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This computer I am working on is running a Vista OS. It's not connecting to any websites. I am able to connect to my router, any local network, even Microsoft updates see there needs to be an update and will attempt to connect but gets pretty much no signal. There …

Hi guys! I would like to ask if a broadband router is also a firewall. Same as a normal router. I did not specially configure it, but only set my router to allow me to hook up to the internet. 1) Does my existing broadband router, already a firewall? 2) …

Hi Chaps and Chappettes, I've had a short period of time recently to learn and implement DNS cache-only in our organisation. Trouble is, according to my tcpdumps, the amount of traffic on port 53 has increased. This is of course the exact opposit of the desired effect. Would y'all mind …

I have next problem. 1) If I use one router with one network, all work fine. Ping to router, ping to internet, loading web pages is ok(include more extensive web pages). Internet - router1 - pc Access via hostname to other pc in my network is ok. (I can access …

Hi Friends, I have searched in the internet for the list of DNS servers (like Nominum, AD, DynDNS, Incognito) with their comparison chart for their new features. I could not find any for their advantages and disadvantages of those. If anyone aware of the URL, please share with me. Thanks …

Hi, I live in Mauritius and there is only one ISP here. Every month I pay $100 for a pathetic 512K connection. They also use fair usage policy. So, I was wondering if there is a way I could provide myself with internet. Without having to rely on an ISP. …

hi, i have been trying to share my printer with my 2 laptops on my d-link wireless-n router. i turned on file and printer sharing and went in and checked share printer in the printer settings. my problem is on the router my 3 computers dont see each other on …

Hello folks, I hope that I'm posting the thread in the right section lool Well my problem is that I don't know a lot in network hardware devices, and unfortunately I need to work on one of those networking devices. I'm working on a project where the outcome should be …

I want to hide my IP from my network so that no one in my network can trace the sites I visit. Is it possible? How can I do it?

The problem: I have Desktop computer connected to my Motorola Cable modem by USB cable (I did not know how to set up the Ethernet connection, when I wanted to remove the USB driver and to set up the Ethernet connection with my modem, it did not want to work)... …

Hello everybody I got a new hp dv6000 battery for my notebook and the next day I can't use my wifi, I don't know whether the battery have a fault or other thing went wrong, the battery is a 12 cell high capacity one.

MAC Address 00:24:B2:40:95:53 IP Address 84.9.112.144 Network Type PPPoA IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255 Gateway IP Address 83.146.18.100 Domain Name Server 83.146.21.6 212.158.249.5 LAN Port MAC Address 00:24:B2:40:95:52 IP Address 192.168.0.1 DHCP On IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Modem ADSL Firmware Version A2pB023b.d20e Modem Status Connected DownStream Connection Speed 7808 …

I want to transfer files between two laptops without network cable using bluetooth. Is it possible? Any softwares needed?

Hi, I am trying to set up a strange network configuration. Basically I have a wireless network from a BTHomeHub covering my house but I have a few devices that need an Ethernet connection and I don't like the idea of wires trailing though the house (The HomeHub only has …

I'm currently attempting with my very limited knowledge to setup a wireless network. I have a wireless laptop, wireless printer and wired desktop. Before I started the desktop internet worked no problem being wired through the router, all was fine. Since getting the laptop to access the internet and printer …

Hi Friends, I am in the middle of creating my design doc for DNS. My aim is to hide my primary NS from external world. And I am planning to use only secondary servers for query handling. I have created XYZ.com zone and added two NS RRs which are secondary …

Dear All, I m sagar working as an network engineer.... Actually i m facing one problem that i m able to ping my cisco 1700 router but not able to telnet it. PLZ help

Remember [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story219413.html"]Terry Childs[/URL]? He was the network administrator for the city of San Francisco who -- claiming he was protecting the city government's computer system from incompetent coworkers -- changed the system's passwords and then for more than a week refused to give them to anyone, even after being arrested. …

I guess I'm not network savvy enough to figure this one out on my own. I'm trying to access a shared drive on my laptop via my desktop. The device shows in my list of networked computers. When I try to access it it tells me it's not accessible or …

Hi Everyone, i hope somone can help me here before i go crazy.... I work in a Small businesss centre and we have recently moved office from a small pokey room to a 3 room office, much larger and better as we are about to get some more staff. I …

Can someone help me I have a toshiba m45 and Im trying to find the lan driver for it. My problem is when I connect my ethernet cable I get nothing. How can I correct this problem my internet works through usb port but not thru the ethernet cable.

Two students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have learned that it is possible to predict which men in social networks are gay, even if they aren't out, based on who their friends are. It's the theory behind [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_analysis"]traffic analysis[/URL], or the process of intercepting and examining messages to deduce …

Hi Guys, I was wondering if any one can help, I have a computer on our SBS2003 network that cannot access sponsored links in google search. When clicking the link they get the following error page. Also sometimes after doing a google search the sponsored links show up as page …

Local Area Connection showing 2 even a single adapter is connected. The Ethernet is working perfectly but i am seeing Local Area Connection 2

Hi. I'm at wits end. Can't fix my wireless network. My laptop specs are: Model: HP Pavilion dv5000 series OS: Windows XP SP2 I recently reformatted my laptop using HP's PC Recovery tool installed with the notebook. Everything looked fine except that I could not connect to the internet thru …

I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with Vista. I had the internet wirelessly hooked up through a Linksys wireless router. Then I received a wireless modem through my ISP, now I am unable to connect wirelessly. It will tell me that it is connected, but something happens in the identifying …

