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Hi, got a pc from a friend becuase my mobo on-board graphics went. tried to connect to internet which it couldnt. Local area connection - cable unpluged - so checked cable and tried in laptop from router, which worked, tried straight from the broadband modem itself, worked on laptop not …

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We stay in a campground all winter. The campground has free WiFi. The signal is OK until more and more campers arrive then we fail to connect.(there is a lot of tin in camper sides) The campground is unresponsive about improving their signal. Our laptop has built-in wireless card. We …

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Hello. I have a Netgear Super g 108MBPS router, paired with a Netgear Rabgemax PC adapter. Connection speeds are horrible! When I initially connected with tech support's help (all the way from New Delhi) I had 85% signal strength. It was recommended that I move my cordless phone base, and …

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I recently purchased a D-Link DPR-1260 Printer Server and connected it to my D-Link DGS-1005D Switch which is connected to my D-Link DI704P DSL Router. My computer is directly connected to a D-Link D-624 Wireless Router which is also connected to the D-Link DGS-1005D. I am unable to "ping" or …

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Hi there I've never posted to a support forum before so here goes :cheesy: First of all I'll give you the details of my network and then the problem! Total PCs: 7 (including 2 laptops which access network wirelessly) IP Addresses: Handled by DHCP server on router Router: D-Link DI-524 …

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Hi, im busy downloading a bittorrent file at about 1kb/s... The program i use to download the bittorrent with says that there is a firewall or nat problem. Im working on a small network througth a Kingston router. The Default Gateway adress is 192.168.213.1 but when i enter that in …

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Client is running xp pro SP2, after aprox. 30 minute session, It can't access any of the shared drives on the server. Also loses access permisssions to other PC's on the network. Out of all 25 PC's on the network, this is the only one that has these fits. Any …

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The problem with this is i'm sure it could be one of millions of things but i hope someone else has thought of something i havent. Problem: I was using the internet then all of a sudden it cut off, and gave me the "limited to no connectivity". This is …

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I have Blueyonder cable a Surfboard modem {cable] Then a Netgear 614v3 router win xp I set up the router for emule and azurus with a great deal of bother as I am just learning about routers and this router is a pig to work with. # now I have …

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Hello, This is my first time posting here but i dont know if its the right place, sorry if it isnt. ok lets get to the point, When i turn my pc on, the screen shows me my hdd's ect, then at the bottom it tries to boot, connect to …

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ok say i have a router and 2 wireless clients and one wired client and i want to know if i can make the wired client's root hdd thats be split in two partions ,can i make the non-(C) drive be a shared drive or do i need a dedicated …

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Sorry all and I apologise in advance for asking such a basic question that I am sure has been asked before (just point me to the correct thread if it has ;) ) but...... I have a netgear wireless router with 2 laptops connected wirelessly to the internet, no problems …

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Ok, so I am probably posting this in the wrong place (and don't tell me to try Limewire's website, because I already have and I can't find a solution to my problem from there lol)..but the problem I am having is, not only doesn't Limewire connect 3/4 of the time …

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I work at a hotel and my boss wants to create a network. I have a existing simple network, but what I would like to do is whenever a client connects there computer to the network, there web browser is redirect to a specific website. After that they can do …

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I have a laptop upstairs connected to a linksys router and a PC downstairs working off the laptop upstairs. I just purchased a new PC to set up in another room and am not sure what i need to do to get it online. I have never had a 3rd …

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I have a integrated network card in my asus A8V-E Delux motherboard and when I but the cable modem in the slot it sends packets but it dosn't recive any... it's [B]really[/B] frustrating :mad: ... what should I do? There is no new drivers to it... I can connect through …

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I have 5 computers running Windows XP Pro SP2 in a workgroup. All pc's are connected with Linksys 1 GB NIC's to a 16 port Linksys Gigabit switch. One of the computers is acting a "file server". On this machine is a shared directory where all the office MS Word …

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I wanted to setup a server to allow authorized personnels to enter with a login and a password from anywhere in the world to access certain company software like SAP. Besides getting a IP domain, what else i need to do? Do i need software like Citrix, and what's Citrix? …

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I am having an issue that is about to drive me crazy. I just bought a new desktop and added it to the existing wireless network with two other computers. For some reason, Computer A and B can talk and share, But computer C, the new desktop, does not show …

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xp pro on PC linksys wrt54gs wireless router cnet pro200wl pci fast ethernet adapter Wireless connection between the rest of the PCs/laptops in the house works perfectly. Just recently, the wired connection with configuration listed above, has failed to work. If connected to the modem directly internet access is available. …

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I've joined the club... I have XP pro, cable modem and... u guessed it SP2... I tryed every method and have come to the last step... Removing SP2. But when I try to remove it it says that it has found about every program i have on my computer (Which …

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Hi. I have a Linksys WRT54GS router and a Motorola SB4100 Cable Modem. I'm trying to set up a network so that all of my computers can connect to the internet. If I connect the SB4100 modem directly to a single PC, the internet is working fine. But if I …

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When I turned my computer on this morning I got a message saying 'found new hardware'. The hardware it found was a the [COLOR=black]ethernet[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]controller[/COLOR]. I tried to install drivers for it but none of them would work. I bought a new [COLOR=black]ethernet[/COLOR] PCI card (Nexxtech 10/100) and replaced the …

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Hello guys, Have a quick question on configuring a VPN. I was trying to configure VPN on my local machine ([URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread65653.html#"]Win XP[/URL]), so that i can access my machine anywhere else. Please correct me if i am wrong because i am just beginner in this. In order to use the …

