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Do you have your own web site?
Have you ever seen a file named this:
.htaccess
To find a tutorial you can search Google or Yahoo for this:
Introduction to .htaccess

Here are two that look good.
http://codular.com/htaccess-introduction
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.htaccess is one of those things that people often refer to as a dark art, much like reincarnation. However it shouldn't be overly CONFUSING or hard, so here we'll look at the basics of rewrite rules with htaccess as well as the more important 301 redirects.

The .htaccess file controls a number of ways that a website can be accessed, BLOCKED, and redirected. It does this using a series of one or more rewrite rules. These rewrites are made possible by Apache's mod_rewrite module.

"The prospect of a U.S. household reaching 1TB of monthly use is still several years away," says Michael Greeson, co-founder and director of research at the Diffusion Group (TDG), a research and advisory group. "Even heavy Netflix households are lucky to hit 250GB to 300GB a month, so there is still a lot of headroom."

Aug-October, we were using about a half a terabyte a month in usage. November-January we have gone over a terabyte without anything changing at all.

We watch Netflix and Hulu. We play a few hours of xbox live games a month.

We've changed our password and escalated, but the lady just kept repeating that our smart TV (that we've had since August) must just be doing updates EVERY month (to the tune of 500GB??)

We've only had a problem since you started the cap, this is straight robbery.

So I registered a domain name and paid the extra to have the other variants of .org, .net and so on and configured all those within godaddy to redirect to my main website of www.mywebsite.com ( which its not that name but not sure if sharing of actual domain name is allowed here as for it could be shady in use as advertising through here which LIKELY isnt allowed, so I went with www.mywebsite.com as example. ) Got my e-mail setup to where that works properly as well for my domain in which I e-mailed myself and found that it was sending my real name out there which i didnt want and fixed that in e-mail server configuration for my domain.

What I am trying to figure out is, in years past I was sort of sloppy and just had a Linux based Apache Web Server and I had it configured to a Domain Forward from GoDaddy to go to my private web server at IPAddress as issued by ISP:port number and index.html and with the fort forwarding on router all worked perfect except for the fact that the person going there would see a change from www.mywebsite.com to http://10.10.10.69:8077/index.html for example ( 10.10.10.x used  to avoid putting an actual IP to some real location here ). What I want to do is have it remain showing that its www.mywebsite.com

Looking here at link below it looks like it might be an apache configuration but I actually would expect it to be more of a DNS configuration where it would remain masked by DNS server that resolves to the IP address so thats why I'm a little confused with this one. Anyone set up their own web servers able to give info on the correct config to avoid the forward from being seen so that no one would know that they are getting redirected to a private web server and it remains professional looking. To me i would think that i would have to submit to some DNS registry somewhere that then is shared with other DNS's to know that my domain goes to my server and to remain with the domain name in the url bar of the browser vs apache having this control of masking the IP to keep the domain listed instead. 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16767624/ip-address-is-shown-in-address-bar-instead-of-domain

The website I am starting is a website that promotes free software to show how it can be used to perform various tricks etc. Once I get the website up and running I will be posting how to videos on youtube showing how to use the software as well as at my site also having step by step instructions. I was going through my external hard drive looking to get rid of redundant files to save space and it hit me that there are so many cool software tools out there that are free and it would be fun to show real world application of these FREE ONLY software solutions at one site that people can find and discover other free tools from. I'm not in it to make any money, its just a hobby pretty much. I love computer science and like to help people and like to share information, and sharing of free tools I thought would be cool. I paid $140 for 3 years for all the domains and e-mail, and almost went with a web host service, but realized I could take my netbook that runs on 13 watts of power and use that for starters as a basic apache web server. If traffic starts to get heavy i will then buy into an actual hosting service. Traffic will be very light to my domain for a while and I am hoping to draw attention to it through youtube without spending money on advertising since its not a money making website, its just a free information site that I thought would be cool to get going. For the fact that its not going to be a money maker it doesnt make such sense to go big right at the get go with professional hosting. Videos and all that will be pivoting off of youtube and the webpages are not going to have any flash or anything like that. They are going to be very basic HTML pages with nothing fancy really, but eye appeal in the formatting to be as clean looking yet not an overload of info and also not scarce of it either. The biggest problem would be if it does get attention and traffic, the costs of keeping it going when there is no money making associated with it. I would need approval from all the many people who's software I am voluntarily promoting if I was ever to even have a donation system in place or paid for by advertising which I would like to avoid at all costs because who enjoys going to a website with ads  Legally it seems as though I would need written permission from all the software products owners etc that I voluntarily promote if I was ever to receive any money from random people to cover operating costs otherwise it just seems like it might be in violation of some law of some kind. Such as its ok to have a site that points people to a persons product, who wouldnt want more attention to their product and for free; BUT to have monetary gain even if just to cover operating costs of a website it can be perceived that I am making money using them in some way for myself etc as the best description to what i think could be a problem even if information is freely available online. Their websites would all be shared at my site with links so people can get to the original site of software thats free so I am not going to be acting as an unofficial sub web host server for a mirror of their info etc. Basically its all going to be how to and reviews and by example applications of free and "legal only" software and application of such software solutions.  When doing reviews and there is no money gained and I only praise in promoting someone elses openly free products, i dont see any legal problems with that without permission from them since its no different than anyone online saying go try this guys solution etc. But if my website was ever to be funded through donations or advertising etc, I would think that i'd have to be very careful legally to avoid getting sued for royalties on the money generated as a result of their product drawing traffic to my site since without their software its nothing and has no value. 

If anyone knows of laws to be aware of on sharing of information that is a free for all please share that info here too to be aware of ... ( thinking it falls under public domain as legally a free for all and no problems with doing this as long as not to defame or be negative towards anyones products to be damaging in any way to them in which it could easily be a problem, but when praising a software product basically who wouldnt want more attention brought to their website and their software from my site showing real world applications of their free software. )This should all be possible via your DNS Registrar, through "Host Record Management"

You would add an A record with the host "" and set the value to your IP Address.


To be frank running a website in any capacity from your home Internet is rather, well, dumb.

To start with, most ISP Terms of Service for consumer-level service tiers explicitly forbid running a website from your connection, and even if they are allowed, they are going to be incredibly slow due to the asymmetry between upload and download that is optimal for most consumers.

IP addresses provided by your ISP aren't static, either; they can change with a router reboot, power outage, or any number of reasons, which would cause your website to break. Of course, also, *during* a power outage of any sort where your server is off the site would be down, too.

Additionally, you would probably never see the added traffic that would result in getting cheap webhosting instead of a server in your garage or wherever because the setup would never be capable of anything approaching "volume". It's simply not usable- I did it temporarily when testing Jenkins as our Continuous Integration server and even with only 4 other people looking at Jenkins, my upload bandwidth was pretty much saturated. And in the case of a website, sustained added traffic comes about due to repeat visitors, who are far less likely to come back to your site if they receive a Server Timeout error, or if dealing with your website makes them wonder what Baudrate your modem has. It's sort of like trying to start a grocery store and saying "well, all my product is rotted, but I'll get new inventory when business picks up"

IANAL obviously but royalties, typically, are paid when you license a copyrighted work. Reviewing a product or recommending (or not recommending) a product is not copyright infringement in any way. The only concerns with that would be defamation, like you said- that is, if you intentionally say false things about the authors or the product.
True confessions. I am a domain junkie. I might have owned over 50 or 60 domains in the past 16 years. Not sure why I have the COMPUTATION. Anyway, I never got rich and I till have the habit.

Now then, let me say something. I have used both Godaddy and 1And1 , both   both of these are reliable and very good at what they do. Still, I have not used their web-hosting. For some reason I am not comfortable with what there y offer. There are so many, many firms that want to give  you web hosting.

If you like, I can give some more specific things in a Pm that should not go here in the public area. But I will mention just two rules  here.
1 ) If you ever get a good and simple COM name, keep it until you die.
2 ) Avoid have the domain registrar also being your host company.

Of curse, rules are make to be broken. A rule is not a law. The rule is a word of caution. I have to go do something else today. But let me know if you would welcome a PM and later I can give some information that might be interesting.
An kn, I am not going to well your anything.  Thanks BC for your input on this.

With upload bandwidth, as long as no one is streaming content and content is small in size I didnt think it would be a problem as for as they visit there is an upload until their browser gets all the info that was tied to whatever web page, So if its say 300kb to load the page for jpg images and the HTML content, I didnt think it would be a problem. If people had sessions to a web server i could easily see that being a problem as for the session would have a handshake which consumes bandwidth and adds a load to the server itself to keep the session active. Was thinking it might be ok for a website that has pages that are small and jpg images also small in size. No fancy dynamic content etc all static with just navigation through hyperlinks tucked into a background image such as with use of mapedit and a background that is small in size I was thinking it could look as if its got something heavier in code behind it yet its dirt simple html and small in size.

The part about if I had repeat people coming back and all of a sudden its mud in loading... that is a potential problem if I didnt detect this soon enough to correct for it such as making the leap then to a paid for web host service.

As far as dumb, ... for most purposes hosting your own is illogical these days and could be thought of as being dumb because of bandwidth constraints and modern fancy websites generally need plenty of bandwidth. For most modern web server applications it would be easily crippled and could be termed as dumb. But I was thinking if the HTML was very basic and files associated with it small and links going external to videos elsewhere, I was thinking it might be doable and maybe make sense until I get the kind of traffic in which its time to then switch over to a professional service vs a netbook with Intel Atom CPU sitting idle at 13 watts power draw to send contents on their way to visitors which traffic should be very minimal.

However you got me rethinking now if I will probably just bite the bullet and buy into a short term hosting service and this way I also would get DDoS protection and other benefits of this. This way no idiot targets my server and takes out my internet service along with it as for I'd be wide open for that type of problem. DDoS avoidance requires the right hardware and redundant connections to the web with more bandwidth than your DDoS zombie army hitting you etc.

Thanks for the info and I took no offense to the "Dumb" part and I agree that in most applications it would be rather foolish. Now that I am thinking about the DDoS stuff and how easy it would be for a bozo to DDoS me. I will most likely buy into a short term hosting service TONIGHT and point my domain to their hosting service. Godaddy had some odd pricing last night and I was looking at their packages as, maybe I need to go with someone else to avoid overpaying for a service as for they might not be the best out there for good service and cheap, they might have a gotcha type of pricing that takes advantage of the lazy who dont look for other web hosting options similar to how other businesses stick it to you if you get it all in one place as a convenience yet if you go with a different business just for their service they wont have this convenience premium of getting everything in one place.

I guess if you or anyone else knows of any web hosting services that are decent and less than $5 a month, I'd be interested in checking into those. Godaddy had one package that looked like your allotted to a certain bandwidth of traffic and if you exceed that there might be hidden penalty fees yet that info was hidden somewhere as to how bad is the cost if you go over in bandwidth of traffic.Well, just speaking of my own website and Internet connection, I have 150mbps download and 15mbps upload.

A typical page on my site is around 260K, which is around 2 megabits. So, effectively, if i was to host my site from my own home, At best it can accommodate around 7 users at about the same time.

Beyond that, and my upload would be saturated, and website performance suffers. Meanwhile, all the other systems on my network, obviously, have to share all that upload speed, so the performance implications wouldn't just affect users of the web page but also anything using my Internet connection- and the web server would also affect performance of other systems on that network.

Possible TOS violation notwithstanding, that's one of the biggest reasons not to host it yourself- Basically, everything suffers simply in pursuit of saving 3 dollars a month. And ISPs are introducing data caps as well (My own is 1TB which I've never hit thankfully) and over time that *could* incur additional charges- is it worth that to possibly maybe save 3 dollars a month, suffer with reduced network performance in your home, and possibly get 7 or 8 users on your web page retrieving information at the same time.

meanwhile, other computers, phones, etc. still need to use this upload speed- if I want to make changes to the site itself, that's more upload needed, and more impact on performance both for possible users of the site as well as myself and any systems on my network.

