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When I open Internet explorer it days cannot open web page! I am connected by wireless to the Internet with an excellent signal! I can access the internet on my daughters laptop and on my iPhone via my wireless connection, I can even connect to msn and chat but cannot …

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According to [URL="www.thinkbroadband.com/ipv6"]research conducted by thinkbroadband.com[/URL], there is significant confusion amongst broadband providers not only as to whether they support IPv6 but also as to what it actually is. Surprising, when you consider that IPv6 has been available since 1998 and much written about - [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story218110.html"]including here on DaniWeb[/URL] for …

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how to draw a real time graph for upstream and downstream bandwidth at the router??

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All right kiddos, heres the plan. I have wifi. yay, thats cool, but the router sucks. so what im wanting to do is have my 2 computers receive internet via wifi BUT send local files between them via hardwire -> ethernet to network switch. [B]computer specs[/B] desktop: smc usb wifi …

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hello everybody, i have done CCNA and CCNP, and i wanted to do CCIE security, pls show me right path.. which is the best institute for ccie security in new delhi or gurgaon or noida side? i don't want bootcamps, actually i am fresjer and don't want fast track training.. …

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recently my internet connection has been randomly disconnecting, and after a few minutes it can reconnect. I wirelessly connect to the router, and the router is an apple air port. When internet is connected, like right now, the connection strength has full bars. I use an Inspiron 1420, and the …

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what is the format of MAC address??? how it is clssified??? is it all devices hav different MAC ADDRESSES??? R MAC addresses r divided based on country codes??? what is the MAC ADDRESS of router, printer,system etc.

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The more I am searching I am just confusing myself. If someone wouldn't mind helping me out I would appreciate it. I am setting up 6 computers to be in a network and run a Windows OS and a Windows based program. The main computer will connect to a t1 …

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I have a Motorola Surf Board Cable modem and I have gone to my cmd and then put in ipconfig then got my "Gateway Default ip" then put it in the browser and it said that it has moved to another web address. Did I do something wrong or is …

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i m doing IT eng from mumbai university. And i want 2 do further career in network security is it advantageous over software by salary means. what is further scope for network security option.

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Hi I have several PCs and want to connect them on a home network. It makes sense to upgrade to a gigbit system. The trouble is how far may I locate a pc from the keyboard, mouse, and display?

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I'm connected to cox high speed internet 4mbps internet service. I have a router, and two PCs are connected to it. One PC is getting the 4 Mbps downspeed, but one is only getting around 1Mbps. The upspeed on both are fine. The PC with the slower connection has an …

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I have a few questions here that I really don't know how to approach, any thought would be appreciate it: -Under what conditions would a computer construct a frame with a destination Ethernet (or MAC) address of the destination computer it wants to communicate with? What would be the destination …

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Hi, I've been encountering a strange but annoying issue in my office in work - if anyone could shed any light on this or have any ideas as to what could be the cause it would be great. We have 30 Dell PowerEdge blade servers with 2x NICs in each …

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What is wake on lan??? wen it is used?? is it possible to reboot a system using wake on lan?? if possible den how it goes? what are the hardware requirements to support wake on lan??? how to reboot a system without use of wake on lan???

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Hi, I'm trying to use either one or two old embedded x86 devices to build a NAT server, however many it takes. It's a bit unique in the sense that I need full transparency (i.e. no firewall) and fully duplex NAT. I have a network switch which is separated in …

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Hello all dear friends : I want to ask u about the Shortest path for routing , I want to make a project to calculate the shortest path for send the packets , so what's your suggestion ?? and can I make an algorithm to calculate the shortest path depending …

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Hey! I'm trying to change over to a new router, but am having a bit of trouble in doing so. The new router I'm trying to use is a D-Link DIR-300, and my current one is a 3Com Officeconnect 11g: [URL="http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CRWE554G72T"]http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CRWE554G72T[/URL] I've swapped every cable from my old router to …

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Dear all, I just study network that related to Network backbone but I still didn't understand. So can you tell me what is backbone network? and How can I configure backbone network? Thank!

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Hi, we have an ongoing issue on our companies pc and laptops where the username fileds and password fields are missing when we press cont+Alt+Del. the only way around it is for us to keep rebuilding our machines and its causing us a lot of hassles. leaving pc's on allows …

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Dear all, Can you explain me about subnetmask? how can I find the subnetmask and number of host? Thank!

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Ok: I am going to set up a game server at my home and i plan on buying the hardware and software that i need because i prefer to figure out how to do it my self. but I am not at all positive of what i need: I am …

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Hello, I am a consultant performing a groupwise migration to exchange. In order for me to do this i need to have access to the groupwise snapin for Netware Admin( ConsoleOne doesnt give me access to everything i need to configure to my knowledge if i am wrong please let …

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hi let me tell you the problem i currently facing in our company we have a workgroup network connected to ISP DHCP server through a cisco 8oo router but two of my computers on second floor they fail to connect both the network and the internet i tried different thigs …

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Here's the problem. Bought a new wireless printer, HP B209a. Have a wireless router, Belkin, been using it for years. I take it, the printer, out of the box, follow all the instructions on setting it up, run the setup program in a laptop, following all on screen instructions. It …

