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Remove FilterI've got a Packard Bell i-media 5267 P4 2.4ghz cpu and my wife has an Acer P4 Laptop.I've just set up a home network and everything is working fine both ends except that my wife cannot access her ebay account. She gets on the website ok but everytime she tries …
Hi, I would just like to know what is the difference between ISDN and Broadband ADSL. Is it the speed? And why do i have a slow connection when i am using a 256Kbps ADSL connection? Is there any way i can speed it up?
Hopefully not a repeat thread...anybody have any experience with these? Looks kinda cool... [img]http://www.netgear.com/images/products/large/cg814m.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.netgear.com/products/details/CG814M.asp?view"]http://www.netgear.com/products/details/CG814M.asp?view[/url]=
This is probably a dumb question:o but how does one do load balancing among multiple database servers? How are the servers constantly kept in sync? With the data that must constantly be exchanged to keep them in sync, is it even worth having load balancing? It seems to me that …
Hi, Recently came across remote access , remote control and VPN solutions. I found hosted solutions very effective in particular. They offer security and are so much easy to use. I found RemotePC ([url]http://www.ibackup.com/remote_access/[/url]) and Gotomypc ([url]http://www.gotomypc.com[/url]) very productive. Specially RemotePC since it is cost effective also and they have …
hai all i want to know how chat with Internet in local network pls explain friends kartook
any help on this matter would be appreciated. i got a new computer and 2 days later my internet just randomly went off. i tried everything i knew to do and restarted with no resolution. finally it started working again, but my internet isn't the same. i'm using a linksys …
Well i have tried alot to set up this router and spent days apon days. My question is I am trying to play a game on-line with different cd keys but it won't let us play together. I have spoken with serveral people about this and they have no clue. …
I am having a similar problem to mburns_df, I recently formatted my computer. After windows had installed I proceded to download all my drivers and all the windows updates (Im running XP Pro). After doing all this I found that I was getting a connection to the internet (I can …
Hello, I am trying to network three computers, which all run on windows xp, and a printer. I have a router and dsl (if this helps) that is connected to all three of these computers. I was wondering how to get these computers conneceted and to be able to put …
I have a PowerMac G3 and PowerBook G3 connected with a Linksys EZXS55W to DSL. The Mac's cannot network as I have forgotten the passwords. Anyway to remedy this just short of bringing them to a MacStore? Also, recently purchased a Gateway 4520GZ, sales rep recommended the Linksys WRT54G router …
Hi everyone - new to the forums Here's my problem - it has me so confused. I recently built a new machine, new everything including the OS which is XP profession that came pre upgraded with SP2. The first weird thing I did was buy a motherboard that did not …
I'm really getting frustrated now so hopefully somebody can help me :-| On Monday I recieved my new amd64 3000+ and ABIT KV8 Pro mobo. I put it all in and got it up and running perfectly. Had a small game related problem to begin with that i fixed by …
hi guys, my internet works fine but when i go to play games online such as Battlefield 1942, battlefield vietnam, day of defeat, and Counter Strike. They dont work! It wont join a server. Im on a wireless llinksys cable connection with a router and network adapter. My internet has …
I cannot seem to log on to the internet using my cable modem anymore. I do not have a problem using dial up. I downloaded Windows Service Pack2 and things seemed to be fine. I then removed my Norton Anti-virus Program and when i tried to access the internet using …
My friends and I have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and want to play it very badly. The problem is I am on a University network and my friend is at home. The network here doesn't support gaming very well and so we can't play on the GameSpy server. One …
I connect to the internet with the follwing settings: proxy: proxy.sparkbd.net port: 8080 my direct internet connection is very slow but connecting through the proxy server makes the connection a lot faster. Now i have installed limewire and i can connect to the network using "no proxy" but the download …
I have 2 comp running XP Professional SP2, a Linksys router, Alcatel USB DSL modem and I want to share internet. How do I connect them? I understand I need to connect modem to USB port in one of the computers, run a network cable from this computer to the …
Here is my problem i have 2 Pcs, 1 is the host to internet the other is client connected by gateway so can anyone tell me if there is anyway i can host online on the client pc it looks something like this: [Client(pc2)]->[Host(pc1)]-[adsl] :rolleyes:
Okay , as a web developing noob , my question is about the budget of running a website . For example , my work is to find a domain name for a website for a small business taking up 50mb of space . As it is a small business hiring …
my mate tld me u have 2 use run 2 acces shared hardrive on a home network what is the ocmman is it fr expampl //host/c or somthink like that confused :rolleyes:
Hello I am trying to troubleshoot a friend of mines computer who for whatever reason hasnt been able to get on the web for a while..He uses a dial up connection to aol. i guess theres 2 problems really..The AOL problem goes like this: The modem dials out it connects …
Ok here's an odd little set up. I have two firends that live in a really cheap apartment building. It's not too bad. One bedroom, bath, living/dining room and tiny kitchenette (sp). Anyway here's some background. The apt building is really old with really old cable wiring (RG-59). It can't …
I have a big problem. I'm trying to connect to the internet by using ethernet instead of USB. I got all the drivers for my ethernet card and everything is looking great. But then I get this crap about having limited to no connectivity. I try to repair this by …
I had three computers (two with WinXP, one with Win NT) connected via a Linksys router. Each connected to the internet, no problems whatsoever. The Win NT computer is my employer's computer. They had to upgrade to Win XP and have sent me a new computer with XP and I …
Been pullin hair for over a week and am now almost bald so I decided to subscribe to daniweb forums.... hello all ! Please help me of you could: [b]My Problem:[/b] Ever since I had this system 2 weeks ago, I have been dealing with 1 very annoying problem, my …
I have a PC with Windows XP Home, using a U.S. robotics and shared internet (DSL). I also have a laptop running Windows 2000 with a Belkin card. I have set it all up to connect and according to the icon in the task tray I am connected. All I …
dns is required for a cable router but i was never given a password for bt broadband wenn i signed up is there otherways of getting dns
Location: ENglish Rm OS: XP Problem: I have this computer that has a problem... It is taking an IP address from the radio down the hall when it should be taking the IP from the server. What should I do to correct the problem?