And in addition to DDOS considerations (though even VPS services don't usually have any sort of DDOS protection- it's usually something you buy separately through services like Cloudflare) There's the consideration of things like exploits. Networks/LANs usually aren't very secure internally because we usually rely on Network NAT to protect us from things outside our network. You start forwarding ports and offering services available on the Internet at large and suddenly your IP address is getting scanned and detected by crawlers that scan Internet subnets. That get's more INTENSELY scanned and maybe you've got a slightly older version of Apache because you forgot to update. That get's exploited nad now that system is compromised- How secure is your internal network? I know mine is pretty open- if one system was to be compromised there is an established trust between my internal computers that would make it easier to spread, so it might start with an Apache flaw to exploit your server and now they are inside your LAN and can exploit a plethora of other services that are exposed internally like Windows SMB and file sharing, NetBIOS, and countless other services. And run amuck in your internal network.

Low-cost hosting is probably fine for what you want- my old shared hosting was $2.99 a month. I'd argue you'd want to use a CMS instead of slapping static HTML as well- people are quick to judge a page that is too simply designed as being "From the 90's" and might write it off entirely, especially a site claiming to review modern software/hardware.

If a plan has a bandwidth limit, usually reaching that limit means that later visitors get a page describing that the hosting bandwidth was exceeded, rather  than receiving a penalty. You can usually watch/monitor the bandwidth. Even with the shared hosting I had I only came anywhere near my bandwidth limit was when a page on my site was linked on a sharing site.

I started with shared hosting, and when that started to have too much traffic to perform well, I upgraded to a VPS. However I've also never made money from my website either through donations or Ads, and my aim is more to have a place to write stuff or upload content- I experimented with ads and donation stuff but it never really sat right with me so I removed them all completely a few years ago, which itself seems to be the opposite trend for tech-related content which seems to largely lean towards "don't forget to like comment and subscribe, donate to my patreon and my flattr and use my affiliate link for amazon, and here's my paypal donation link so you can encourage me to continue to create these videos that paraphrase wikipedia" Quote from: DaveLembke on September 25, 2017, 01:16:57 PM

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I guess if you or anyone else knows of any web hosting services that are decent and less than $5 a month, I'd be interested in checking into those. Godaddy had one package that looked like your allotted to a certain bandwidth of traffic and if you exceed that there might be hidden penalty fees yet that info was hidden somewhere as to how bad is the cost if you go over in bandwidth of traffic.

I'm having a weird problem that just cropped up where my WIRELESS connection drops.

I have a ton of detail about what I'm seeing that I can post, but I'm trying to figure out the extent of the issue. In other words, I know when it drops when I'm working, and how long before it comes back on its own (UNLESS I get really IMPATIENT). But is there a tool that will tell me when it drops when I'm not staring at the screen, and how long before it came back. (I saw a thread from SIX years ago that was trying to log pings; I WOULD much rather use software if possible.)

Thank you

Do you have a favorite?

I want to use something that is simple and will not bring me a lot of SPAM in my mailbox. An it has to be free, of course.

I have Google HANGOUTS, but I don not use it MUCH. For one thing, I hate the name 'hangouts'.  That is so juvenile.

Here is a list of the old ones:
https://www.lifewire.com/once-popular-old-instant-messaging-services-3486135

Any recommendations?
I have been using Pidgin for years. No complaints.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_(software)For me, Facebook Messenger does the job.
On the iPhones, and iPad, it has a seperate app so i don't need to touch that Facebook stuff.Mark,
Please explain how to use the Facebook messenger.
Facebook drives me crazy.
I have a hard time understanding what it is doing. 
geek,
I'm with you on the Facebook front, don't get it myself, but each to his own.

As to usage, two OPTIONS, get the app from your favourite App Store, or click the Messenger icon in Facebook.

Then it's just like any IM app, you type your stuff and the other party responds.

One advantage is you can set up Groups where you can just send to particular people.

I THINK you'll find it PRETTY straight forward to pick up.

My question is SHOWN as an image:



Main router => TOR computer will be a WiFi connection

Tor computer => My laptop will be a wired Ethernet connection. Laptop has no WiFi chip at all.

This is really a question about simply networking itself. Ignore the Tor concept altogether.

I'm simply asking, can the main router see that the laptop is connected, or can it only see the device directly connected to it, i.e. the Tor router.http://lifehacker.com/what-is-tor-and-should-i-use-it-1527891029Who is they? And if its setup right "they" should only see the outside INTERFACE of the router.

Alright.

I came to the conclusion that this is all a waste of time.

A hacker (especially nation state) would hack your main home router.

Then hack your endpoint laptop.

Then they can see that both are connected to a dedicated Tor router in the middle, through its MAC address or other identifier, such as device name.

So they can see that both are connected to the same dedicated Tor router, and thus, they can see who you are that way.

So unless you are confident that you can secure your main home router, then this idea of a dedicated Tor router is hopeless.

You would be better off using a QUBES live disc and ONLY use Tor from the very start.

As the internal NSA Snowden documents say, "one page request" is all it takes to hack you.. but note, they can only do this page request if you are actually connecting via your real IP address.

Therefore, use a QUBES live disc, use TOR ONLY (never mix it up with clearnet), and make sure your BIOS is freshly INSTALLED, and then just cross your fingers and hope you don't get hacked while using Tor browser. By all means, use NoScript etc.For possible interest,  Nation State attackers do a lot of things we can not stop.
This story may be bogus, but some said the Russians could hack US deletions.
Nevertheless, there has bee some proof that nation state attacks have gone deep into forbidden areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_in_China
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China is the world's second-largest economy, and a nuclear weapons state with the world's second-largest defence budget.
Chinese Information Operations and Information Warfare includes the concept of “network warfare”, roughly analogous to the United States concept of cyberwarfare.[1]

I need all the help I can get here.I have windows Vista and I can't MAKE a simple lan connection.there are no settings to make a lan connection.vista will only allow me to make a Broadband /DSL connection.second I replaced my Ethernet card because the old NIC which is married to the motherboard quit working.I replaced it with a realtek RTL8168/8111.I checked device manager and it says "this device cannot start"code 10.Also the nic card says "Realtek rtl8168/8111 family PCI-E GIGABIT Failed.I have two problems as stated above.I'm asking for your help because I could not find answers in the forum.Thank you in advance for your time and knowledge..tech1126You said:
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Broadband /DSL connection

With the answer I got concerning which cable to use I made a patch cable. The cable is 150 feet long. I can't get the internet when I plug the cable into my router and the computer. I bought a cheap cable checker which according to lights on it everything was okay. I plugged my laptop into the router with a short cable and I get the internet. So I know something is wrong with my long cable. I am new to making cables and I am at a lost to what is wrong. Both ends are wired to T-568A. Does anyone have any suggestions. Do you have electrical noise?

If you have it strung along areas where there is electrical interference you can have issues. Cat5e is generally good at being shielded from this but if you have it strung across areas where fluorescent lights are or a building with other electrical noise then you can have issues. Other thing you can do is add a switch to the other end of the Cat5e at the computer end and use it as a booster. Cat 5e is rated for 328 feet ( 100 meters ) but in certain situations a switch at the other end of the cable works as a booster and clean the signal up by talking cleanly to the computer thru the switch. The computer then connects to the switch and everything works fine if its just a signal boost needed.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-things-you-shouldnt-do-when-running-network-cable/

If you do get connected via the switch added. I'd run a persistent ping such as running Code: [Select]ping www.google.com -t from command shell and look for packet loss. When done with persistent ping you can press CTRL+C to kill it and see the end result or CLOSE it by the [X] in dos shell window.

Sometimes the switch will sort of fix for an issue but not completely fix it. Example being: Unable to connect... You add the switch and now it connects with uplink but signal comes and goes as there are dropped packets. If you find out that its electrical noise related such as inside a manufacturing building etc, your other option is to do without the long 150 foot Cat5e run from router to PC and instead run a fiber bridge between the Router and the PC. You would use 2 of these devices with short Cat5e links to them to the router and PC and a fiber optic cable between the fiber bridge devices. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156017&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Network+-+Transceivers-_-N82E16833156017&gclid=CJHR6cihgs8CFZaHaQodDhgKSA&gclsrc=aw.dsIt is run in a ceiling with fluorescent lights Does it connect fine when fluorescent lights are off?

Also guessing it rung out ok after installed for all pairs and that it wasnt just rung out for continuity after making cable but was also rung out after installed so you know that the cable wasnt damaged or pinched in any way when installed?

Additionally if you have extra cable coiled up, it can act like a secondary transformer winding around electrical noise. Its best for extra cable to be slacked out in a ceiling vs coiled up near a source of EMF. If the coiled up extra can be moved away from a EMF problem that works too, but finding the source of the EMF can be tricky sometimes.I've been a telecom tech for 25 yrs.and when a short cat5e cable works and your handmade 150'cable does not then i suggest you cut the ends off and make new connectors on each end because it's real easy to to put one of the pairs in the wrong slot of your ethernet connector.If  you happen to have a cable checker it will tell you if there is anything wrong with your connectors and /or the cat5e cable itself.It's possible but highly unlikely if somethings wrong with the cable itself if you got it off of a SPOOL of cable,Ok THATS about it let us know how it goes!!If you need to do this KIND of work on a regular basis, then an investment is some tools would  be a good idea.

A simple remote tester is a real time saver.I had a guy that installs networks for a living. He said everything was connected correctly. He said the router showed too much network traffic. He removed some programs from the computer and the internet is working but still slow. I dont know all the details because I wasnt there. I will look at the computer today.I checked the computer this MORNING. I took some unnecessary programs off and ran CC cleaner. Internet works fine now. Thanks for all the help.
PS I bought all of the tools in the kit in Geeks post for the next time I make cables.

I have an (old) Speed Touch ADSL filter.

I have just bought and installed a new BT8600 cordless phone.

I am having a problem on some calls - the person at the other end EITHER cannot hear me (and just SHOUTS -'I cannot hear you' ) or tells me that my VOICE keeps cutting out. On other calls there is no problem. And I can hear them on  all calls.

When I phoned BT Help they said that this phone, being new, MIGHT not be compatible with my existing filter.

Is this so? If it is, what filter should I buy?They sell them in BT shops. Ask in one of those.
Thanks - but I am having difficulty in FINDING out locations of BT shops! Do you have a link? Are you sure they still exist?