One third of businesses totally fail to encrypt their sensitive data transfers. That's the conclusion of a new [URL="http://www.computerlinks.co.uk/products/ipswitch/download_library.cfm"]survey[/URL] into file transfer security which noted the huge disparities in attitudes towards data security in general and data security during transfer. According to the 2009 File Transfer Security Survey undertaken by …

Hi ! When I send a mail to some specific address I receive this problem : I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. ...... 550 5.7.1 Client host rejected: cannot find your reverse hostname, [83.212.248.x] …

Was doing a minor wireless network for a boarding house... there is one cable modem (a motorolla surfboard) for broadband cable internet access... the ethernet cable goes from there to a Netgear dual band wireless router. Then, another ethernet cable goes upstairs to another wireless router (the first router's range …

I need someone to help me. I’m usually very good at troubleshooting my systems, but this one has me stumped and I’ve been working on it for a long time. The last thing I want to do is reformat my hard drive and start clean, which seems silly since I …

I have a Netgear Prosafe GS108 8-port gigabit switch which I've been using at home for a couple of years without problems. It's uplinked to my main switch in another room, and has 5 devices connected to it (Tivo, Media Centre PC, IP Camera, Wireless Router, Slingbox). A few days …

Hi, I need some informations about how a country like ...Italy, UK,.. can block the access to a site of its country(under .it domain) to a the foreign host. for example: The state "Italy" have a internet game that is legal for the people that lives in Italy, but it …

Hi, i've had problems with my broadband connection since moving into my new house at the start of the year. I could write an essay on this but will try to keep it brief: ISP is Plusnet Connection speed at best of times is very slow - 0.5mbps. I live …

Greetings, first time post here. I have not been able to access my Hotmail acct for a couple of days now. I can access it through Windows Live ID but the steps getting there are bothersome. I used to be able to click on my taskbar icon and go straight …

My buddy was over earlier today showing me how to setup QoS on my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread77893.html#"]Linksys WRT54G[/URL] Wireless Router and somehow disabled the wireless interface to the router. Unfortunately I found this out after my roommate started his afternoon long campaign on the Xbox, and the settings we changed earlier gave …

Hi I'm new to group and I'm having problems connecting a PPPoE account to a DSL Linksys router and a configurable DSL modem and 3 computers. I'm at my wits end...

I have one server(HP Proliant250 ML) with two SCSI drives. I want that if one harddisk goes down I have an immediate backup for that harddisk b/c that server is a domain server... and many applications depend on that... there are two options in my mind [B]first create RAID[/B] but …

hi guys, just want an insight from you guys..recently i just installed two network card in a workstation..one dhcp and one static ip..all seems to work fine.. but how to check whether the internet connection is using DHCP or using the Static connection.. is there a way to check? or …

It's good news for those in the security business, according to Gartner at least. It is predicting that security software and services spending will outpace other IT spending areas in 2010. The Gartner [URL="http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=1141513&subref=simplesearch"]report[/URL] suggests that security software budgets will grow by approximately 4% in 2010, while security services budgets …

Can anyone help me with this problem. I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 and it seems that the wireless card has somehow got switched off, it worked ok one day and the next day it didn't! I've tried contacting Dell but my warranty has just ended so they won't help …

I have a strange network problem with a new HP Elitebook (laptop). The machine runs WinXP sp2 and is configurated the same as an older Asus laptop. Both (the HP and Asus) are in the workgroup LAPTOPS. The server is Slackware Linux 12.1 with samba up and running. All desktop …

Hi all, Hope you can help. Thanks. I want to set up a network where: 1. a single host computer gets wireless internet connection from a office wireless access point. 2. the host computer broadcasts the wireless internet connection. 3. client computers can log on to the broadcasted wireless internet …

Just when you thought it was safe to return to those keyboards knowing that all is well with the world and the ownership of Unix is happy with its rightful owner, Novell; he's baaaack. I'm sure that I'm not the first to look at this latest news and say "WHAA? …

When setting up Outlook Anywhere in Exchange Server 2007, all the steps described in "Exchange Server 2007 End-to-End Scenario" are not enough. You need to run the following command in the Exchange Management Shell: Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory | set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -ExternalURL [url]https://your-iis-server.yourdomain.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml[/url] Here "your-iis-server" is the IIS server name where you have your …

OK, I can't resist this whole SCO thing, since it has again raised its ugly head. My [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4658.html"]previous post[/URL] on the subject the other day drew a lot of attention from a diverse gaggle of readers and commenters so I thought I'd go back to the well at least once …

What, you hadn't heard? "A Senate bill would offer President Obama emergency control of the Internet and may give him a "kill switch" to shut down online traffic by seizing private networks -- a move cybersecurity experts worry will choke off industry and civil liberties," [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/28/senate-president-emergency-control-internet/"]FOX News[/URL] said breathlessly. (Nice …

I'm not a great fan of the phrase 'total coincidence' and nor am I a fan of The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and Lord President of the Council to be formal. While I'm on the small matter of …

As someone who works within the IT Security space, I have to say that rogueware (also known as [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20938/53/"]scareware[/URL]) is starting to seriously hack me off. Not that I have ever been conned into purchasing it, I hasten to add, but rather because so many others have and so many …

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[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4412.html"]As feared[/URL], the Administration has caved to telecom industry restrictions on mapping the availability of broadband Internet, making it less likely that $7 billion in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus package, will actually help improve broadband access to people who …