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I've recently bought a new house nextdoor to a friend of mine. We both have our own home networks, and our own internet connections and since we're only about 20 feet away from eachother we'd like to set up a wired connection for file sharing. Network (A) is running a …
I just recently changed my DSL to Cable internet, then my nightmares began..... Charter Cable Internet with brand new Motorolla SURFboard modem I have 3 computers at home (1 laptop and 2 desktop) for different purposes all 3 computers are running on XP all 3 computers were able to connect …
Right, I'm new here and I don't know a lot about networking and stuff ... so I thought I'd ask here for help. Basically, the problem is that when I connect another computer to the router, the internet disconnects for BOTH computers. However, it is fine when I connect only …
A couple of years ago, I helped set up a small business network at a local vet's office. The server is a HP computer with Windows XP Home Edition that did not have SP1 or SP2 installed on it. There are 2 other machines connected to it that are also …
Is [B]802.11[/B] an open or proprietary technology. And also i'm doing a assignment on 802.11.If you know about following datails please let me know.thank you very much. *explain what the technology is. *explain how it works *explain who will benefit from its use and why? Look at this from the …
Hi Hoping someone can help. I have a bought a 2nd computer and plugged in a wireless adapter into it. It connects, then disconnects to the computer. In device manager it is there, says its working fine but its in hidden devices. I have used networking wizard and still cant …
About a month ago I replaced my old 2wire dsl modem with a d-link dsl-2320b modem. When I first set it up I used the wizard and I was up and running and was fast. I'd say maybe no more than 2 weeks afterwards the connection seemed slow and I …
I am a software person by profession, though network familiar...I would like to know where I can get information to know how to set up a wireless, secure network for a small business. There is a need for storing/sharing a lot of sensative data and a server is probably going …
Hi, Today I turned on my computer and I couldn't connect to the internet. My computer was fine yesterday, I didn't install any new software either. I checked for virus, spyware, and adware with AVG, Spybot, and Ad-Ware, nothing was found. I have two computers connected to a linksys router, …
hi this is thina, i am having two pc's i am having broad band internet connection for one system, i have connected that two systems via cross cabling to share internet, but boyh system coul'd connect with internet. the broad band service people said, due to confilct in gateway this …
Any on can guide me to built range booster for 2.4 ghz AP . Omni anntena is also connected with AP but signals i can recieve around 700 to 800 meters. i want it for 3-4 KM Thanks
Hello, I am new to the site, and am not terribly computer savey - so any help would be greatly appreciated. Have recently switched from very slow dial up to TWC roadrunner cable internet. Worked fine on my XP notebook. Problem started when I tried to connect my Windows 98SE …
Hello! I am a very newbie person in the network area and i was reading the Tanenbaum´s book and i didn´t understand what is one backplane in a switch and what it do...Can someone explain it to me! Thanks
Hi everyone just wondering if someone can help me i am after some software to monitor another pc activity and msn conversations as i have a daughter that is missbehaving and i need to monitor her conversations on msn i can log into her pc and see her history but …
how can i run vrepair; i load vrepair but when i select repair it says 'there are no unmounted volumes..u need dismount the volume ..." when i dismount volume and try to load vrepair again it says 'unable to find load file VREPAIR' what is the correct procedure for vrepair? …
can anybody tell me the different between 802.11 and IEEE 802.11.
The other day I had problem with my internet connection; I call the IPS guy and he trouble-shoot the problem with me by creating another connection on the server. Since then I could go on line, but I couldn't connect to the other PCs! (or only 1 PC managed to …
i made a group policy in domain and i am an administrator but i am affected by the group policy i made... how to implement that correctly only domain users only??? thanks... i am a newbie in windows so please consider to help in a beginners manner... thanks...
When users connect to the Internet via our company network, they do not get disconnected due to inactivity because many websites adware, etc. make it appear that the connection is active. Is there someway to force the Internet Connection to drop when say our 10 minute screen saver activates or …
:) Hi All... I certainly hope that someone can help me discover why all of a sudden, my Upload/Download sppeds have plummeted dramatically over the last few days/week..???? :( 1. I have a D-LINK DSL-604T Modem Router attached to a ADSL2+ connection with my ISP. 2. My Desktop runs Windows …
I have been trying to access [url]www.galabingo.co.uk[/url] for almost a week now. Originally the site went down for a few days but is now up and running as I have repeatdly called trying to get some help as I still cannot access the site! The page says "IE cannot display …
I always seem to get 0 kbps upload/download on my Bittorrent. It also seems to be unusually slow and gradually slows down over time. It also hangs around for ages finding a port? Any ideas why it isnt working as I really need it to download a new OS for …
How do I configure my PDC (SBS 2003) not to synchronize with itself? I get event ID 29 errors.