Dell XPS M1330 laptop
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 2.6Ghz
RAM: 4GB
HDD: 500GB
LAN: Broadcom NetLink Fast Ethernet
WAN: Intel 4965AGN
OS: Windows 7

I can't tell when exactly this started. What I'm sure of is I got to know about it just today, because I don't use this laptop that often.
The issue exists via both interfaces, LAN as well as WiFi, when the IP settings are set to default, namely obtain IP and DNS automatically.
Using the same cable and connecting to the same WiFi access point other computers or laptops don't display this behavior.
Scanning with Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes show no threats/vulerabilities.
The issue still exists even with Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes and Windows firewall turned off.
The network connection icon in notification are shows connected with no warning sign on it.
It looks like there is no internet connection though, except for ping. Pinging to anywhere is OK (google.com, yahoo.com ...).
Browsing with Chrome or Internet Explorer don't work, Skype doesn't connect either.
Pinging to google.com shows the IP address. Using the same IP in browser doesn't work either.
It looks like the only way to get a working internet is manually setting IP and DNS. By the way this method works with Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes and Windows firewall turned on.
IP: 192.168.1.from 1 up to 19
Mask: 255.255.255.0
Defaukt Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Preferred DNS: 192.168.1.1
The only change, that comes to my mind, since last time I used this laptop with no issue is changing the internet provider. Just my guess. Although it didn't affect that dramatically other laptops or phones.
So the question. What may be the reason, how to resolve this issue?
Many thanks in advance.
First trick to try is to DUMP the DNS Cache by running IPCONFIG/FLUSHDNS at command prompt. Then when complete restart browser and see if you can get to websites without any problems.Thanks DaveLembke,
But that didn't work.Next I would download the language and OS version appropriate Full Offline installation version of Firefox to a HEALTHY computer. Then copy that downloaded file to a USB stick. Then plug USB stick into troubled system and install it from USB stick to the troubled system. Then see if you can get out to the internet for surfing through Firefox.  There is a 32 and 64 bit version for download. If using a 64 bit OS, then I'd suggest the 64 bit version. Just be sure to select the proper language from all listed. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

If this works then there is a setting issue with other browsers. If it doesnt work then we can try a few other things.Thanks DaveLembke,
Guess resolved.
I was about to write you back about the pattern I learnt. Remember in my initial issue description I told
>It looks like the only way to get a working internet is manually setting IP and DNS. By the way this method works with Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes and Windows firewall turned on.
IP: 192.168.1.from 1 up to 19
Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Preferred DNS: 192.168.1.1<
For some reason only 1-19 in the firs octet works only. I went ahead and set manual IPs on other machines and again it must be 1-19 to get them working. When it's 20 or above, the same thing, ping goes through, everything else is STUCK.  This was true for any machine in my network, even if I connect it directly to the GPON optical modem provided by i.net provider, bypassing my switch and/or access point. So I realized the guilt is on the modem. Called provider, described the situation, not sure whether they understood or not, asked them if they are limiting down the IP assignment quantity from their modem, they told no, they're not, but after they remotely restarted their modem everything was fixed. Now I can either manually set any IP or set it to get IP automatically on any machine wired or WiFI, everything is back to normal I guess at this moment. I'm assuming it must have been some glitch in that optical modem I have no access to. Provider accesses it remotely.
Thanks a lot.The ISP controls the modem.

At the present time, I have the dame deal. I can change only a few things. But I have good service at a bargain price. So I can't complain.

Somewhere in the the modem DHCP table there is a limit of what Local IPs will be used. That is normal practice.
Yes, first I asked them about limiting down IPs, they denied, but whatever they did, changed settings or indeed just restarted, it worked.Also, even if it's really IP limitation, I'm surprised this, must be, cheep Chinese modem has that capability of limiting IPs at a protocol level, since remember I told IPs bigger than 19 were pinged but nothing else. Gev,
You are speculating.
The DCHP table is a standard feature in most modems and seldom does the table ever allow more than 50 IP addresses in the table.
Of course you can ping IPs outside of the DHCP range. But the modem does not assist them to get to the Internet.
In any case, nobody here will help you circumvent the right of the IP to limit the NUMBER of devices you can have tied to the Internet at one instance.
It it is 1 to 19, that is 19 devices you have have. I double many providers allow more than that.Thanks Geek-9pm,
I don't have any speculation intentions.
OK, let me detail a bit.
I have some ~10 devices in this network. Layout is this. Internet by optical cable comes to this modem/router, from there via Ethernet cable goes to my switch, from the switch again via Ethernet cables goes to some computers and to my WiFi access point, the rest of WiFi devices get internet from that access point. The access point DHCP is disabled.
When I monitor my network I do see assigned IPs like 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.15 ...
Before it was up to 192.168.1.19 I didn't pay a particular attention to. Only after that one laptop was assigned 192.168.1.20, the problem was detected. That's when I started manually setting above 20 to my other devices. And when I say ping goes through, this is what I mean. I was setting  say 192.168.1.21 (anything above 19) to a desktop computer and pinging google.com or yahoo.com or anything, ping was going through, but anything else like Skype or browsing didn't work. When I was setting it to say 192.168.1.19 (anything below 20), ping asa well as anything else, browsing or Skype is OK.
Now, after they did their restart or reset of that modem, I don't know what exactly they did, I can set the IP to anything 192.168.1.21 or 192.168.1.101 or 192.168.1.218, everything is OK.

RegardsGlad you got it to work.
So you have an optical into your neighborhood? If so, there should not be any limit on bandwidth and little need to strict your service.

Just a NOTE. Residential users have a different service than Commercial users. I assume you  are a residential user.

Some ISPs have limited the number of devices taught can be used on one drop.  That is, the wire to your house is a drop cable.  Only devices in your house should use the connection. At one time Comcast put a limit of 5 devices on one drop.

Well, they do not do that anymore. You can have lots of devices if it is part of your household. Most ISPs have a paragraph that prohibits  residential users from reselling internet service. However, the ISP might use Wi-Fi to resell service on your street.  If the modem/router belongs to the company, they might sell the Wi-Fi signal to your neighbor.
Other providers have the same mind-set. They fear you might make some money on the side, so they monitor how many things are on you network.
But I think that is going away. They are not loosing a lot of money j if yur neigbor makes some use of your Wi-Fi signal.
Normally a subset is all address fro 1 up to 254., but seldom is the whole range  used on one network. As mentioned earlier, many routers limit DHCP service to 50 devices. Even so, having 50 devices on one router is a lot.Thanks.
Yes, maybe that's the way it works/ed over there in US (Guess you are in US, right? By the way, if that's true you're a late person for that time zone.  ), but here in Armenia, well at least according to my ISP they don't limit it at all. And yes, regarding selling, reselling, out of that many devices, some 2-3 LAN and some 4 WiFi are of my one neighbor's, 1 LAN, some 3 WiFi are of my other neighbor's and some 4 LAN and some 6 WiFi are of my devices. Well, in sum it's actually around 20 not 10. Not that I'm reselling the internet to my neighbors, but we're pooling it, and ISP is aware of it and doesn't mind. The modem only belongs to ISP, switch and access point are mine. That's how it works here in Armenia.

Regards

Do you USE a CROSSOVER or PATCH cable to connect a router to a COMPUTER?Use a patch cable.
Notre: MODEM router don't care. They have gone uni-sex. 

Hello,

I am having a PROBLEM with our router and I have no idea what is causing it. I spent 5 hours last night researching the problem, and I came up empty handed. Any advice would be deeply appreciated.

We have a Netgear WNR2000V4 router. It is wired to our Sony SMART blu-ray/dvd player. Our PC (Windows Vista), laptop (Windows 10), and android phone connect to the router via wi-fi.

The night before last, we had been watching Netflix on the blu-ray and everything was working fine. When we came home from work yesterday and tried to load Netflix on the blu-ray, we received a message that said "Unable to connect to Netflix. Please try again or visit www.netflix.com/tvhelp for more information" I then tried to access netflix.com/tvhelp on my phone to get instructions on how to fix the problem. When I did this, I received a blank white page that said "Access blocked! Please contact with Administrator." I thought this was suspicious, so I tried to access the site on my laptop. I received the same blank white page with the same message. I then did some googling to look further into the issue, and I found a thread that I wanted to look at. When I clicked the link from google, I received the message "10.1.10.1/HnapPcSiteBlocked,php?urlnetflixcommunity.ning.com"

At this point, I shut off the router and turned on the data connection on my phone. I was able to load netflix and log in with no issues. I also successfully logged on to netflix from a different wi-fi connection today.  After this, I was pretty sure the problem was with the router. I have updated the firmware and reset the router, and I am still having the issue. I have ran an avast boot time scan on the pc and laptop as well as a Malwarebytes and Spybot S&D scan in safe mode. All have reported no issues. I have cleared the cookies on our computers and reset the blu-ray to factory settings, all to no avail. We are able to access other websites with no problem, but when we try to load netflix, we are blocked.

I have attached a screenshot of the message we received on the laptop.

Does anyone out there have any idea what COULD cause this kind of an issue? Thank you for your time!

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We have a Netgear WNR2000V4 router.

Netflix has recently begun paying both Comcast and Verizon to improve network performance and carry its video streams at higher bandwidths,

Does a NAS need to be become a domain member on a network in order for PCs to save and retrieve files from it?  Basically I want to purchase a NAS and run it in my office for my staff to have central access to files without using the servers provided by our IT department.  I don't want to involve our IT department with the setup of the NAS and want to do it myself hence I can't to set it up to be a domain member. QUOTE

I don't want to involve our IT department

Hi Forum,

Gonna try to explain this as clear as possible.

Day#1
skype froze and crashed.
All my other applications and web browser all worked fine.
Then after a few min i try to restart skype.
Skype just keeps whirling around for like 2min or so. (Perhaps installing an update or such)
Then exactly as skype starts to log in. This image Prompted:
http://i.imgur.com/DvmLwDR.png
I dont understand why skype is asking for this.
I asked in skype forum why that happened. But they got defensive right away.

Day#2
After i rebooted my PC.
When i was running some of my application windows started prompting for firewall access. (Which it has never done before)
It suddenly asks for firewall Access. http://i.imgur.com/peyQIxP.png
As if my ESET is not doing the firewalling anymore.

Day#3 (Today)
Ok so i thought its best i take as many pictures of network STUFF to make it easier for you guys?
I was about to take pictures for you all to show the home(2) network
But just realized that now it has changed again to Network 3 i think?
Windows: http://i.imgur.com/jx6CqI8.png
Windows: http://i.imgur.com/3qq1aHW.png
Eset: http://i.imgur.com/gRobRbG.png - But Eset seems to be only focused on "home" perhaps that is why my windows is starting to prompt firewall acces windows?

Also#4
Been also having strange disconnects at late times in night. that only last very short.
They seem to have STOPPED now though.
Nothing on my ISP webpage was showing anything about down times or work done on the cables.

I am not knowledgeable enough to know what is going on.
Hope you guys can help out!

Friendly Greets!

Choli


Edit:
- Just did some more searching around and found this in Eset: http://i.imgur.com/X0xvUDn.png
- That does not explain what the "Network 3" is about though.
- Seems as if i t keeps adding one once Eset has one detected? because i dont think it knew about home (2) before.
- I might be wrong though. i dont know these things.
- The Windows asking for firewall rules all a sudden after all these strange events just slightly concerns me a bit.The discovery of new network connections with the others lost will cause this, such as if someone was making drastic changes to IP with the first 3 values for A B or C octets of the IP address where IP address is 4 groups A B C D. A CHANGE to D would not cause this, but a change to A B or C would require the firewall to LEARN of a new exception or block rule.

This is more common with drastic IP address changes such as connecting a hard wired network connection to different networks instead of wifi.

Are you running your computer direct to modem or do you have a router in between?
 Are you using wireless or wired connection?
 Have you run an updated antivirus on your system to make sure its clean?
Have you performed an IP config and started tracking what your IP address lease is to confirm drastic changes are happening and what IPs your getting?
Have you run a traceroute ( tracert ) to see if there are any unusual hops listed such as if someone is acting as a gateway connection and stealing your information and snooping on you? (*traceroute will list IP addresses for hops, all of them in a google search should show that they are legit hops. ) Quote from: DaveLembke on January 17, 2016, 05:53:37 AM

The discovery of new network connections with the others lost will cause this, such as if someone was making drastic changes to IP with the first 3 values for A B or C octets of the IP address where IP address is 4 groups A B C D. A change to D would not cause this, but a change to A B or C would require the firewall to learn of a new exception or block rule.

This is more common with drastic IP address changes such as connecting a hard wired network connection to different networks instead of wifi.

Are you running your computer direct to modem or do you have a router in between?
 Are you using wireless or wired connection?

Have you run an updated antivirus on your system to make sure its clean?

Have you performed an IP config and started tracking what your IP address lease is to confirm drastic changes are happening and what IPs your getting?

Have you run a traceroute ( tracert ) to see if there are any unusual hops listed such as if someone is acting as a gateway connection and stealing your information and snooping on you? (*traceroute will list IP addresses for hops, all of them in a google search should show that they are legit hops. )

Hi,
I have a problem with my FritzBox 7272, I set my Computer as priority and all others as low priority, but whenever I play Online Games like Battlefield 4 or ARMA 3 I get HIGH ping as soon as someone else goes on YouTube or anything in that direction! Can someone please help me fix it? I got all admin rights on network and made sure that I am the only one that has priority! Plz help!How much bandwidth do you have, and what type of internet connection?