Im new here , My hobby is playing with computers. Im networking two computers with a crossover cable. The reason----> To transfer my game files to my Me machine from my xp machine.Ive followed online tutorials and all went well so far. I was able to get my files from …
My company just opened a satalite office in another state. I am trying to make it as easy as possible to keep everything between the two offices a close as possible. Anyone do this across OS's? The main file server here is Linux Enterprise and the server offsite is Windows …
I am running Exchange Server 2000 with Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8.1. Last week my boss was complaining that when sending/receiving, it would “hang
I am having issues with a remote office. Using DHCP over VPN the users could see all of the Linux boxes and Windows boxes at my site. Doing this caused an issue with my Nortel BCM I couldn't get to it from the main office which tends to be an …
I need some help, please. I recently purchased a Linksys broadband router with speedboost for our office building. We have several wireless laptops. We have a T1 line. I plugged the wireless router into a direct drop, powered it on and I have a great signal. All of the laptops …
Hi, I just formatted my PC and now I'm having problem setting up my router. I'm using Windows XP, internet by Rogers, and the wireless router is SMC7004VWBR. However, my other pcs which are connected through the wireless router is still able to connect to the internet. Only my main …
I have a desktop the connects to the internet via a dial up connection. I alsohave a laptop with a USB (airlink) 802.11g adaptor. I want to share files/internet connection between the desktop and laptop wirelessly. I have a Belkin 802.11g router on the desktop. Since I have no DSL …
Hi My set up is DSL netgear wired DG router 2 computers wired to router 1 of those computers connected with wifi to a laptop i am using automatic ip addressing with the router being 192.168.0.1, and the computers being 192.168.0.2,3 i want to share the internet connection to the …
Hi. I'm totaly stuck, please help! I have 2 pc's connected, host running XP and client running Millenium. I have a broadband connection and managed to connect both pc's to the internet after much fiddling. i installed SP2 and lost the clients internet connection. I then experienced "system halted, windows …
I recently brought up a new Novell 6.0 server which had some problems. I deleted the server from the NDS but I keep getting an error message on my border server stating "unable to communicate with server <server name>. I am NOT receiving this message on my main file and …
I want to connect a laptop to a lan so that I can run antispyware program saved in another computer.How do I go through it.This machine is extremely slow and I did a disk clean up and closed most of the startup programs and is still slow,what could be the …
Hi. I happened upon this site from a google search where people were having similar problems to me - but none exact. I hope you can help (and I hope I put this in the right forum). Here's the deal - I have SBCYahoo DSL and recently moved to a …
I just bought a new Laptop after my old one crashed on me. I still have no idea what is wrong with it. My Old laptop was a Toshiba with a Pentium III 650Mhz running the Windows 98 operating system. Whenever I attempt to boot it up, it freezes on …
Hi Guys, I am rapidly running out of hair. Here is my problem. I purchased a netgear DG834G router with two W111 USB2 wireless adapters. I set up the router and had no problems. I changed the internal IP range to 10.0.0.2..254 and changed the SSID. I've set up WEP …
since installing DSL i can not longer access hotmail and other sights although 90% of the internet works fine. the ISP passes the buck back to me although it can not be the firewall or any other setting on the computer as i have 1 that is XP(sp2) norten and …
I am having what soundls like the same problem but with other sights (hotmail amazon ebay) i am using a isp called Central Point and an actiontec wireless dsl Gateway. I have rulled out firewalls antivirus etc. as there are 2 completly difrent setups with the same problem. Nick Costa
ok my friend is on a wireless home network with cable and one of his computers always has low signal strength or shuts off. Is there a way to improve the signal strength?Or does he have to buy a better netgear card or something. If so how much do good …
Hello, Its been a long time since I was studying any of my network stuff, and am rather pressed for time at the moment... I was wondering if anyone might have any hints on how to get this cofig working? My broadband comes into my router, works great for three …
About two years ago, I bought a new computer, and with it, bought a desktop wireless card and router. I set up a wireless network then and it worked perfectly. However, after some time, my second computer (the one with the wireless card) was experiencing problems, and it was kind …
I'm trying to share files connecting to a remote site but I get the error... I'm basically just choosing "test connection" and getting this error. [i]An FTP error occurred - cannot make connection to host.[/i] [i]Dreamweaver could not connect because the server is down or not accepting connections.[/i] I'm using …
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