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I currently have a Motorola SB4100 connected to my PC via the USB ports (This is my NTL Internet connection). What i want to do is connect a wirless router (Recommended by NTL) between the Motorla and the PC, so that i can connect another PC wirelessly to the internet. …

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I just got a new ADSL Router today and was looking on [url]http://www.portforward.com/[/url] for information regarding the configuration of the router. It was when I went to that site, and looked through the names of the different brands of router, that I realised that I had no idea who made …

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This is driving me whacky... My situation: Cable ISP, Linksys Wireless Router, WinXP Pro... Recently moved to new home.. Cable modem and wireless router are on ground floor, my desktop on second floor... Windows shows me connected under Network Connections, with a strong signal... Ipconfig gives me all the normal …

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In trying to map a network drive from "My Computer" and then "Map Drive", it's not finding my shared folder on my old laptop. Basically I'm trying to map a drive on my new laptop to the "C" drive on my old laptop to share data between them. I know …

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Is it possible to share a printer over a wireless connection? If how, could you please help me. Thanks.

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Alright the basic problem is our computer has completely stopped connecting to the internet. Here is the basic info about the computer [LIST] [*]Its running windows XP [*]Is using a VIA Rhine II Fast Ehternet adapter [*]Connected to a Linksys BEFSR41 router [*]Every other computer connected to the same router …

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how i'll setup my home network? two xp pc. using lan card. how to cut and join the cables with the clips?

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Ok, I've read the previous posts, none seem to have the answer I need or have the same situations to my problem. It happened like this.. I own an internet cafe. got several systems. 5 of which are identical. 1 of these 5 upon start up, give me the network …

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Last night I was working with my Belkin F5D7230-4 router. After trying to set up a new laptop on the wireless networking for internet sharing I found a mention of an Access point. After attempting to change the settings and set up for full wireless access, I now have 0 …

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I have a dell dimension desktop with windows XP Home, and a Dell inspiron laptop with windows XP home, I have them connected by cable to a belkin router. My printer is connected to the desktop, I have run the network setup wizard on both computers, still one computer will …

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I have an office server and I need to add a computer to the server. There is already a computer using the network conection from that room. I want to put a router into that room so that both computers can be attached to the network. I have a d-link …

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Hey guys, I need to back up 15gigs of pictures, videos, etc from one computer to another. though i know nothing about networking, i'd prefer to do this wirelessly since i have a router and a wireless card and such. also, i used to have a wireless filesharing network set …

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:cheesy: Hello All. I have just been setting up my wireless network, and there are two questions i have.1 is: while my network was on cat5, i was getting transfer rate of 615kps, now with my wifi, i am only getting half this, why?(modem and adaptor only 2meters away) and …

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Hi all, I have 2 computers connected via a wireless nework.I can access computer A files from computer B but not the other way round. Computer A can contact computer B but cannot access the files. All files are shared. I keep getting an access is denied warning when I …

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I work for the help desk of a certain company (I won't say the name of it), and had a guy come with a laptop. We tried to connect to the internet and were unsuccessfull. We tried to connect wirelessly, we did, we could ping other sites and we even …

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i need increase the number of access to a particular machine in my work group.....bcz too many need to access that machine simultaniously Thanks

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Ok this is wierd. A friend of mine baught a new house and found an ethernet cable poking out of the wall. He doesnt know where it leads. However, it is definately connected to something and when i plug a device into it it gets assigned a DHCP adress anyway, …

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I have a Netgear WGR614. It connects to a broadband modem. I have a Dell desktop, connected to the Netgear with CAT5, whch can access the Internet. I have a Dell laptop, connecting wirelessly to the Netgear, which also accesses the Internet. I want to use the printer attached to …

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I just bought a Linksys WRT54G broadband router. I haven't configured on myself before and i was wondering what i needed to do. I have it all hooked up and everything but cannot connect to the internet on the computer it is wired to. I need to fix that problem …

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I should start out by saying that the internet works at the university (we use Resnet), and that when I bring it back home and put in my cable, it doesn't work. Windows reports that my laptop is connected to the internet, it's just that any attempt to go on …

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hi i bought a new laptop and need to setup a home network. the main reasons why i want to do so is because, i want to print from the local printer from my notebook, i want to be able to share files from my desktop to my notebook, i …

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Hello, I'm having a problem with two of three computers on my home network. Computer A is XP Computer B is 98 2 Computor C is ME 255 ram 73% resorce. I have computer A and B hard wired w/cat 5 to a linksys Broadband router wireless-G model WRT54-G ( …

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I think I posted a similar thread berfore. I now have a PIII 733MHz EB, 256megs of ram, 60 gigs of hard drive space and an Asus motherboard. I downloaded and installed the Halo dedicated server software from microsoft. I can install it and start it without a hitch. However, …

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I have a network in my professional office that has been running for years without a problem. We are upgrading our workstations and in the processes, some of them can no longer see the server and vise versa. The server is running Server 2000. There are 9 workstations, 2 of …

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I have a D-Link D1-524 router. I've had it for under a year and as of about a week/week and a half ago, at random times, it just shuts off. After I give it the five minute reboot, it works. I don't understand what's causing this but it's very tiresome. …

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Hi all. I pretend to know what I am doing on computers :) and recently watched as my fiancees brother was able to log onto any computer from his laptop. I was thinking he was using the Remote Desktop sharing thing on XP but was a bit confused because it …

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