Are you running on such a small amount of bandwidth that any other devices streaming or downloading would cripple your internet is my concern. I have configured other routers with bandwidth priority and you need to know what your maximum bandwidth is and then go in and configure it to within the bandwidth that you have. So say you only had 3GB/s bandwidth and you had your router set up to give say 60% bandwidth to the computer and 40% to the other devices, with any other devices active it may through bandwidth allocation chop you directly to 60% when any other traffic is going on in which you have 1.8GB/s and the other devices are given 1.2GB. I had to find the balance with my internet connection when I dropped my bandwidth to save money when the broadband in my area jumped in price. I'm on 5/1 bandwidth for $45 a month which is the bare minimum that works and it only works for me when I have my router which I flashed with DD-WRT setup to allocate portions for priority of service for VoIP phone to be say 1Mb/s by 384kb/s, leaving computers and all other devices with 4Mb/s by 640kb/s so that the phone would not cut out when watching netflix or downloading or playing online games etc. While in games latency is not bad, usually less than 100ms.

Other thing to look into is I am not familiar with FritzBox, but there may be an Enable/Disable option in there that was overlooked in which you think its enabled for priority of service, but its actually shut off. In DD-WRT there is a check box that could easily be missed when setting up the priority of service. Also for priority of service I needed to know the MAC address of the devices that I wanted to give priority and set them up to have a DHCP reservation where they always got specific IP addresses issued to them. It took me about 3 tries to finally get the balance and configuration right with DD-WRT for priority of service and then when i got it working correctly I went in and WROTE down all settings into my tech notebook where I keep important config stuff to look back at in the future when say the router needs a factory reset for some reason and I need to reconfigure it back to where it was working before.

If your unsure of your bandwidth you can shut off all other computers and streaming devices and run a bandwidth tester at www.speedtest.net which will give you a download and upload speed. If this figure is nowheres where you should be for bandwidth you either have a device SOMEWHERE that is EATING up bandwidth such as a neighbor connected to your wifi if you have wifi unsecured or easy to figure out password, or a problem with your service and should get your isp to perform a loopback test to see where the problem is located.In the FritzBox I can Only configure what Computer is priority, I can´t say for example: PC1 60% all other 40% of connection.
My Connection is: 2 Mbit/s down and 767Kbit/s up, all I actually want is 50% of the connection for my Pc and the rest for all others, that way I can still have a good ping of +-50 to all local servers.If there is an ability for this box to get flashed with DD-WRT that may be a way to add additional customization which is needed. Otherwise a better router that gives you more customization of bandwidth controls  ( or ) a router that is supported by DD-WRT purchased and flashed with DD-WRT and then configured. With DD-WRT you can specify specifically what devices are given a smaller or larger allocation of bandwidth. Its under the QoS features I went with giving the router the MAC addresses of all devices that I wanted to prioritize bandwidth allocation for. More info here at the link: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service

I was able to buy a second hand refurb D-Link wireless router for $20 at newegg and flash it with DD-WRT and turn a $20 router into a feature full router that acts like a higher end router. Before buying a router if you are going to use DD-WRT and not the features that came with the original firmware, be sure that the specific router you would purchase is supported. They have a support list with many there. Some are fully supported, others have known bugs, and many are listed as not supported for older devices where say the flash ROM is not large enough to support DD-WRT etc. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

I have been running on DD-WRT for about 3 years now with no problems. The only difference in the router between OEM Firmware and the DD-WRT is that the LED indicator lights instead of blinking with activity will go from solid on to solid off which at first I was like why is a port dead while a download of a linux ISO was in progress, yet it was communicating with no problems. After the download was complete the LED for that port went back to solid green. I dont care whether the LED blinks or not since its just off in a corner sight unseen most of the time, but this minor difference in how the router displayed traffic caught me off guard. Otherwise the firmware in it runs solid and flawless on my router.Sadly my FritzBox is not on the supported list :/. FritzBox is popular in Germany. It is a modem with router and some special  features. There are a wide range of oodles available.  The undocumented things are  not found on other brands of routers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz!BoxWhat about replacing fritzbox router feature with a different router to have the bandwidth controls that you want? If its a modem/router combo, you can connect it in series and have the other router that has bandwidth controls for priority handle the priorities and not use any bandwidth controls on fritzbox.

Only drawback other than cost of a router to add to this would be a small amount of added latency since there is a very small packet delay in the data going through this other router.

hello EVERYONE i POSTED this because about 2 weeks ago my youtube thumbnails were suddenly lost! If anyone knows how to solve this please respond to this post as it's REALLY annoying!
By the way this is what my youtube looks like

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I am trying to remotely connect to my work desktop using the packet of instructions I was given,  and have been unable to connect on my laptop or my desktop computer.

I have, however, been able to connect on my IPad, but the IPad isn't an ideal device to be using for Quickbooks, Excel etc. 

What happens with my desktop is that I access the company's website, type in my username and password, and choose "yes" when asked to load a Citrix plugin.  It shows the download and installation, says it's been successfully installed, and then I either immediately GET a pop-up that says "Citrix could not contact server, check your network connection", OR (I've installed and uninstalled a couple times) I am presented with the main gateway screen where I am to CLICK on "general" icon, which then brings me to the applications.  When I click on the "remote desktop application" icon the little wheel STARTS spinning underneath the icon, then NOTHING.


What is going on here?  I have  MICROSOFT XP Media Center Edition. 


On my laptop, which has Windows 7 Pro, I have the plug-in successfully installed but after choosing the "general" icon from the main gateway screen the application screen comes up, but in the corner there's a message that says "remote shortcuts are currently disabled".

I have little to no computer knowledge and we are technically not allowed to even bring personal laptops to work to have an IT person help.

Why is it working on my IPad and not my desktop or laptop?  Do I need a new computer. I am beyond frustrated.

Thank you.

My laptop can support up to 100mbps via Ethernet
FIBRE plan is 1Gbps
How to make my computer support faster speed?

My Laptop can only support 100mbps via Ethernet because of my network card, my Fibre BB will be 1Gbps(1000mbps) how to make it support 1Gbps(1000mbps) will a USB 3.0 to Ethernet work?What laptop is this?  I've never seen a laptop that is new enough to support USB 3.0 yet doesn't have Gigabit ethernet.  Where are you seeing that it only supports 100mbps ethernet?  That said a USB 3.0 adapter would work but not as well as something built into the machine.I have a 6 year old Dell laptop that has Gigabit ethernet, and it's not even a top end MODEL. Make and model please.


I PURCHASED a Dell Inspiron laptop about 4 months AGO and it only came with a 100mbs Ethernet port.  Would have liked to get the gigabit port but it had everything else I was looking for at the price I was looking for so bought it regardless.  It has USB 3.0 and wasn't some DEEP discounted older model, it's from their current lineup.

The OP should be able to add 1gb capability with an adapter like this: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=11195&gclid=Cj0KEQiAqemzBRDh2vGKmMnqoegBEiQAqJPuyP3u4Zhl3TJ6pUi_klj14o4lqXFEVSM_ZQAtttUo9fYaAjGD8P8HAQ

My computer is running windows 8.1, but I don't know most other details since it was CUSTOM built by someone else.
When I plug my ethernet cable into another computer, it works normally, but when I plug it into the computer having problems, it is detected but there is no internet connection.
It WORKED before, and I don't know what caused the problems.
For a few weeks now when the ethernet cable is not plugged in, there is a red cross on the internet connection icon on the bottom right of the screen as normal, but when it is plugged in, rather than connecting to internet the red cross is replaced by a yellow exclamation point.
So far I've tried most of the things technologically people like me are capable of multiple TIMES, including unplugging and replugging the ethernet cable, restarting the computer and resetting the livebox.You will want to make sure that the NETWORK adapter is set up to dynamic ( obtain IP address AUTOMATICALLY for IP and DNS ). Also check in device manager and see if the network adapter has a yellow ! or not. If you see a yellow warning in device manager then you will want to track down the driver for the motherboard and install it as for maybe a generic network adapter driver is being used that is partially functional to initialize the NIC but not have it functional.

is there any software that can manage Internet usage (time online/websites visited etc) on a plug in desktop pc on a network and also do he same for wireless devices connected to the same server?There is software out there to do this, airlines and internet cafe's use systems like this to give short LEASES for internet ACCESS etc and those who are paying a premium service get unlimited access time although filtered at times to only allow access to non black listed sites.

How many people would connect?
Are the same systems always connecting for internet access to where you have a known MAC ADDRESS list for systems authorized or is this a network that is open to total strangers accessing your network?
What do you have for a BUDGET to buy a SOLUTION?

I am not SURE why, but, some machines SEE other machines and OTHERS will not see them on the same NETWORK workgroup

Hi All,

 Does a NETGEAR 3G DGN2200m modem allow a Linksys RE3000W N300 Wireless RANGER Extender to connect to it?

Do Netgear 3G DGN2200m modems allow wi fi extenders to connect to them?

Best REGARDS,

Yanni

HI,

I am using a Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 LAPTOP. I am using a Dell BT travel mouse with it which worked great with Win7,8.1 and even 10 every time I install the DRIVERS of Qualcom Atheros Ar3011 3.0. But after using it for half an hour, the Bluetooth settings vanishes. When I check the device manager it show that "Windows stopped this device because it reported problem"
 How can I fix that because I feel if it can work PERFECTLY for half an hour, why does WINDOWS10 has to stop it. I cant seem to find any windows 10 specific drivers for it.

Some ISPs offer lower cost, but they will not allow total monthly bandwidth use to go over a modest amount. This is a bum deal.
The total usage by a streaming movie is a product of the instantaneous bandwidth of the steam and the amount o time it takes to watch the movie.
If I could tell Netflix to stream me at the lowest acceptable spree, my usage would go done. Do you see what I mean?

Can it be done? How? 

DD-WRT flash a router and then for the device you want to throttle such as a Roku you enter the MAC address and set a bandwidth limitation rule. I have done this with my router to limit certain people in households bandwidth as well as set the VoIP phone to have a bandwidth priority and allocation.Dave Lembke,
 - That is brilliant! Never do you could do that.
So happens I have a DD-WRT router I can use!
Thanks.  No problem 

The setup is not the EASIEST though. It might take a few TRIES to get it configured the way you like.

More info here which is along the same lines... http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=164182&sid=1e1b16833ff670ee8c274c81ca46c45c


Prior to this I throttled everyone else by using an OLD 10mbps HUB. Most would think that an old 10 mbps hub is a piece of slow trash. Replace that with a 100mbps switch for less than $10. BUT it can be used as a very effective bottleneck!!!!!! 

This worked well when i had 25/5 bandwidth and was paying $80 a month for internet, but when I dropped that cost for internet to $49.99 and went with the 5/1 bandwidth, now all of a sudden that 10 mbps bottleneck wasnt working so well because the bandwidth of the 10mbps HUB exceeded the maximum bandwidth from the ISP. I had the choice of going back to 25/5 for $80 a month or figuring out a better way to throttle in which DD-WRT was the free solution to making everything work without issues on 5/1 bandwidth. I like saving $30 a month! And for downloads of ISO images etc, I can always time that to happen when I have to go walk AWAY from computer and have it download through the straw of a connection without waiting. When I get back to the PC after dinner or going to bed etc its done and ready for me when i get back. Im use to doing this from years ago with dial up, setting a download and go take a break and come back. Fortunately though you dont have to worry about the disconnect of the internet at 99% though like the days of dial up unless you have a network problem.

The 25/5 bandwidth was more than I was really ever needing. 5/1 was just about the bare minimum though and required a traffic cop of DD-WRT to keep everything working flawless when a single Linux ISO download or streaming netflix it would grab that fastest connection at the get go and choke off my Vonage VoIP telephones bandwidth and make the phone CHOPPY or unusable. I have mine configured with the following rules for 5/1 bandwidth.

