Networking Forum

I own a Sony Vaio VGN-N150G, and I have had this problem for about a week now. I can use Mozilla Firefox without a problem, but I cannot use any messaging services such as AIM. When I try configuring, it says it was unable to connect. When I try using …

Help please! I have a clean install of XP, my NIC is functioning correctly. I can ping a loopback, ipconfig release and renew, and Comcast says they can see my modem and it is "talking back". No AV installed yet, no firewall, no antispyware and I cannot get online with …

Hi I have just bought a crossover cable to connect my brothers and my own computers together, to play games across. I dont think that my network card is working. i went into the command prompt and typed "ipconfig" and it says. Windows IP configuration ethernet wireless (i think) "media …

I am having problems sharing internet on my wired network. I have 2 cards; a 3Com Gigabit LOM {3c940} and a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet. One of the cards is for the DSL connection through an external modem, and the other is used for the network hooked up …

EDIMAX BR6104K Fast ethernet Broadband Router. (all lights lit correctly) Windows XP pro VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter Motorolla Surfboard SB4100 cable modem Zonealarm free firewall I had this network up and running with a 4Mb Virgin Broadband connection, wired to another pc through the router. Worked fine but …

i have a belkin pre-n router and a pre-n wireless network card both second hand, i am connected @ 100mbs but can't access the internet. can you help please?

hey my mother just got a dell inspiron 1000 with a dell wireless 1350 pc card, and we want to network it with our pc using a netgear WGT624 v3.......i hooked it all up correctly i think, bause my pc has internet through the router......but the lap top shows its …

I made the wireless lan insecure, and his laptop finds it but wont connect. My PS 3 connects to the wireless LAN just fine. Any suggestions?

hi, i'm running 2003 Sp1 in my system. i want to connect it wirelessly to my linksys wrt54g router using netgear wg111v2 usb adapter. but the netgear drivers are not working in 2003 and netgear has no drivers for 2003. if anyone knows a workaround, pls help thanks in advance …

Hi Guys I need your help on this one. Everytime my PC is connected to the internet using a wireless adaptor my windows xp freezes and I have to do a hard reset manually . I have two USB wireless adapters (Linksys wireless G USB and Netgear G111T ) and …

Hi all, Just trying to expand the range of my home wireless network. I am currently on a Telstra Bigpond Cable modem (Motorola Surfboard SBG900 Wireless) and running a 2 desktop PC's and a home laptop. The modem is at the other end of the house and one important note …

Hello all, I am lit bit confused to select the best open source for Alerts. Our company requires a proactive notification about computer hardware issues via monitoring of the processor, hard disk space, memory, etc. I heard that Paragent.com is the best for it. Any opinions about this would be …

Hope you guys can help i cant get a default gateway on my pc and i think it might have had something to do with my internet security because i had a gateway before i put the security on. i am running a trendnet usb adapter and i have a …

Just got new computer. but can get it online. I have broadband motorola SB4100 cable virgin. computer has all spec required. I have been to int opt and told not to dial etc. but the computer wont connect to internet. I have done all basic tests.. cables turn off reboot. …

I have an assignment to create a proposal to design a net infrastructure, provide cost estimate for the set-up, implement the approved infrastructure and provide on-going support. Can someone help me on how to get started. Just need couple hints how to get started with the layout. Had a course …

OS: Windows Home Edition SP2 Suddenlink Cable Modem (USB Cable Modem 315000) A few days ago, my internet started disconnecting. It happened for a few seconds the first time, then a little longer the 2nd, then the last time for about 1 minute. All within a minute or so of …

Hi, I am interested to have a wireless network to connect 3/4 computers from a single broadband router.Please let me know what hardware and software is required.I am thinking to connect all on Blue tooth. Thanks_Joy

Hello! Bit of a strange one, the two laptops can connect to the router fine, but the Xp desktop won't. All running from wireless. The desktop can detect other networks just not this one? But the router is working fine and in range as the two laptops are picking it …

could anyone please tell me why my daughterinlaws computers modem comes up with NO VIDEO INPUT......&the modem makes a loud buzzing noise. Leonie

can any one tell me how can i configure xp home so that in can be included in the domain, i know it wasn't design that way but can it be done some how? thanks

Hi all, I need to allow an outside service engineer connect to a machine tool (PC attached) to run diagnostics on my network. What's the best way to allow him temperorily access to this internal pc? This will probably only happen a few times a month, so access doesn't have …

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but it seemed to be the most suitable. Okay, this is my problem - and its been going on for about two straight months now. Nothing I do seems to fix it. I'm not sure what caused it …

I am tryin to install snort-2.6.0.1 on linux(fedora 7). Its a .tar file,after extracting we are executin the ./configure command which is working. but when i am trying 'make' command its giving me following error: make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. this same error is given …

Hi, I have two roommate's that download movies all day, every day. It's to the point now that there is no bandwidth left for me to even surf the Internet with. My question is: Is there anyway to install some kind of software on my computer (ubuntu 7.10 or windows …

I have 3 PC's on LAN running XP pro..all hv few shared folders on network and any of us can use any of that folder..(using simple file sharing).. All are getting connected to ZXDSL 531B modem and are sharing internet B/B connection through that only.. If sum guests visit and …