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Is an ISP always connected to an HTTP server or remote pc? I am currently doing a topology for a project and I do not know if I should include something like that. There contains no network addresses that I must assign unto the isp router to server connection, but …

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I recently heard that comcast is limiting bandwidth usage to 250gb/month and other isp's could go as low as 5gb/month. I was looking online for bandwidth usage monitors, to see how much internet bandwidth i was using, but all of them are complicated and not what i was looking for. …

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hi to all, I would like to transform one of my systems as a mail server for the intranet people of my group. *=>[COLOR=DarkGreen]What should be the configuration for a optimum mail server.[/COLOR] *=>We have a LAN and myself set up a web server for learning php.Can the mail server …

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I have attached a LAN consulting plan for an assignment. The assignment is finished I was just wondering if I could possibly get a little feedback on the given information thank you!

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Just because security holes and vulnerabilities get reported to software vendors doesn't mean they are actually patched. A new report from IBM's X-Force security team found that of all the software holes reported in the first half of this year, more than half are still unpatched. IBM's X-Force report is …

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I work for my family's small business. I recently graduated with a BS in Comp Sci but I didn't have much networking education. I am setting up a small file server to serve core files to about 10-12 computers. It will be running Ubuntu Server while the PCs connected will …

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I'm tryin to extend a lan network with an engenius ap so i can get wireless internet and for some reason when i connect the ap to the network i can't get an ip to assign to the ap but when i connect my laptop i get an ip automatically …

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Hi, I'm wondering if someone could please provide me the steps for extending/repeating my wirless signal so that I can have greater wireless range throughout my house. I have 2 wirless Netgear routers, a DG934GT ADSL router (base unit) and WGR614v9 cable router (repeater). I've flashed both routers with the …

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hi all pls help as i am absolutely not a computer expert.. my school gave me an address and a port number to connect to the modem in my home which can be connected to the school local network for internet. I plugged it to my computer and the light …

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This year's version of the Cybersecurity Act was approved by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs after amending it to limit the president's authority in the event of a cyber emergency, [URL="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/105377-senate-homeland-security-committee-approves-cybersecurity-bill-"]reported [/URL][I]The Hill[/I]. The [URL="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.3480:"]bill[/URL], sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Tom …

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Hi, I hope some one can help! My wife's laptop (Windows 7) has lost it's ability to access any web-sites, despite the fact that it is showing a Wi-Fi connection through an Orange Livebox router. I've tried pinging google and there was no response - indicating a connection issue - …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]17035[/ATTACH]While security professionals constantly fear the big bad hacker breaking into their enterprise and wreaking havoc, the biggest threat to security is sitting inside the company and drawing a paycheck. Cloud and e-mail security specialist [URL="http://www.proofpoint.com/"]Proofpoint[/url] notes in its seventh annual study of data loss prevention (DLP) issues that e-mail …

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My lan connection breaks now and the.So I am unable to leave my system for long hours as the connection breaks and all my downloads stop(mainly torrents). Can anybody suggest a way to repair my connection automatically every 1 hour or so? Plz give detailed instructions if any code is …

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I have an SRW2024 10/100/1000 switch in my office, but I can't access it using wired Ethernet from my laptop. I just can't see the LED blinking on my NIC. Knowing that the NIC is functioning good, I can connect to other networks via cable, but not to this one. …

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Hi, I have Two Networks in connection as following, First Network -------> switch --------> router -------> Second Network First network's ip is 10.100.A.A , it's subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 Switch's ip is 10.100.B.B , it's subnet is also 255.255.255.0 router's ip is 10.100.C.C , it's subnet is also 255.255.255.0 Second …

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Hey everyone This is my first post on DaniWeb. The info on here is great!!!! Ok here is my question. I am self hosting a website on one of my computers running MS Server 2003. Using ZoneEdit.com I am able to port forward to another port my web server is …

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Recently bought new linksys wrt160N router to replace usr5461 in wireless homenetwork. After running the installation wizard no connection with the internet was available. The old router works fine however. Wizard advises me to contact the network provider. Even after removing the firewall ( PCTools ) there is no answer …

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Hi, At the moment I have access to 2 wireless networks. 1: Where I live, I have access to wireless network it has 2Mbit/s down and up. 2: I Have ISP as well and I have attached wireless router. 10 Mbit/s down and very very bad upload speed ~0.68 Mbit/s …

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Hi every one I have a Toshiba TE2000 laptop that refuses to connect to the Internet for more than a few minutes (if that). I have tried several different wireless cards with the same result. The system says it is connected to my wireless network with good signal but I …

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hello everyone, any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance :) i've been having a problem with my connection recently. since the past two weeks or so i've been having really lousy internet(slow as a snail).although the browsing speed has been ok. the download/upload and streaming speed …

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i did a fresh install on my compaq pavilion 8543c desktop, but when i finished i could not connect to the internet so i tried to do a ipconfig/reset but when i typed "ipconfig /released" i got a message saying "no operation can be performed on the local area connection …

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I pray someone here has had experience with this issue, tech support through brighthouse, and linksys was a non starter. So a week ago all is good, until midnight when the cable is disconnected for non payment. Doh! Wife forgot to pay it, but no worries I call up, pay …

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