QoS dedicated slice of bandwith for VoIP phone 1MB/384k ( * Note this rule activates when phone is used and grabs this slice of the bandwidth so all others have to use the remaining 4MB/640k )

QoS dedicated slice of bandwidth for my computer 2MB/384k ( * Rule is active only when there is traffic to and from my system ) * I am never choked off of bandwidth no matter what others are doing, uninterrupted online gaming.

Throttle config set bandwidth limitations for specific MAC addresses for wife and daughters PC and their portable devices to 3MB/640k maximum. Where when phone is in use it drops to 2MB/256k maximum shared among all these devices that are configured to this POOL and all devices have to compete for this remaining bandwidth that varies depending on phone in use or not.

By the way I throttled my roku down for netflix and other streaming content to test to see what the minimim bandwidth is before it starts to get bad. If I go lesser than 1.5MB/384k it starts to get bad. At this lesser bandwidth the picture quality isnt as sharp as it adjusts itself to best quality for the limited bandwidth available.

Hello guys! First of all I'm sorry if I make grammatical mistakes; my English is not perfect.

My question is that why my dns server address (location) is different from my IP address (location) when I'm using VPS?
I wanted to have a Russian IP and got a Russian VPS. Now when I check ipleak website, it shows that my IP if from Russia but my DNS server address is for Finland. How can I solve this issue and have the same location(Russia) for both IP and DNS?

I thought maybe it's normal that DNS server can be from another country but I wanted to know that can websites detect that I'm using VPS and/or my location isn't Russia?
I mean does it make sense that I'm from another country only for the REASON that my DNS (not IP) shows another country?

I've checked my real IP (lets I'm in Italy now and my real IP is for Italy) with ipleak.net and it shows my DNS address from some other countries but Italy is also included. I've also tested it with some other computers with real IP and all shows only Italy or one of DNS address server locations is Italy.

Thanks in advance and sorry for long question!

Looking forward for your help/guide

Best,
AliDNS is Domain Name System
It is not clear why TOY NEED a Russian DNS.
The DNS is worldwide.  Often the local PROVIDER gives you a suitable DNS.
Some users prefer to subscribe to a DNS company for special needs.
Google has a free DNS for anyone.
Google Public DNS
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In most cases, the IP addresses used by your ISP's domain name servers are automatically set by your ISP via the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). To use Google Public DNS, you need to explicitly change the DNS settings in your operating system or device to use the Google Public DNS IP addresses. The procedure for changing your DNS settings varies according to operating system and version (Windows, Mac or Linux) or the device (computer, phone, or router). We give general procedures here that might not apply for your OS or device; please consult your vendor documentation for authoritative information.

....And finally, will it be possible for websites to recognize that a person use a public DNS or not?

i need your HELP guys these dude who knows so much about computers can actually make my internet connection stopped i met him on this chat site everytime he was on he would threaten me LIKE i shouldnt be in the site and i USUALLY get disconnected and would take 3 mins or  more to get BACK my internet working how can i defend or prevent these to HAPPEN? any suggestions and advice? please help?? its really annoying I'd contact your ISP and stay away from that site. Quote from: camerongray on November 28, 2015, 06:07:39 PM

I'd contact your ISP and stay away from that site.

Hi,

I am using two Dell Inspiron N5110 laptops and two smartphones on my home network. I have windows 10 installed on both the laptops with drivers automatically downloaded by windows. Since a week one of my laptops has started experiencing  speeds ranging from 0.211mbps to 1mbps on an 8mbps connection. Speed tests on other devices come in the range of 8mbps. What could be the possible reasons for it, I formatted and reinstalled windows 10 but to no avail. Connecting to the router through cable gives me correct speed.According to your post the difficulty is with your wireless system and not the direct wired connection. As you know, your router really has two separate components and it. One is the switching circuitry used to manage your local area network over Ethernet. The other part is a wireless transceiver that transmits either on the low or high band of the 802.11 standards.
Normal speed for a wireless connection is usually 54 Mb per second. If it drops down to the speed below 10 Mb per second, it would indicate there is something wrong with the wireless connection. One possibility is interference from other devices in your neighborhood. The other possibility is the transceiver inside your router has gone bad. Another possibility is a broken antenna, but I'm sure you would've noticed that.

Here are some general observations about wireless. There is no guarantee that wireless connections will always be reliable. In fact, that is implicit with unlicensed devices. With all unlicensed devices there is the risk of unwanted interference. This is because the devices are not registered and nobody has a claim to a certain frequency. From time to time some individuals either deliberately or unintentionally installed defective wireless devices which cause havoc to other nearby wireless users. Normally the power level of these devices is so low that it does not cause any serious interference.
There have been some notorious cases where individuals making their own experiments have CAUSED serious i nterference to whether radar systems at a certain airport. Of course, that was rare, but it underscore the fact that unlicensed devices can and do cause serious interference. The case in question was because the experimenter was using high gain antenna to extend his range beyond the normal 100 m limit.
But in your case, the first thing I would suspect would be your router. You could try using a spare router from one of your friends. It doesn't have to be a real sophisticated router. Most all of them have the same power level and same capabilities
 In fact, you can buy some of the older routers at bargain prices. Sometimes less than $20 for one of the older routers that only works on the low been. Which is okay, because most people like the unit lower bed anyhow for its longer-range through walls and foliage.
Also, in some cases, one of your laptops or computers and heavy defective wireless card that is causing interference to everybody else. You could try a process of elimination by using just one computer at a time and SEE which one introduces errors into the system.
Is this of any help?  Another possibility that I have seen before is when, for example, you are sharing a office building with other companies.  Your wireless network may be transmitting on the same channel or is overlapping with that of another company or neighbour.  Try changing the channel to the opposite side of the spectrum and see whether that improves it.  Doing this may eliminate any overlap.

It's the same as when a wireless mouse, from someone sitting next to you, is transmitting at the same frequency as yours and you have to re-sync the keyboard/mouse with the receiver or the device would work intermittently.

Well, as of now, I have checked that only one laptop is facing this issue, speedtests on the smartphone and the other laptop of the same configuration and OS is as expected, so most probably its the problem with one laptop only. I assume that if the router was faulty, it would have affected all the devices.Your logic is sound.
Now the choice is what to do with the one laptop.
USB wireless adapters are now very low cost and are easy to install. You can get them everywhere, even at Walmart. No need to pay over$16 for a good one. Here is a typical model:


[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Thank you Geek-9pm, so ataaching this to the laptop will rectify the problem?Yes, these little gadgets are well SUPPORTED by all versions of windows and require only a simple installation.You shall disable the built-in device.
Here is a link:
http://www.uni.edu/resnet/content/disable-your-devices-wireless-cardThank you guys, just as a last resort, can you guys confirm for me as to which off these network drivers shall I update from this list. There are 9 drivers listed under networks.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-15r-n5110/drivers/advanced
Ok, so I uninstalled Windows 10 and installed Windows 7 and the net speed was normal i.e. 8mbps. So there surely isnt a hardware issue and only a driver problem. Sadly the driver that worked with Win7 isnt giving  the same result on win10. It would lead to the conclusion that I just shouldnt use windows10, but a month back it was working perfectly fine, dunno how suddenly the workings got haywired. Please show me the way if any of you figure out what it is.

The wireless network card is     Dell™ Wireless 802.11b/g/n with Bluetooth v3.0+HS Quote

Product not tested for Windows 10 upgrade
Dell is not testing or developing Windows 10 drivers for this product. If you choose to upgrade, some features, applications, and connected devices may not work as expected.

The growing ubiquity of wireless devices combined with the advent of mobility applications requires businesses to be diligent in managing inference throughout their deployments. The many wireless technologies and commonplace electric devices ALREADY in use and newly emerging impede wireless performance.

I'm not to experienced on computers, but I manage. I have Windows XP in my computer. I have tried to get on a blog site many times, using both Microsoft and Google Chrome browsers to no avail. I used to be able to view this site, but now, I see it only for about 1 second before something else entirely comes on. The site is faintlyblowingblogspot.com     It is a music website. I am just wondering if there is some trick or secret backdoor way of getting to a site when something like this happens. Please keep in mind my limited computer knowledge when CHOOSING terminology for your answer. Thanks in advance for any help on this.You have the wrong name. Or it is expired.
the domain faintlyblowingblogspot.com is not in the Who is database.
You can check that with https://www.whois.net/ and see that you can buy it, if you want it. But I think that is really to long to b e a useful name.
You can have faintlyblowing.com instead.
Does that answer your question?
Thanks for responding, but I'm sorry, it does not answer my question. If you Google the name faintlyblowingblogspot, you should get a hit for the site I am looking for. But I think if you click on it, you should get the same results I do - you will see about ONE second of that site before another site comes on that wants to help you build a blog site, or something, I didn't really pay any attention because it was not what I was looking for.I presume you mean faintlyblowing.blogspot.com?  You missed the dot in there.

I've looked at the site and it certainly does have the problem, it's not just you.  Looking at the site it appears that you have a widget called "NeoCounter" - Does this sound familiar?

You will need to log into the blog admin area and remove this widget as there is something wrong with it causing it to do the redirect.  Can you log into blogspot without needing to visit the page that causes the redirect?  If you cannot get to anywhere that would let you remove the widget without it redirecting then things get TRICKIER.  You would need to find some sort of browser extension that will let you BLOCK the following script from running (this is what causes the redirect): "http://neocounter.neoworx-blog-tools.net/neocounter2/neocounter_launcher_4.js".

Alternatively, does blogspot offer any sort of support service you could use and see if they can remove it?Firstly, the site is not mine. I would have to assume what you are talking about would only be available to that site's administrator. I am just someone who has had extensive use for the site in the past for research purposes, and truly mourn its LOSS. Not being particularly computer savvy, I thought someone out there might know how to circumvent the problem, but it sounds like until the owner of the site is able to overcome the problem himself, there is really nothing I can do. Once again, thanks to anyone who has looked into this. I'll keep checking to see if anyone comes up with an alternative.I find if you press escape quickly enough, you can get the page to stay. I expect disabling Javascript may have the same effect.It works - brilliant! I had a strong suspicion somebody here might figure something out. This now returns a very useful tool in my research activities. Thank you one and all.

My machine has Win7 Pro SP1 installed on it, as well as IE 11.

When my cable Internet provider sends a technician to me to check the download speed, he connects his laptop directly to my cable modem with an Ethernet cable and tests the download speed on www.speedtest.net. His results agree with the Internet provider's claims.

Immediately after that he tests the download speed on my desktop (connected in the same way) and receives roughly the same result.

A few minutes after technician leaves, I repeat the test on my desktop and the download speed drops to half of the previous speed. It's inmteresting that such a situation happened to me several times before, on occasion of visits of other technicians.

Summing up:
All the tests were performed with Ethernet cable connected to my cable modem (Hitron):
Test 1: technician's laptop and his Ethernet cable
Test 2: my desktop and my Ethernet cable, directly after Test 1
Test 3: my desktop and my Ethernet cable, a few minutes after Test 2

Essential for the case is to understand the download speed discrepancy between Tests 2&3

I wonder if I can 'inherit' extra open ports or modem settings from the technician's laptop test for a very short period of time, which could justify my perfect download result in test no. 2 and not in the later test.
Please note that download speed isn't essential in this problem
Never heard of an ISP that ramps up the speed for a test on site and then flips the SWITCH to throttle you at a slower connection when they leave. What is the speed your detecting after they leave for download/upload compared to when they are on site.

Are you sure that when you are using speedtest that the location that the loop back is working with is the same between when they are on site and when they are off site?    speedtest USUALLY detects that fastest, but you can select alt sites to loop back against for speed testing.

