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How can Internet speed be 10 times slower without a router than when using the same connection with a router?
I am trying to figure out what is the realistic "speed of service" that my Internet company provides to my house. Here are the test that I am running:
Internet ↔ modem ↔ wireless router ↔ laptop: ...
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Two Internet connections via two modems, one router, specify which modem to use on PC
At work, we have two Internet connections via two modems, one cable modem and one 4G modem. To the cable modem, there is a Wi-Fi router connected, and that is our network A. The 4G modem has a built-...
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Using 4G LTE modem with dialup connection
I just reformatted my PC and getting frustrated with my 3G/4G modem. When I plug the modem it asks me to install the software, which I did already. Then I am opening the Modem software and trying to ...
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Huawei HG8245H modem/router WiFi intermittent connection issue
I have just recently had Fiber internet connection installed and they gave us Huawei HG8245H as our modem/router. Wired connection is very good however, the WiFi isn't. From 9pm to around 10am ...
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Internet access directly through modem, but not through router [duplicate]
I’m trying to set up a new network at my home and am having issues... in short, I can access the internet through my modem directly, but not through the router. Here is a brief writeup for today's 4 ...
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Using a PC as a router with a Verizon modem
I currently live in the boondocks where the only internet we can receive is through Verizon's wireless card. This means that only one user can be on the internet at a time through an USB modem ...
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How are IP adresses resolved to phone numbers?
In the case of Dial-up and DSL phone-line modems, as well as modems that use cell networks, all modems must have a phone number that is dialed, as if they are telephones. I can confim this by looking ...
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What does internet that isn't dial-up sound like
We've all heard the classic dial-up screeching sound, but what does it sound like for Cable/DSL/or fiber to be making a connection? I know old modems used to covert digital data to analogue before ...
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Internet speed increased by ISP but still getting previous speeds
I recently purchased a replacement cable modem for my home internet. I was ready to upgrade my Cox cable internet from their 150 plan to their 500 plan.
Old cable modem was an older Arris Surfboard ...
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RJ11 Cable Maximum Possible Length
We have a modem and telephone connected to a mainline(with splitter) using a 1 meter RJ11 cable each. We want to transfer the modem to another offich which is more or less 25 meters away from our ...
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Why am I able to login to another ISP account from my ADSL modem?
We connect to the internet using ADSL installed on the existing phone system (copper wires) and via several ISPs.
Every subscriber, from his ADSL modem/router, can log in to any ISP (other than his ...
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Share internet connection over RJ45 to a modem with phone line input
I need to make a very specific test, this is not for general use, I know it can be slow.
I have a Playstation 2 and bought a old usb modem that was used before Sony release the Network Adapter with ...
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How to connect ONT to a non-ISP provided router?
My final objective is to load balance the internet signal from two different ISPs and distribute that through a mesh network.
My initial setup was the following. I have a cable modem from which I ...
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Internet noticeably slower on one computer while faster on another connected to the same router
I have a 120Mb/s Internet connection and it works well on my laptop with 1Gb/s network card and Windows 7. But it works too slow on another computer which is older and which have 100Mb/s network card ...
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Cable Modem MAC Addresses
Does anyone know how many MAC addresses a cable modem can support? Does the DOCSIS 3 spec allow for more MAC addresses?
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