Hi, I have a weird problem with my workstation at home. All of a sudden the network connection status says "Acquiring network address", however, my computer is running on a static IP address and has been doing so for years now. I have a wireless access point (WAP) that is …

Hello all, How do I make sure that my network is protected from others on the network. I think that someone has access to my computer and I want to stop it!!!!I had posted earlier in this site. Any information about this would be great. Thanks. Cranium1200

I connect my internet portable with my old wireless router and it works giving out wireless internet signal but like public network so I try to set a WEP key to keep my network security but after that it screws up now I saw the signals from wireless router but …

hi, i am currently having trouble getting a wireless connection to my router. The router works fine via an ethernet cable, and every other computer in the house can establish a wireless connection perfectly. i just took the wireless card out of my old computer and put it in this …

Hi. I have a HP laseJet 4300 and a HP Laserjet 5M printers connected to our corporative network and their computers sometimes print their works normally and sometimes user have to make their print request twice. In this last case sometimes they isn't any network or OS response until the …

I have a DSL 504G (4 port switch and router/ADSL Modem) connected to 2 PCs at home. they both run winxp sp2, and accessing the internet is fine on both. just about everything is possible, EXCEPT playing 2 games which i enjoy very much: warcraft 3 and starcraft. everything else …

hi i am really frustrated with netgear and geeksquad because the wont give me a simple answer as to how i unblock websites that are blocked by netgear firewalls and i really need help to unblock myspace and facebook. so if there is anyway that some one could give me …

Hi all , I have 16 computers and i want to have a 6 of them on the internet cable ( with this i do not need a username and password) , and 10 of them on the wireless(i need a user name and password) and that all of them …

I have Comcast cable Service a D-Link DI-624 Router abd A Lynksys Voip Router. I woke up yesterday and my PC, which has a wired connection to the D-Link router, and I cannot connect. The wireless connections are fine. My LAN status says connected, packets are Sent, but none recieved. …

Is it possible for my MSN conversations to be read by others on the network? (if my computer was free of viruses and trojans) How can I tell if someone is doing this against me? Thanks

Okay first heres the issue--- my internet drops so often that i cannot use messenger. play online games such as World of warcraft, or even watch streaming videos. and u can forget about downloading anything. this started about a week ago. why not get tech support right? ....well heres that …

My current setup: Two desktops and one laptop running WinXP, and one laptop running WinVista. There is a router where I connect to my ISP (local wireless system), that runs to an eight-port switch. Both desktops are connected to the switch. There is also a wireless router connected to the …

i am having problems with accessing the internet with my laptop through an unspecified lan card as soon as i change it for a belkin usb adaptor it works fine i have tried other wireless cards ( netgear ) but that didnt work either sometimes it does connect but really …

Hi, I have just set up a server in a lab. It is running WinServer 2003 and the lab network is wireless. I would like to know if there are any compatible wireless card (pci or usb) that would be compatible as have tried Belkin wireless card and was unreliable? …

[B]im shozib and i want to do setup the wan and which equippment will be used pls tell me with diagram[/B]

:?: I am working as a technical support manager and when the customer has some problems, it takes much time and efforts to find out the core of it. Please advise any service that can help our technical guys to manage and operate with the customers remote PC and to …

Recently, my desktop pc has had a problem with slow internet connections. it runs a westell router, with all updates, and nothing is wrong with it. the desktop's speed for internet is 2100/300 (download/upload), while the service i'm subscribed to is 3552/384. The two other pc's at my house have …

One day my ethernet controller stopped working. all I have now is just the wired connection and my wireless adapter that is connected to my pci slot no longer will work. any ideas?

I have tried going to start-> run-> cmd-> and then i typed in ipconfig/release and then ipconfig/renew but then i got this "An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out" Please help me out..what should i do

[B]Hiyaaa Basically I suck at technology as I said! I would like to know how I should connect my Dell PC and my Mac iBook to the internet at the same time. I am going to be getting wireless net soon, but would like to know what I need to …

I have 3 computers on a network (all wired). Up until a few days ago it has been working perfectly. Yet today the main computer will not display any web pages or connect in any way, yet the other 2 are working fine. The router is a netgear DG834N rangemax. …

I have a Intel 865PERL motherboards with integrated ethernal controller, except the controller is not installed properly. The device shows up as configured inporperly in device manager. (Code 1) I also have a wireless card installed on my computer, but I want to run my wireless router lan into this …

Hi I am a new joiner here ! I have a Linksys Wireless router 54G and I use AOL broadband for DSL. I cannot access secure sites eg, Barclays Bank, Microsoft Hotmail etc.... Ive looked in to all possible ways of resolving this but comming across this website interested me …

Hey Folks - We need your help. We were hoping, we could gain from your experience with implementing server virtualization. When should we be using Red Hat Virtualization, Citrix Virtualization, Xen Virtualization, Microsoft Virtualization, Oracle Virtualization and VMWare. I will be very interested in learning from your first hand experince. …

just reinstalled my wireless software on my laptop. It's now asking me for the router WEP. Have no user manual. How do I find my routers WEP?