Are you sure that no one else is competing with you for bandwidth when this test is happening. If you have a player running Netflix or some other computer on downloading or playing web content, or even a Voice over IP phone running it will skew the test results.

Additionally I have tested and detected periods of the day in which the Internet is slower. Latency increases and so due to latency the download/upload speeds are affected. I ran a computer with a batch gathering ping info from my ISP which should be the fastest possible least latency as well as google and yahoo, and then I took the info that was gathered into a CSV file and plugged that data into an excel spreadsheet and graphed it. The graph showed minimum, average, and maximum latency for 1 minute intervals, and you could SEE a noticeable difference for latency when more people are using the Internet as well as more people are using your ISP backbone. If the test was performed when the Internet and the ISP's network was calm then the speed would be fast, however if an ISP has too many people on each of its network LEGS, then your forced to compete for bandwidth with others and so you could potentially have less bandwidth than your ISP plan is rated if they have too many people on a leg that your on and they really need to load balance and split everyone up onto 2 or more other legs that lead back to the main communication center.

If you would like a copy of my batch file to gather latency info, i can dig it up when i get home from work to share here. Someone here about 7 or 8 years ago helped me in its creation and its a great tool.
"Never heard of an ISP that ramps up the speed for a test on site and then flips the switch to throttle you at a slower connection when they leave"

Me either and therefore I asked the question "I wonder if I can 'inherit' ....."


"Are you sure that when you are using speed test that the location that the loop back is working with is the same between when they are on site and when they are off site?"

I must say that these tests were done on servers located in a very small geographical area within the same time zone. My ping was always 7-8 ms.


"Are you sure that no one else is competing with you for bandwidth"

I'm absolutely sure!


"Additionally I have tested and detected periods of the day in which the Internet is slower ..."

Surely, this can happen, but we are talking about a 3-5 min period and factor of 4 in speed drop, sort of calamity.




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"Never heard of an ISP that ramps up the speed for a test on site and then flips the switch to throttle you at a slower connection when they leave"

Me either and therefore I asked the question "I wonder if I can 'inherit' ....."

There is nothing you can inherit to give more bandwidth. The control is all at the ISP side by DHCP Lease to modem or a Modem Flash that controls the speed

Though AT&T likes to cite network congestion as an excuse for throttling certain of its mobile customers' connection speeds, its latest offer to double the data limits for new subscribers who sign up for its Mobile Share Value plan by October 31 strongly suggests that AT&T's data-throttling activities have less to do with reining in bandwidth hogs than with generating additional REVENUE for AT&T.

(Not too SURE if this is the right forum considering it could possible go under multiple forums)
I was wondering if it was possible to connect my xbox to the internet from my laptop which gets internet from my ipad because I don't have a router so to speak and the only way I can get internet is to use my ipad (Data per month) and turn on HOTSPOT and connect my laptop to it and I was wondering if there was anyway I could connect my xbox to my laptop or my ipad using this METHOD (The hotspot) or do I need a special cable or is it not possible? The reason I want internet on my xbox is to upgrade some of my games.


Thanks in advance!Yes, there is. But have d you considered the alternatives?
What I MEAN to say is the software tricks needed can overwhelming to many users. Microsoft has documented a way to use your laptop as a repeater as well as a client. Looks hard to me. 

Another route is to bu a Wi-Fi repeater that will boast the SIGNAL of ipad so that other devices scan get into the Internet.

I have not done either. So maybe others here can speak from experience.
This video shows how it can be done with Windows 7 and a laptop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJBEmiHgLOg

Has anybody done this?


Can't you just set the iPad up to act as a wireless hotspot and then connect the XBox directly to that?

For quite a while (a couple of months, plus) I have had a problem with my wireless Broadband connection  It DISCONNECTS at least once a day, sometimes more often. With the help of the  Windows 8.1 Troubleshooter I usually, but not always, correct the problem fairly EASILY. The message I normally get is that the wi-fi adapter needs to be 'reset', ie. 'fixed'.  My ISP checked the Broadband service, they say it is not at fault and suspected the Router NEEDED replacing --- which they did, with their latest model.  Sadly, the issue did not go away.

One suggestion is that there is some wireless appliance interfering, but it is not clear what that might be. And the suggestion that I try connecting with a cable for a while is not practical in my set up.  Might there be a glitch on my Tablet PC?  How would I find it if there is?

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The message I normally get is that the wi-fi adapter needs to be 'reset'

Monitor, secure, and optimize your Wi-Fi network with the help of these handy apps. By Brien Posey , June 25, 2012.

Hi, I am a newbie. I have a Linskys Router which is HOOKED up to my CCTV camreas with Basic Setup. This works okay, no issues. However, I have a new Router/Modem from my  Internet Provider. Both Routers are hooked up. And inorder to see the  recordings I have to change connections from modem to Linskys. I need to BRIDGE the two Routers to use all of my computers and wireless units without changing connections all the time.
Unfortunately, the tech guy who installed my CCTV camreas have move, and I am unable to get in touch with him.
The next problem is, whenever I try to connect to Internet EXPLORER or Firefox , I get " BLANKPAGE "
Please help me.
     Thanks.Please provide the names and modes of all routers you want to use together.
On the bottom or back of each router should be details about IP number, user and password.  These settings only apply to the router when it came from the factory. If you reset the router you lose any changes that have been made. That little redn button.




Some older Linksys Routers for Bridge mode only worked with other like model Linksys Routers! If this is your situation then you would need to replace that ancient Linksys with a newer one that can sync and bridge to an off brand vs having to be same exact brand.

I ran into this bridge problem with a Linksys access point that I wanted to config as a wireless bridge... unfortunately given its age its one of the early ones that only works in bridge mode with another Linksys Access Point or Router of specific models that share the same wireless communication PROTOCOLS to sync up.

This notice was HIDDEN in my Linksys MANUAL.... more in depth reading on this states that it has to be specific "LINKSYS ONLY" models for bridge mode to work.   



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I thought I'd posted this in the past but can't find it.

When I try to connect my laptop to my home wireless DSL network, it TAKES forever to connect, and then is slower than dialup. When it does connect, it SHOWS a strong signal.

It connects fine to any and all other networks - secure, open, etc. (Even though this only happens at home, I can switch over to tethering on my phone without moving the laptop one inch... So it's not like my home is casting off some kind of anti-PC-WiFi death ray.)

Three different iPads, an iPhone, a Galaxy Phone, and a Blu-Ray player all connect to the network correctly.

I don't know when this first began, but it seems to be pretty constant. I will say it seems (no real data) to be TAKING longer, and is weaker when finally connected.

I have checked my wireless card drivers and they seem to be up-to-date.

Anything else I can look at?

rjb

I have had this happen on occasion with my wireless and I have found that rebooting the wireless router and computer fix this.

Reason for rebooting both is so that the computer comes up booting fresh LOOKING to connect to wifi vs sitting idle in which it might not request a connection. On a boot up when wifi drivers are mounted and if wifi is enabled it will poll the wireless and request a connection. Reason for the wireless hardware reboot such as router is that I have seen where DHCP acts up and so the lease for the wireless adapter is hung and so it doesnt establish a correct connection/lease with the wireless hardware and so by rebooting the wireless router etc, it forces the wireless router to reestablish new lease connections to all WIRED and wireless devices connected to it.

I have a little experience in networking  ....

I used Dynamic IP address for my network
I used to configure a network containing 40 computers with D-Link MODEM and Switch, if i want one of the computer to disable internet connection, I used to unplug the Network cable from Switch.. 

But now I setup Windows Server 2012 R2 for Server, and I want to control all the other computers that  use Windows 7 Ultimate.

I am tired of managing network with SWITCH cantrol.......... (unplug cable and plug the cable again)..

What i want to do is controlling all the computers by using the server (Win Server 2012 R2 - its my first time for using windows server)
1). I want to control internet to restrict some website or disabling internet connection.
2). I want to control file sharing ( does it need home group OR just sharing the folder/drive is enough?)


Do I need LAN Card (that has two Rj45 port) for controlling internet connection??

Please Help....
And thanks in Advance

You will need the server to have 2 network connections. The first will CONNECT to the internet through hopefully a hardware firewall before the modem such as a router which has a built in firewall. The second network connection will connect to your internal network that all systems are on.

Next comes the more complicated part. In Server 2012 you will need to set up DHCP for dynamic IP addresses to be issued or chose to go with static IP addresses at each workstation. Next you will need to set up a gateway connection for all systems to get their internet access through this server acting as a gateway. Next you will need to set up likely a proxy service to have your content contol in which you can blacklist certain sites or go super content control with all but only specific sites white listed.

As far as removing network access to a workstation, you would have to terminate its lease early in DHCP and then have its mac address flagged to not be granted an IP or if you still want it on the LAN, but no internet then issued an IP and SUBNET, but no gateway IP.

At the workstation if you have any employees who know there way around and have access to the network properties at a system, if they are locked out and look at the info at another computer, they could hack a connection outbound by going static config and choosing an IP address that is say 192.168.100. 239 on a network that is 192.168.100.x and avoid an ip conflict with 40-50 devices all in the say 192.168.100.10 to 192.168.100.60 range. But if they are locked out of making changes to IP then you dont have to worrk about anyone setting up a manual config to server and getting outbound.

The best content control would be a gateway config that has a blocker by mac address so that even if someone hacked with a static config to try to gain outbound access, it still would flag it as unapproved and not work.

For content control in the past I have configured and used a SonicWall vs proxy config at a server acting as a gateway for commercial controls. http://www.sonicguard.com/ContentFilteringService.asp?gclid=CI_tqJ3O0MYCFQYQaQodvPYPxQ

For personal content controls etc, I have used either built in content control in the work stations browsers for small work groups or if necessary set up a proxy using SQUID for all systems to connect to, although I havent used SQUID in a while and the biggest need for SQUID was years ago with small businesses on shared dial up or satellite connections with limited bandwidth and creating a Cache of the frequently visited websites so that some traffic was able to be resolved locally vs each request having to download all the PICTURES, audio, video files, in which the proxy would check the contents in the local Cache against the website and if the content was local it would pass back to the workstation a local RESULT or only have to download the dynamic info that is changing frequently, yet ads with pictures that dont change often are loced locally from cache of the proxy. But ever since broadband expanded, the need for such a proxy disappeared for this benefit of local cached data. http://www.squid-cache.org/Sory to say that i still don't get what you mean of two network connections...

did you mean a broadband internet connection that has to be connect to myServer and office LAN that also connected to myServer? Or both on a router?

Hi,
I have 2 Linksys WIRELESS Router (WAP54G) in my lab. I want to add second router in my lab so it works fine with all my clients with good signal strength. What should i have to put settings for my 2nd router to joining with 1st router?There is usually an option to allow the 2nd to ACT as a REPEATER. This will be part of the features of one of the routers or may be able to be implemented by flashing a compatible router to DD-WRT and then configuring it to act as one.

I haven't played with this with DD-WRT yet I have my router flashed with DD-WRT for QoS throttling and priority of service for VoIP phone etc. Flashing a router is a irreversable action. Once you blow away the original FLASH with DD-WRT you cant go back to the original without sending the router in to factory for a reflash and most will not cover flashing back to factory default flash as part of a warranty coverage.

