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Ethernet connection keeps dropping out
I'm having a problem with my Ethernet connection dropping out. In games like destiny 2 and new world where if your net drops out (even with wifi as backup) you get kicked from the instance, which is ...
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Possibly broken switch ports, how to diagnose?
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We have some weird behaviour in our home network. Some connections established seem to be rather unstable, but we still don't know, if the DSL-router or other components are the culprit.
To ...
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Remote Desktop Client connection - can connect via cellphone, cannot via landline + router ASUS + public, static IP
I want to connect from home to office Windows Server using the Remote Desktop Connection (Microsoft) client. The server's RDP port is non standard one - my admin claims that opening a standard port of ...
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How can I test my internet connection's stability and detect very short sub-second outages?
I'm experiencing a problem with my cable internet connection where it will occasionally drop out for less than a second. It's barely noticeable most of the time, but when downloading large files, ...
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How to find the cause of a network intermittently not responding?
I have a simple network built using:
1 Switch (16-Port Gigabit Easy Smart Switch)
4 Windows 10 PCs (Used as kiosks, with a custom software application)
1 Windows 10 PC (Used as a SQL Server)
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How to monitor and diagnose Wi-Fi problems
I have a home Wi-Fi network used by few laptops and mobile devices.
From time to time I get complaints from my family that the network feels slow lately. I restart the access point and the complaints ...
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What ports are used by an application [duplicate]
I'm testing an application which opens its own ports (acts as a server for these ports, hence listens at that ports) and where the same application connects to ports bound by other applications (acts ...
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ASUS RT-N66U how to identify source of traffic spike
I have an ASUS RT-N66U as my home router. We are experiencing some traffic spikes in downloading over WiFi that slow all other activity to a crawl.
Is there a way to identify the source (ip/host) of ...
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What's a good test for a very non-geek to verify dropped packets?
TL;DR: Need a URL that can show a very non-technical, near technophobe, whether they have dropped packets.
So me and some non-local relatives chat via Skype. While I was visiting, I swapped out their ...
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Which network command does all the thing a windows restart would do?
Specification : 64 bit Windows, Core 2 Duo
Network components used :
Wifi - Intel 5100 AGN
Datacard - NDIS based - Huawei 3g
Issue when using Wifi :
Every 15 minutes, internet connection gets lost ...
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Track what is requesting a shutdown event
We have a workstation at work that is on a domain. Every night at the same time it is shutting down by itself. We have stepped through the normal list of items that might request a shutdown and have ...
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Did I brick my pogoplug?
I just received a POGO-P21 and followed the archlinux installation instructions. Got to step 12 without any trouble or error message. Rebooted the device, and now it won't come up.
Good news:
When ...
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Test for intermittent communication drops between machines
I am trying to diagnose intermittent communication drops between a computer and another networked piece of equipment. Can someone recommend me any tool or method to do this? Sure I can set up a ping ...
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App to spot a hurdle between a user and an http server
I'd like to know if there is a tool that can be placed on a user's computer and given a url, can diagnose if and where a block is situated in accessing a web page (with a specified port). Sort of a ...
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Server NIC CPU fails diagnostic; could this be the cause of LAN performance issues?
I'm trying to track down the cause of some network performance issues. One of the many diagnostic steps I've performed was running the server NIC's diagnostics. Every test passes except the CPU test,...