hi everyone! this is my first post on this forum, and here it goes... i have a D-Link DSL modem which is connected to a Netgear wireless router which is connected : 1) physically to my desktop (without a WLAN card) through ethernet, and 2) wirelessly to my laptop. i …
For the past few months, my home network has seemingly become less and less stable. It appears as if my router continues to drop it's connection. Recycling router will eventually resolve connectivity issues, but it's become a real nuisance. It wasn't always like this, but nothing has really changed on …
when I connect it to the computer the internet will only work on the labtop but not on the desktop. I have SBC YAHOO. And whenever I call SBC yahoo they are no help. They always tell me to do the same thing over again and it doesn't help. They …
Hi, I have a home desktop running XP home SP2 connected to my router wirelessly. I bought a new laptop, but it had Vista... after days I gave up and returned the laptop to the shop. I now have a XP sp2 Pro XP laptop, but cant even see the …
I could do with some help regarding DNS! We have 12 offices each on their own subnet (192.168.1.0,192.168.2.0, etc) and each on their own domain. These offices are connected via vpn links. There is a server at each office that is responsible for DNS & DHCP, and are DC's among …
Hi I've recently tried to install a new Firewall for my organization. I've launched into the upgrade as the existing Firewall has had some corruptions and can no longer be managed. Existing Firewall is Checkpoint FW-1 NG on Win2K and the new Firewall is Checkpoint NGX R65 running on Win2003sp2. …
hi i have one pc is internet working in usp port of my win xp system ----------------------|nic -1 (internet router+modem) in internet pc (xp pro | 192.168.1.36/255.255.255.0 ----------------------| getway 192.168.1.1 | | nic - 2(pc to 8 switch with wire less) | |192.168.1.10/255.255.255.0 | | | |-----------------| |___________| pc 1 …
Well here's my case. I have two pcs connected in a WLAN. PC1 has its wireless connection bridged with a ethernet connection to a dsl router so as to have internet on PC2. However, even if Internet works fine there's no way to ping PC2 from PC1 or PC1 from …
Hey everyone. I'll post the detailed overview of what I've tried and what hasn't worked tomorrow. It's late, and I've been struggling with this for a few hours. In short, I have a Linksys WRT54Gv5 and two Linksys WRE54G (one v2 and one v3). I had already setup the router …
I want to design the network on windows 2003. what is the basic configuration of pc for client as well as server. Can any body help me what is the configuration for client ??? and what is the configuration for server??? Thanks in advance. Amit
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'][COLOR=#000000]Our main server is running Windows 2000 adv server and basically running as a local file server, terminal server and application server.[/COLOR] [FONT='Times New Roman','serif'][COLOR=#000000]We have two other company branches in other parts of the country connecting via VPN (terminal services)to our main server using an accounting package …
i set up the domain and the ip address and the subnet mask so the computers will be 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 and so on and the subnet mask will be automaticly configured and the domain i set up on the main windows server 2003 is main.local so all my computers are …
Afternoon people, I have a laptop at home which connects to my wireless network via a usb dongle. I am sorting out a friends machine which is a tower and I want to run automatic updates, virus definitions etc. i have connected a network cable from my laptop to the …
I am having a problem accessing a windows xp shared folder on my network from my laptop (running windows media center). I cannot access the computer by \\computer-name or by \\ip-address. In fact, I cannot and never have been able to access any shared computer with this laptop (as far …
Hello all, I am running Window XP Pro and our office was on a small network. We have a shared folder on everyones computer that we share files between. All of a sudden my computer, and only my computer no longer connects to the network. I can connect to the …
Hi all, We have a network with a number of Cisco 2950's and a proxy server. There is no router on the network. I want to be able to keep a map of the IP and MAC addresses of all machines that are connected to any of the switches. I …
how do i set up multiple users on windows server 2003 enteprise edition also how do i make a fileserver cheers P.s if theres any books to show me that will help
ive st up a switch on one computer plugged it in and assigned it an ip address 192.168.1.1 and a subnet mask of something like this 255.255.255.0.0 and when i started to set up the network it asks me to save a configerating file to my memory stuck do i …
This is a serious problem with desperate help needed I have virgin media broadband, with a D-link DI-524 router. Every 25 minutes or so, my internet gets cut off and says "Local Netwrok Cable Unplugged", then it comes back on a split second later. So for example my msn messenger …
First, let me tell you about my network. My computer connects wirelessly to my Linksys WRV200 router which is connected to my Vonage RTP300 which in turn is connected to my Comcast cable modem. So... Internet -> Vonage RTP300 -> Linksys WRV200 -> Computer I am unable to connect to …
I recently replaced my old and dead 2Wire 1000s DSL Modem/Gateway with a D-Link 2320B DSL modem. I have the 2Wire PC Port that I bought when we got the 2Wire Modem to get on the network using the telephone wiring. I want to use it on a second computer. …
Hi, The problem occured roughly 3 days ago, where the Wireless Network Connection speed will go from 11mbps straight down to 1kps then back up to 11 again and back down... constantly, 1 second apart. I'm with BT broadband and so am using the Bthomehub router, and have been for …
I am hoping someone can help with my network. I have 3 computors using a 54g Linksys wireless router. 2 are desktops hardwired and 1 is a wireless laptop. The network was working fine until recently, all computer could use the network and see and exchange files and printer. The …
At the moment i have to trail a long phone cable along my landing to get from where the phone line comes in to my computer. i currently use an external modem made from BT (The BT Voyager 105) to get my broadband connection. My computer has an internal modem …
Hi my name is martin and i am new to all of this so please bare this in mind. I have a quiery about my Bt voyger 2091 router. I have been using it for 6 months and its been working fine until 2 days ago. It wont connect to …
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