More info here:

http://lifehacker.com/5563196/turn-your-old-router-into-a-range-boosting-wi-fi-repeater

If the computers will always be located in a certain area, you can always just run a cat5 cable from the output of one of the routers to the internet in port of the other router and have 2 routers acting as routers both able to support up to 254 devices with 2 unique DHCP pools to operate from. This is the easiest and most reliable method to have other computers communicate wireless as for when adding in a repeater depending on how many people are connected you can have wifi latency, meanwhile if you had 2 routers acting as routers in a daisy chain each router handles its own wifi traffic juggle and the traffic flows through the Cat5 cables out and back from the web. I have this double router set up in my home so that I have 1 wifi network that shuts off by a outlet timer to restrict my daughters internet access hours of operation, but it allows me to have 24/7 wifi for myself and my wife.Hi, I am a newbie. My question has to do with double routers. I have CCTV which is hooked up with my Linsky's router and " Basic setup ". However, I just got a Router/Modem from my Internet Provider . I need to BRIDGE  the two routers inorder to be able to see my camreas when I am outside of my home. But the tech guy who installed my CCTV camreas has move from my area , so I have no way to get in touch with him.
My NEXT issue is that whenever I try to use Internet Explorer on Firefox or Explorer I get " blank page " What should I do? Please help.
P.S.  Both routers are hooked up . I have to manually connect each one whenever I need to check my CCTV recordings.
              Thanks.motherhen,
Please start a new thread. Unless you can help the OP.
Thanks Geek, I'll do that

Hello,

I could not find any help from google or couple tech forums I checked out.

So the problem is this:
I primary use 4G mobile internet connection (USB tether) from my motorola moto E on my PC (win7,64bit), but when I try USING torrent applications like qBitTorrent or Deluge while using the 4G connection both applications constantly freeze and keep crashing. Everything works great when using the land line internet connection. The moment I disconnect my phone the programs start working smoothly. I have no idea how to fix this, plz help Simple SOLUTION. Do not use torrents.
Torrents are Persona non grata *on the Internet.
Nobody likes torrents except the people that like torrents.
You service provider will kill torrents. And they do not have to say why.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_non_grata
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In non-diplomatic usage, referring to someone as persona non grata is to say that he or she is ostracized. Such a person is for all intents and purposes culturally shunned, so as to be figuratively nonexistent.

LocalAreaConnection 1 Gbps and VirtualBox Host-Only 100 Mbs, how to fixthat?i used Nat and Bridge blah blah..all VirtualBox adapter types and nothing


If it works, don't fix it.
We suppose your understanding of networking is limited.
 º  The speed  of any one endive does not reflect the real overall speed.
 º  Ethernet allows different speeds in different segments.
Having a gigabit connection is more that what most users need.
Having 100mbps is very good.
So what is your problem?
my problem is that i want THE BEST...or MAXIMUM for my virtual speed..there i make my ''work'' and i need best qualityPerhaps you did not understand.
Let's say THEE is a network of many devices, some hardware, some software things.
The network itself runs at gigabit. Fine. But one device in the network has a limit of 100 Mbps, it will always be that speed. The rest of the network will allow it to exchange data, but cannot force it to GO faster.

ok man but how u explain this?my PC have 90 mbs/sec tested with speedtest.net and my guest( virtual OSUbuntu  ) have 9 mbs/sec tested with speedtest.net ,with same speedtest server, why? i strugle to understand why? maybe i will try vmware....i thought that was the problem...but u SAID: Nope...uhh i don't know how to solve this...You expect a virtual machine to get the high speed on a network?
Answer.: You can't.  To run Ubuntu and Windows XP at the same time with the best connection sped you must  do this three  step project.
1. Get another computer.
2. Install Ubuntu on it.
3. Hook both computers  to the same router.

Both computers will have full use of the network and ill share the speed.


You can safely ignore the above, there is nothing to stop a Virtual Machine from getting full network speeds.  *censored*, many servers nowadays run within virtual machines.

If you are using NAT or Bridged then you won't be using the Host Only Adapter at all - Set it to NAT/Bridged (Bridged being preferable) and then CHECK the interface speed from within Ubuntu itself.i used VirtualBox so i will use VMWARE player then.....mmm let's see and choose nat/bridges and i will check the interface speed, thanks  HEHE but if i have problems i come back to you )
thanks for the help for now and have a nice day

I have windows 7 on a LAPTOP. I shut down EVERY night. When I restart every morning it connects to the internet by ethernet thru a Gateway. We have DSL. About 6 or 7 hours later it disconnects. I have to shut down and restart to connect again. SOMETIMES the same thing happens a few hours later

First of all, sorry for my BAD english.
My pc was working perfectly for about a year now, but these days it started having problems.
In the past few WEEKS it started disconnecting from the internet with the message: you don't have a valid
ip configuration. (It was working on the other pc connected to the router with lan, and on the notebook connected through wifi)
A reboot of the pc/router did always solve my problem in these situations.
Yesterday, my internet connection started connecting/reconnecting, and I couldn't solve it in any way, not with
a restart, and not with that network repair tool (idk it's name, I have hungarian windows). When it stayed connected for more then 2 seconds I was even able to load google, youtube, other sites,
I TRIED some solutions, like disabling the ENERGY saver settings, setting it to 10mb half duplex, etc, but nothing worked, my
internet kept connecting/reconnecting.
Today I started my pc and it works perfectly.. Any ideas on how to solve it? I have the newest lan driver.

My mobo is Asrock 960gm-vgs3 fx.

I can't see my ssid or any ssid in server 2012 r2 after I installed WLAN service

I updated DRIVERS and everything

this server is too far away from MODEM to use ethernet, so don't SUGGEST itSome more details would help a lot.
You did have Wi-Fi and then lost it?
Too far for Ethernet? You can run Ethernet a MILE , if needed.

Hello Everyone,

I require your help with an issue that has been plaguing me for the past year and a half. I live in a building with multiple floors. My unit is the top unit of the building but my laundry room / basement is about 7 floors below me. The whole building is made of concrete (floors, ceilings, walls... all of it) and I am trying to get a Wireless Internet signal from my unit to the basement.

I do not have the ability to place multiple adapters throughout the halls or run any cabling from my unit to the basement. I am also unable to use power line adapters as the main unit and basement are on different fuseboxes. I need the strongest signal possible as this is mainly used for remote access for work (and a little bit of MMORPG gaming).

If anyone has any questions or ideas, they would be greatly appreciated.Only idea I can come up with is use the existing wiring for a power adapter ethernet bridge. This turns the outlets in the building into dual purpose power / data lines.

*BUT these devices are not perfect. In some cases they work and in other cases they dont work. I have seen these work ok in some applications as well as in a commercial building it plainly did not work because either there was too much electrical noise or the outlet in one part of the building was on a different phase or ground and isolated.

Your not going to be able to broadcast a signal powerful enough between PC and the Access Point without spending lots of money on high power equipment that likely would also require a FCC license to operate.

Other means of a communication would be if there was telco copper wire pairs in the basement and you have an unused copper pair going up to your apartment and use a Copperlink Bridge device at both ends of the copper pair to make a private DSL bridge connection over old copper pair telco wiring. These Copperlink Bridges are usually around $900 for a pair of them, but they work well and can broadcast up to 9 miles for some copperlink modem pairs with one set to master and the other to slave.

One  can not, by law, use huge amounts of power on Wi-Fi.
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I am also unable to use power line adapters as the main unit and basement are on different fuse boxes.

Any copper wires that go from basement to the top might be used for data transmission of some kind.

Other means of a communication would be if there was telco copper wire pairs in the basement and you have an unused copper pair going up to your apartment and use a Copperlink Bridge device at both ends of the copper pair to make a private DSL bridge connection over old copper pair telco wiring. These Copperlink Bridges are usually around $900 for a pair of them, but they work well and can broadcast up to 9 miles for some copperlink modem pairs with one set to master and the other to slave.

When the phone is not in use, this is a constant DC signal (about 50-60 volts). When the phone rings, the signal is a 20 hertz AC signal (about 90 volts). When in use it is a modulated DC signal (between 6 and 12 volts). The phones lines even have power during a blackout in most cases.

sir,
I am ravikiran from Bangalore,i recently came accross an article which said that I could use an old router as a repeater to extend the wifi signal,so I went ahead and did some research on youtube,Wikipedia etc and got the instructions and did as mentioned,my primary router is a DLINK DSL 2750U(which i'm using RIGHT now) and my old router is a TP-LINK WR 740 N.i went ahead and checked the support for it in DD WRT website and found it to be supported and I even downloaded factory-to-ddwrt.bin file and also the tl wr740nv4-webflash.bin and upgraded the firmware of my old router and also flashed it to the latest v24 sp2(Atheros) and followed the instructions as follows with the screenshots:
1)CHANGED THE USER NAME,PASSWORD AND CONFIRM PASSWORD TO admin-admin-admin,SYSTEM INFORMATION WAS SHOWN,AUTHENTICATION SCREEN CAME UP AND I ENTERED-->admin-admin AS USER NAME AND PASSWORD
2)SETUP-->BASIC SETUP-->CONNECTION TYPE-->DISABLED,ROUTER NAME-->RK,LOCAL IP ADRESS-->192.168.1.100,SUBNET MASK-->255.255.255.0,GATEWAY-->192.168.1.1,LOCAL DNS-->0.0.0.0,ASSIGN WAN PORT TO SWITCH-->TICK MARK(CHECKED),DHCP TYPE-->DHCP SERVER,DHCP SERVER-->ENABLED,START IP ADDRESS-->192.168.1.100,MAXIMUM DHCP USERS-->50,CLIENT LEASE TIME-->1440,USE DNSM FOR DHCP-->CHECKED,USE DNSM FOR DNS-->CHECKED,DHCP AUTHOR-->CHECKED
3)SETUP-->ADVANCED ROUTING-->OPERATING MODE-->ROUTER,REST-->AS IT IS
4)WIRELESS-->WIRELESS PHYSICAL INTERFACE ATH0[2.4GHZ]-->WIRELESS MODE-->AP(SAME AS PRIMARY ROUTER),WIRELESS NETWORK MODE-->MIXED,CHANNEL WIDTH -->FULL 20 MHZ,WIRELESS CHANNEL -->AUTO,WIRELESS NETWORK NAME(SSID)-->RAVI'S WIFI(SAME AS PRIMARY ROUTER)WIRELESS SSID BROADCAST-->ENABLED,VIRTUAL INTERFACES-->WIRELESS MODE-->WDS AP,WIRELESS NETWORK NAME(SSID)-->REPEATER1,SSID BROADCAST-->ENABLED,NETWORK CONFIGURATION -->BRIDGED
5)WIRELESS-->WIRELESS SECURITY-->SECURITY MODE-->WPA2 PERSONAL(SAME AS PRIMARY ROUTER),WPA ALGORITHM-->AES(SAME AS PRIMARY RFOUTER),WPA SHARED KEY-->PASSWORD(SAME AS THE MAIN ROUTER),VIRTUAL INTERFACES ATH0.1SSID[REPEATER1]-->SECURITY MODE--> WPA2PERSONAL,WPA ALGORITHM-->AES,SHARED KEY -->PASSWORD
6)SECURITY-->FIREWALL-->DISABLED,EVERYTHING UNCHECKED EXCEPT FILTER MULTICAST,
7)STATUS-->WIRELESS-->SITE SURVEY
8)SHOWS ALL THE AVAILABLE NETWORK INCLUDING MINE "Ravi's Wifi"(second one from top)
Until this step everything is fine,but when i try to join the site it just doesn't join Ravi's Wifi,but when i try to join other wifi available in the site survey it joins easily(i have screenshots of those as well)Well my question is why is it not joining my network whereas it can join all others in the neighbourhood?I am including the screenshots of the step by step methods I used.Please reply to this mail with the solution as I had contacted some network professionals who all suggested that I buy a cheap repeater instead but i dont want to throw away my old router.so please any help will be appreciated.
My computer configuration is as follows:
Operating system : Windows 8.1 Pro
Processor : intel Core i5-3570K [email protected] 3.80GHz
Memory(RAM) : 4.00(3.90GB Usable)
System Type : 64 bit operating system
thanking you
Ravikiran.AC

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Allow me to answer your question about the use of the DD-WRT
router firmware. There is a very simple answer to your question, but first I want to MAKE a few general observations. Many other people read these posts and want to understand what is happening, so I will try to elaborate on some of the things that cause confusion.
Some of the terminology used in DD-WRT may seem confusing because some terms might be used in two different ways. However, the documentation for DD-WRT is consistent with itself.

