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What is meant by MAC address "Spoofing"
Why is MAC address Spoofing called spoofing, rather than MAC address changing? If the network sees your MAC address as whatever you spoofed it to, doesn't that practically meant you have completely ...
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Why does restarting the modem fix latency?
In the last few days I've noticed poor internet performance. Today I ran a speed test and the results were abysmal... 10mb down and 0.18mb up (which really hurt, because I was trying to RDC from ...
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Rebooting modem only fixes speed for short period
My internet speed is far below its normal speed, when I restart the modem the connection will go back to it's normal speed, but only for a matter of minutes, then it drops way down again. I'm on AT&...
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does comcast need to provision my 3rd party modem for me to use it with my 3rd party router
ive posted another post related to this problem but im asking a very simple q here.
Ive had 3rd party modem and my own router working fine until yesterday. could it be something comcast did on their ...
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Changing public IP
I am new on this site and if this question is off topic I deeply apologize.
I am trying to change my public IP address which does not seem to change when I reset the router or the change the MAC ...
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Redirect own WAN traffic to LAN
Let's say my WAN IP is 123.456.789.0
Earlier, when I connected to 123.456.789.0:22 from the LAN, my traffic reached my LAN correctly and the service worked fine. It also worked fine when I connected ...
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2 broadband modems and one dumb switch
I would need your help with something.
I have small office, but all our work is online. To have secure internet connection, I have 2 different internet providers at my office. And if something ...
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How am I able to connect to internet using my mobile phone?
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question.
I connect myself to internet using a ADSL modem. The CAT-5 cable is connected both sides to RJ-45 port ,one on my laptop and the other on ...
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Finding a Virgin Internet Password
So I'm at a friends house and they have an internet connection.
He does not have a wireless router, instead he connects his laptop directly to the internet using an ethernet lead and modem.
I enabled ...
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Can an ethernet router affect the line attenuation of a VDSL2 connection?
I have had issues with my U-Verse connection for the past 4 days. I was told to just use the modem. The numbers regarding it which are shown on the Broadband Status have lowered somewhat after I did ...
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50% of Websites Often Won't Load, Bizarre Workaround - Windows 10
my dears. Thanks one and all for any suggestions.
How would you like to start every day spending 10 minutes to 2 hours trying to get your internet to work? Fun stuff, I'm tellin' ya!
I have a cable ...
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Security of my modem from resets
I successfully configured my old (Optilink) modem to connect to my internet connection. So there is the primary modem and then there's the Optilink modem. I have also set a new password to access the ...
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How to set up a telephone + internet modem as 1 device?
I am with Rogers and my current setup is:
I think this is how Rogers normally sets it up, where they have 2 independent modems, 1 for telephone and 1 for internet. Question is, is this now considered ...
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If connecting directly to a modem, how are DNS lookups performed?
From my own experience, when connecting a device to a router and leaving everything at their default settings, the connected device will typically use the DNS servers of the ISP in question as pushed ...
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Should you be able to access your modem's web interface when the internet is down?
I have a Motorola MB7621 Cabel-Modem and D-Link AC1200 Router with Xfinity internet. I have been experiencing problems where my WiFi will be down for a few hours before coming back up. I have already ...
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