reverted back to its old dial-up habits. It still takes a long time to connect to pages, and even when I try to get on Google or Yahoo, I sometimes get a page saying "Page not found".
My signal strength with the adapter is "excellant". I have installed a firewall and had a computer-literate friend of mine clean out all the garbage and unnecessary programs that are running and taking up space. I have 256 MB of memory which I am told is standard. (Someone suggested getting more would speed up my computer).
I hate the idea of paying for high-speed and having to deal with all the inconveniences of dial-up performance. Any suggestions as to what else I can check for?
Thanks!
My signal strength with the adapter is "excellant". I have installed a firewall and had a computer-literate friend of mine clean out all the garbage and unnecessary programs that are running and taking up space. I have 256 MB of memory which I am told is standard. (Someone suggested getting more would speed up my computer).
I hate the idea of paying for high-speed and having to deal with all the inconveniences of dial-up performance. Any suggestions as to what else I can check for?
Thanks!
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I recommend Cable for Internet, in this case, lets see. Signal is saying excellent. Check and see what your connection speed is. Getting more memory would speed up your computer, how fast programs run and internet shows up. But with 256mb, that should be all u need for simply internet browsing. Well, check ur connection speed and get back to me.
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It's probably spyware. Have you run SpyBot or Ad Aware yet?
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Originally Posted by actfray
I recently moved into a new house where the owner has a high-speed internet connection through Comcast. I installed a wireless-B adapter (made by Linksys) so I could tune in to his signal. After a few days, my computer reverted back to its old dial-up habits. It still takes a long time to connect to pages, and even when I try to get on Google or Yahoo, I sometimes get a page saying "Page not found".
My signal strength with the adapter is "excellant". I have installed a firewall and had a computer-literate friend of mine clean out all the garbage and unnecessary programs that are running and taking up space. I have 256 MB of memory which I am told is standard. (Someone suggested getting more would speed up my computer).
I hate the idea of paying for high-speed and having to deal with all the inconveniences of dial-up performance. Any suggestions as to what else I can check for?
It can tell you quite a bit about your setup, and the tools are available on the same site. MTU (maximum transfer unit) settings can make a big difference in broadband performance, and the default values are very often incorrect.
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does your neighboor know you are doing this?
and are you connecting through the network adapter or through your modem?
if your nieghboor doesn't know you are doing this he could of found you out and changed his settings. if he knows ask him to restart his router(power down then power up), if he doesn't know then go get a cable modem.
and are you connecting through the network adapter or through your modem?
if your nieghboor doesn't know you are doing this he could of found you out and changed his settings. if he knows ask him to restart his router(power down then power up), if he doesn't know then go get a cable modem.
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It's not my neighbor that has the router; it's my housemate who lives upstairs. He has checked out everything for me, and even he's mystified. Tonight, I could not even get a signal from the adapter. I did a complete virus scan, but nothing unusual was found. I also installed AdAware a few nights ago.
If my computer is still under warranty, I'll probably just exchange it or have it repaired.
If my computer is still under warranty, I'll probably just exchange it or have it repaired.
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Originally Posted by actfray
It's not my neighbor that has the router; it's my housemate who lives upstairs. He has checked out everything for me, and even he's mystified. Tonight, I could not even get a signal from the adapter. I did a complete virus scan, but nothing unusual was found. I also installed AdAware a few nights ago.
If my computer is still under warranty, I'll probably just exchange it or have it repaired.
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