AP mode. This is when the router will allow computers to log on.
Client mode. This is when the router logs onto an AP mode device.
Repeater. This extends the range of a network using a second AP.
Bridge. This allows one network to be connected to another network.
Security. There are different levels of security. Ssome are not available.

Of course, more documentation and clarification can be found on the website of this nonprofit organization :
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

I wish to commend you for your good use of screenshots and attachments. This makes it much easier to follow what you are doing with your converted router. However, your post was rather difficult to understand in some areas, nevertheless your question was why could you not log on as a client on one specific network. The simple answer is that you cannot sign on to your own network because you are already on your own network.
I hope that answers your question. 

EDIT: Other router firmware projects:
List of wireless router firmware projects
I understand but how else WOULD I join in to my own network with a second router(which is a dd wrt repeater in this case)but you said I am already on my network but the computer I am connected to is not connected to my home network which is also away and disconnected from my repeater,in other words it has nothing to do with my primary network except that I have to join it in the site survey column for extending the range of the primary router.i hope that elaborates the problem I'm facing,anyway thanks and also give me a solution for this if possible step by step instructions so that I could use my second router as repeater/range extender.
thanks
bye
ravikiranRepeater:
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A wireless repeater (also called wireless range extender) takes an existing signal from a wireless router or wireless access point and rebroadcasts it to create a second network.

Since only one wireless device can transmit at once, wireless transmissions are doubled (router to repeater and then repeater to client versus just router to client), and so:
    Wireless throughput is reduced by at least 50%.
    Wireless interference (e.g., with other networks on the same channel) is at least doubled.

A wireless ad hoc network (WANET) is a decentralized type of wireless network. The network is ad hoc because it does not rely on a pre existing infrastructure, such as routers in wired networks or access points in managed (infrastructure) wireless networks.

A repeater is just a very normal client which, at the same time, can also be an access point, independent of the SSID and type of encryption used.

Repeaters are in the grand scheme of wireless  networking kind of dumb. You need to get the repeater communicating on the network, with the proper network ssid, proper encription and password etc, with it's own IP address that will not cause  conflicts and it will work properly.

Good luck.  My has been in/out working for weeks. 
Verizon, has been zero help.  I went as far as to contact my salesman and he initially said he would help, even offered to bring new one in a
said it would be no charge.  Well, 10 days later,
...zero response. 

I can still see the network. The signal in the back
room is perfect, however when I try to connect to
it then I just keep getting the exclamation mark to
say that there are problems, with "No Internet
Access", despite that it says "Connected"....

Hi again, so I have a few issues. May I please just list them and if you need to reassign them, okay.  1) Have you guys.dolls ever recommended this PROGRAM?

http://windowstechies.com/-/en/filename/?t=1&k=aol%20not%20responding&m=b&u=&c=55860028710&file=aol%20not%20responding&gclid=CJDup9jZkMYCFcQSHwoder0Aow

If so and I was thinking of installing it would you nod or shake your head?

2) Is Windows Vista also Windows XP 5.1 (build 2600) Service Pack 2?  My computer I thought was loaded with Windows Vista and in fact that's what comes up yet in the AOL System Info it is listed as W XP 5.1 yada yada...  Please any info will help me.

3) Twitter has redefined and assigned some of ita users ACCORDING to their browser or something. SO They placed me on Twitter Mobile. This is for user with IE6 or IE7.  I have IE8 and Twitter excuses the mistake by saying if you have IE8 or IE9 and you're having the mobile issues please do a compatibility check and fix. Hello, I'm in here because I am not an IT person. SO how do I do a compatibility thing to comply with twitter.

I am considering reloading IE9 but I dread the red Xes that will show up. I found a few fixes for the problem but I'm not happy with them. If I load IE9 and the red Xes show up (they always do) what should I do to get my page images?

I think those are all the questions I have right now.

Thank you guys.  Btw, should I fear downloading these softwares that are suppose to be one click fixes? Very short answer.  Use Firefox.   Sigh! Are you guys assuming that FireFox is the best thing since sliced bread. That can't possibly be the answer to every problem. People complain about Firefox also.

I'm not trying to be stubborn or rude, You guys are too good at what you do. However, can you give me solutions for the browser I have? To answer your questions:

1) Don't even think about it - Total junk software that will do more harm than good - Same with all "one click fix" software.

2) Version 5.1 is XP, Vista is 6.0.  Many computers from the Vista era were downgraded to XP due to Vista's BUGS when it first came out.  If the machine has a licence for Vista (sticker on the case with a Vista product key) you should be able to upgrade to Vista.  You should however be able to tell which version it is by how it looks - e.g. Does your start menu actually have the word "Start" on it?

3) According to Twitter they proposed dropping support for IE8 in January of this year - This may well be the issue: https://twittercommunity.com/t/update-on-twitter-for-websites-ie7-and-ie8-browser-support/28234.  I would also suggest trying a different browser - While a browser is a personal preference, IE8 is totally outdated now so I am not remotely surprised that sites are dropping support for it.  If you are on XP then IE8 is the newest version available so you would need to try something different like Chrome or Firefox, if you are on Vista then you should be able to update to IE9 which, while STILL outdated, is at least still supported by most sites for now.Thank you camerongray... 1) I guess it could be like the Nigerian Scams. Sounds good but stinks.

2) The thing is about the system loaded on here, when I ask what system am I suing it always says Windows Vista. But the AOL System Info shows Windows XP 5.1(Build 2600) I mean if I was sold a machine and told it is loaded with WV but it's actually WXP isn't that fraud and an illegal practice. I mean the comp didn't change while I was using it did it. Meaning, maybe Windows auto loaded something in one of their many, many, many, downloads that changed my comp from WV to WXP. Let me check... (Which Windows operating system am I running? This PC is running: Windows Vista)
 So you're saying that could be false? Even the materials that came with the machine.

3) The same thing that happend to MySpace will prolly happen to Twitter. Just like what has happened to Online retailers like Walmart.COm and Target... I have no idea why the business worl thinks most people on line have highspeed and state of the art computers. They don't. Anyway, I loaded IE9 on Tuedsay and now I should need to figure out how to get Twitter back rather than Mobile Twitter.

4) My bigger issue is why my Adobe Installer won't completely install ver 18.  Thanks again camerongray. Most insightful.
2) If AOL is the only thing claiming that it's XP and everything else is Vista, I imagine it is Vista and it's just a but with AOL's software.  Also, if you were able to install IE9 then it must be Vista since XP does not support anything above IE8.

3) I highly doubt that - These businesses do actually know what they are doing.  It's not like they just think "hey, we'll just stop IE8 users using the site for fun."  Old browsers like IE8 do not support modern web features and often require specific workarounds to make all functionality work - This means that the company need to pay people to keep the site working in these old browsers.  When they decide to drop support for a given browser they will look carefully at how many of their users use these old browsers and how much revenue it generates them.  They clearly felt that the time that they would have to spend making the site work in an older browser was not worth the amount of money they would get for it.

For example, on one of my sites, Less than 1% of users use Internet Explorer 8.0 or older and on another that figure is even lower at less than 0.4% - Why should I BOTHER spending the time to support such a small section of users?Good Day camerongray, and thank you for your advice. So yes, when I check the browser it still says IE9 in the IE window and when I use a checker. So I'll accept that I have properly loaded IE9.

Thank you also for taking the time to explain in #3.  Many times Techies, I guess, assume the ppl that request help know or should know about computers. But it simply isn't true in all cases. I will file your info away and act accordingly. I'll work on the compatibility of Twitter and will either get my status back or drop Twitter.  Not to argue with you but Twitter has posted that if you have IE8 or IE9 you can make the site compatible with the broswer. So we'll see. Thanks camerongray... if there's a hUMp in your way, get over it!

Hi there, using win 7, internet connection is fine (other laptops can connect). This one in question was working, then windows updated (not sure if this is relevant or not) then it shows internet connection is fine, but no pages will load. RESTORED to previous update, then it worked for 2 days and failed again. Restored to previous and it wont work. Have tried resetting ip, and flushing dns. pinged a few sites and they came back fine. Any suggestions? thanksI'd try a different browser such as firefox on it and SEE if that corrects the issue. If the issue goes away with firefox then its a localized IE issue and not a SYSTEM wide issue with network communications. From one of the other COMPUTERS download firefox and place it on a thumb drive or burn to a cd or dvd and install it to the TROUBLED computer and see if that fixes issue or not.Hi there,  thanks for the reply. I have tried chrome.  Still doing the same thing.  Cheers Try using system restore to return to a date before the updates. Then make sure Windows Update is set for critical updates only. Do not allow Windows Update to update your drivers.You are using a laptop with Windows 7 and pages will not load. -Right?
Want model laptop? Do you ureter? Do you also o have wireless?

Meagain, So I downloaded IE9 and it's even showint the web pages better. I also wanted to update Adobe Flash. SO I stated the download but when it came to the INSTALLER it hung around 30%  I tried again but i still hung. So I tried the STEPS for Windows. I made sure Shockwave Flash was Endabled. And That still had it hanging. I made sure Active Filtering was OFF and that didn't work. I don't know what else to do.

Please tell me why the ISTALLER hangs and how to fix it. Thank you... I am trying to INSTALL Adobe upgrade 18.0 or WHATEVER as I have Adobe 17.0 already in use.

Wait...I forgot something. There was the word FINISHED on the PAGE with the INSTALLER but also there was near the emptied bar *There was an error installing. And a red X at the end of the fill bar.  However, when I check the status of my Adobe Flash it indicate I am USING 17.0 not 18.0 which is what I was trying to install.  Sorry about that...

Hey guys,

I had a quick question about a network at home.

My house is 15m tall and 9m wide, I want to network 3 computers (mine, wife, son).

Should I wire the house with Ethernet cat 5e cable and put a 100 base T switch?
Or
Just put a Wi-Fi access point and Wi Fi CARDS for the 3 computers.

I prefer wireless, but I’ve heard Ethernet would have slightly faster speeds due to less aerial interference.


Suggestions? Solutions? THANK you!It comes down to personal preference, costs, and security.

I personally prefer hard wired Cat5e or Cat6 due to less prone to interference and most secure and cheaper if doing it yourself.

If you don't want to be drilling holes in floors, ceilings, walls etc and can set up a secure wireless and get adequate coverage then wireless is the way to go. With wireless you want to FOLLOW the UMBRELLA effect where the access point or wireless router is at the highest point in your home in which you end up with a hemispherical dome of radio waves with the access point or wireless router being at the top of the INVISIBLE dome. The dome does extend above the access point, but the coverage is better below it.If you intend to stream movies or share files over the network use the wired solution. Transfering a HD movie over a wireless network can be a real pain in the *censored* :-). But why not use 1000 MB switch? They are not that much expensive anymore.

Hi
I want to CONNECT directly to a stand alone item, it's IP address is 192.168.1.1 so I changed my laptop TCP/IP properties to 192.168.1.2 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 but it will not connect. Im sure i've done this before any thoughts?Are you using a cross over cable or is this connected to a switch if hard wired?I wasn't using a crossover cable but I have connected ok via a switch - thank for your reply anywayYour welcome ... Glad its FIXED now ...

Common MISTAKE with devices like these is that a regular patch cable is used and a cross over or a switch is needed to connect the TX to RX between devices otherwise with a standard patch cable you have TX to TX and RX to RX and no communication.Right.
And many NEW routers ans switches auto detect and adjust the connection.
Quote from: ramy50 on June 06, 2015, 01:59:41 PM

follow the instructions on this item guide

I have logged my PRINTER to my broadband and the print REPORT shows that everything is passed and connected but it says  the following:
"A ROUTER/access point channel conflict has been detected. If you have problems PRINTING or scanning improve your wireless network environment"
Can anyone tell me what to do to improve the environment please.Hello,
reset the router channel in the router setup.

Does it ask you for a username / password?