[wifi] Forum Topics

Hi there! I excitedly got a refurbished Linksys WRT54GS2 V1 router. I am fairly well experienced in software and got a little over confident with my router, and now have some how turned it into a pricy paper weight. I followed an internet guide to put VxWorksKiller-GS2V1.bin firmware from dd-wrt.com …

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop running Vista SP1. A month or more ago it stopped being able to read any USB flash drives. They all work in my other laptops, but in this one machine the autoplay dialog box has stopped popping up, and when I click the drive …

[B][I][U]Hey Guyz I am currently using :-[/U][/I][/B] 1. WINDOWS 7 32bit x86 intel 2. WINDOWS XP SP2 2002 32bit x86 intel [B][U][I] MODEM :-[/I][/U][/B] ZTE ADSL Modem Model : 531B Splitter : 4KHz [B][I][U]The Problem :-[/U][/I][/B] 1. There was no problem till today morning...I faced some problems after 12am today.. …

Okay so most people these days have a home hum (a wireless rooter) and the last year or so has seen the begining of the rise of home cloud computing with prducts like the seagates goflex network shareing device etc. My question is what can you link up to you …

Yesterday, I had some Windows Internet Explorer browsers open and all of a sudden about 9 or more of them popped opened, minimized and all containing the same website (which was one of the websites I had previously had open). I'm not sure if it was a virus, spyware or …

Hi, I have recently purchased a Sony Vaio Laptop with wifi support that is inbuilt or onboard. I already have a Asus P5E3 Deluxe motherboard at my home with ram 2 gb, 9800 gtx card and a quad core processor. Now, I connect this pc with a broadband connection at …

I'm experiencing a problem which i believe a few people have come across and after trawling the net for hours i still havent found a solution.... I am running a wireless home network using a brand new NetGear 108mbps wireless modem/router and 4 port ethernet switch. This is located in …

keyboard or mouse. ok. so when i left yesterday to visit my b/f in a different city than mine for thanksgiving dinner the computer was fine and on. when i got back today the power was still on to the actual tower but everything else connected to it is receiving …

Hello, I have a pretty peculiar problem. The internet connection at my house connects fine on any of our laptops/desktops. But I can't seem to browse online or play games that require authentication or use msn . BUT(once again), I CAN stream online radio from my Itunes, I can download …

Hello everyone. Sorry in advance if my question seems noobish. I'd like to know if it's possible to change my router such that it uses another, dynamically assigned IP address to be accessed as opposed to my current. Let's assume my WAN IP address is A.B.C.D and I turn my …

This has been going on for about a week now with a friend of mine who uses AIM. Since last Thursday, I've been having trouble communicating with her through AIM or any other client I've tried in which I've used AIM to contact her, be it AOL Instant Messenger itself, …

i have a laptop and id it set up for dialup and i want to go wireless...what do i need to do:confused:

[B]My PC has been infected with the [U]'Security Tool[/U]' spy ware. I think I have managed to successfully remove the spy ware from my system but could someone please take a look at my HiJack This log and tell me if there's something I've missed?[/B] Running processes: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ControlDeck\ControlDeckStartUp.exe …

Hi There We have one office of about 4 PC's in one location that all belong to the same workgroup, connected wirelessly together through a US Robotics ADSL Router. We have another office setup exactly the same as the one above in a totally different location. Is there anyway we …

Wireless is, without doubt, a really great thing. Apart from when it doesn't work that is. If you live in a big old house, for example, then getting your WiFi signal to extend through a few thick walls from one end of the place to the other is not always …

My dad got a new Dell lap-top with Windows Vista less than a year ago. Yesterday all the sudden it's wireless network adapters quit working. I went to investigation and found that it wasn't finding any networks, further investigation found that it was turned off. Now on this computer there …

Hi, I have 2 notebooks, one using vista and one using 7. I just set up the ad-hoc (win 7) and connected sucessfully using other notebook (vista) I set up the IP for wireless in win-7using 192.168.0.1 subnet 255.255.255.0 and the client(vista) using 192.168.0.2 subnet 255.255.255.0. The win7 is connected …

Hey guys i have an HP DV4-1551DX and recently it stopped picking up wireless networks. When i do ipconfig /renew i get a message saying i cant do it while media is disconnected. If i hook up a wired connection internet works fine. I have tried several things but just …

Hai Everybody.. I am Bharath doing B.E.Comp.Sci... U all may know abt wireless communications.. In this type communications,while sending an image from one place to another,image is not retrieved correctly in the receiver side.It may be received with [I]some image blocks missing[/I] due to transmission noise.(Eg.MMS from one mobile to …

I've been reading several threads to try to get help with my problem but I've got to admit that I am just getting a bit overwhelmed. I am not nearly as computer savvy as I can clearly see that most of you are. Here's my problem: In my home I …

I have an Asus S6F notebook with XP SP2 dual booting with Windows 7 Ultimate. I have found that I am unable to get internet access using hotel wifi access points under Windows 7 - I can only get access using XP. I can connect to the access points using …

Hi, I have a Compaq and a gateway computer. I also have 2 network cards. In both computers, I have tried the following distros of linux: Ubuntu 10.4 Xubuntu 10.4 Ubuntu Server 10.4 Puppy Linux 5 Damn Small Linux In all combinations of computers, os, and network card, I have …

Until Motorola came out with the [URL="http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/"]Droid[/URL], they were the forgotten cell phone company, but it wasn't that long ago that everyone wanted one of their phones: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_RAZR"]the Razr[/URL]. This was in 2004, in the days before the iPhone when smart phones were found only in the pockets of executives …

Hi, As I am browsing the internet, multiple IE windows start popping up uncontrolably. The only way to shut them off is through task manager. The same thing happened on a co-worker's computer once, so I am fairly sure it's a virus. Here is the MBAM log Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 …

for the past week, my mouse would periodically go crazy all the sudden. IN particular it would seem to be highlighting everything, opening, closing stuff, I was unable to defeat it in anyway, other than by turning computer off. ONce back on, the mouse would be fine. I use a …

Hi, My laptop was working perfectly fine with internet. I would connect wirelessly with no issue. One day my laptop stop working with wireless. It said local only. I didn't worry, i had fixed this issue before by adding the IP, DNS, and Gateway manually. This time when i added …

Hey guys, I'm hoping this is a well-known problem with a simple fix: I work at a study abroad program and most of the web-related problems that I see involve Vista machines that aren't picking up settings via DHCP. Windows 7, XP, OS X -- all fine. They'll auto-assign a …

Could someone please help me? I have searched through articles for hours and cannot find the answer on my own, so this will be my first post in asking for help. I have two laptops one PC and the other MAC. My mac will connect to the internet via wireless …

HELP ME! I'm a college student and use my computer ALL of the time. All of a sudden this thing called Relevant Knowledge started popping up on my computer. I wanted to get rid of it, so I stupidly clicked the button that said stop receiving these messages or something …

Hello I am thinking about buying a wifi access point to act as universal repeater in order to let laptops far away from the wifi modem router to get online as well. However, since I do not know whether this wifi AP will get enough signal with the antenna it …

I Have Got A Idea... If You Have A Router, Connect The Ethernet Cable From Your Computer To Your Router... Then Go To The Website : [url]http://192.168.1.1[/url] ... They Would Ask For The Username And The Password.. The Username Is : admin And The Password Is : admin See This …

Hello all. Im living in a block of flats where we connect to the internet via a ethernet cable, we've been told we can add a wirless router if we want, so no issues there. but to connect i have to type in a user name and password into a …

If there is two WLAN on a router and i removed 1 of the WLAN . Will I still be able to serve the net?

Hi, I am not able to browse my own site [url]www.example.com[/url] in my laptop alone, I turned off my firewall and proxy but still not able to browse the above site. I checked in chrome, IE, opera and firefox but none of them are opening the above site. - All …

When I open Internet explorer it days cannot open web page! I am connected by wireless to the Internet with an excellent signal! I can access the internet on my daughters laptop and on my iPhone via my wireless connection, I can even connect to msn and chat but cannot …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]16308[/ATTACH]Coming soon from Samsung: a new tablet computer designed to compete in the iPad market. Running the Android operating system from Google, it will be smaller than the iPad, with a 7-inch screen instead of the iPad's 9.7 inches. The release is currently scheduled for third quarter of this year. …

hi I have a U.S.Robotics MAXg USR5417 PCI Wireless Network Adapter - 802.11g that I have recently installed in my computer (I am using my parents computer) and I am using it with my parents router. The router is a GT704WG that they got from verizon. They are connected through …

Hello there I have this problem. The signal of my router does not get long enough to get my wireless card in my laptop on the other part of the house. That is why I am thinking about the choices that I know: buying either an access point or a …

i have 2 questions seeking for help. 1) Can I use wireless adapter as well as wireless network connection together. Or is it a either or situation. 2) The LAN to my laptop is not working although there is connection shown. I believe the LAN configuration has been re-configurated by …

All right kiddos, heres the plan. I have wifi. yay, thats cool, but the router sucks. so what im wanting to do is have my 2 computers receive internet via wifi BUT send local files between them via hardwire -> ethernet to network switch. [B]computer specs[/B] desktop: smc usb wifi …

I've been having one problem after another since yesterday morning. The problems started with notifications that an application could not be executed, because the file is infected. I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and that seemed to do the trick, at least until this morning, when problems started showing up. In order: …

recently my internet connection has been randomly disconnecting, and after a few minutes it can reconnect. I wirelessly connect to the router, and the router is an apple air port. When internet is connected, like right now, the connection strength has full bars. I use an Inspiron 1420, and the …

what is the format of MAC address??? how it is clssified??? is it all devices hav different MAC ADDRESSES??? R MAC addresses r divided based on country codes??? what is the MAC ADDRESS of router, printer,system etc.

Hi I have several PCs and want to connect them on a home network. It makes sense to upgrade to a gigbit system. The trouble is how far may I locate a pc from the keyboard, mouse, and display?

I'm connected to cox high speed internet 4mbps internet service. I have a router, and two PCs are connected to it. One PC is getting the 4 Mbps downspeed, but one is only getting around 1Mbps. The upspeed on both are fine. The PC with the slower connection has an …

Hi, I've been encountering a strange but annoying issue in my office in work - if anyone could shed any light on this or have any ideas as to what could be the cause it would be great. We have 30 Dell PowerEdge blade servers with 2x NICs in each …

I have a small network (50-65 computers) which are all connected via a LAN. I have a DHCP server and a gateway (Firewall). Recently there was a requirement to connect all the smart phones used in the company (Blackberry, Iphone and Android phones) to the internet when in the facility …

I had U-Verse installed for wireless and provided that key number into my 2006 Inspiron 6400 laptop. The laptop has a wireless card inside and it shows the connection status as "Authenticating". I cannot get into the Internet with the laptop. I don't know much about computers so not sure …

I am experiencing lots of problems with internet connection recently: although the wireless network connection icon says "excellent connection", internet explorer highlights no internet connection. I have to right click on the wireless network connection icon, use repair and it works again for some time. The same thing happens several …

Hey! I'm trying to change over to a new router, but am having a bit of trouble in doing so. The new router I'm trying to use is a D-Link DIR-300, and my current one is a 3Com Officeconnect 11g: [URL="http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CRWE554G72T"]http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CRWE554G72T[/URL] I've swapped every cable from my old router to …