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Why did dialup modems make noise?
I know that the signal was just tone pulses but why was it when (back in the 90s) when you first connected to the internet you heard a bunch of funny noises. After that if you were to use the internet,...
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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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What is the name of this cable that goes into a modem?
I have bought cable internet from teksavvy and the modem arrived however the cable that comes out of the wall and goes into the modem where it's labelled "Cable", is very short.
What's the name of ...
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Very strange network issue - specific sites not loading
First off, I apologize if I posted to the wrong exchange, I really wasn't sure where this question fits.
For quite some time I've been having this very strange problem with my home internet ...
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Cable modem speed test
Are the popular speed tests (cable, dsl, etc) that are available accurate? if so, how?
Also, it seems that they only measure download speed of one file and not responsiveness, latency, robustness, etc....
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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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XDSL Internet Connection Over Optical Fibre Telephone Line?
I have an ADSL2+ and a VDSL modems, and my flat has Optical Fibre for the telephone lines. I don't want to spend money on an FTTH modem since the ISP is limiting the speed and traffic of the Fibre ...
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Modem doesn't seem to pass internet connection to router
I was supplied a Cisco DPC3825 modem by my ISP and use a Cisco E4200 as my main router.
Today the Internet just stopped working, just out of the blue, I can't think of anything that would have ...
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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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Using a PC as a router with a Verizon modem [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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 ...
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Can every ADSL router handle high data transfer rates?
I had this Nokia Siemens ADSL wireless router (with 4 Ethernet ports). I used it as a router to transfer files over WiFi between two PCs and as an internet gateway.
It worked okay for some days (...
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How can I share one internet connection between two laptops
I have what appears to be a cable modem plugged into the wall with only one ethernet port on it. Therefore I can only connect one computer to it. Also, the modem has no wireless capability.
I have to ...
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How do I configure a USB modem to connect to the internet like you can do in linux?
How can I configure windows to use a USB modem like I can do it on linux (http://forumz.in/1799-how-use-reliance-broadband-netconnect-ubuntu-linux/)
I need to bypass the std dialer software provided ...
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Can I use my modem's ethernet and USB simultaneously, to connect two computers?
I have a Netgear broadband modem. I use a desktop and a laptop.
I have connected the modem to the desktop by using their ethernet connectors. But I need internet on my laptop too.
There is another ...
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Home Router, Fairly Share Internet Connection
I have just moved into a new house with some friends at my University! Exciting times, but what we didn't realise is that we are all heavy internet users, currently causing problems in the house.
The ...
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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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MBR624GU Netgear Router Problems
I have just purchased a Netgear MBR624GU 3G Router. I want to use it along with my ZTE MF100 modem (which is in their "compatible" list), but it's not working as expected.
The Router has been ...
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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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Always-on Internet connection does not load some sites, while Bridge mode does
I have a D-Link modem and I have set it up to connect to the Internet automatically, i.e. Always-on connection.
Now my problem is that some site don't load while others load perfectly fine. But if I ...
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my file download speed is 180-200kbps but speedtest is showing 1.7mbps and i am subsribed to 2mbps pack?
i'm from Malaysia.
I am subscribed to 2mbps pack from my country's ISP.
But all i get is only 200kbps when download files from the internet, when i test my speed on speedtest.com , it shows me 1....
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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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Internet connection using 2 modem at a time
This may be a blunder question. But just for my curiosity Is it possible to use more tha one modem to connect to internet time,To increase speed . If yes How? If No why?
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Possible for a modem to all of the sudden have degraded speed?
I'm on the phone with Charter (cable company) about how overnight my network speed went from 30 Mbps to 2 Mbps and this support person swears it's because my modem doesn't support 30 Mbps.
I say she'...
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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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Cable TV works but Internet doesn’t after the cable company buried their cable connection to my place
New WOW! cable service was working fine. Then they buried the cable and now there is no Internet connection and some local channels are no longer there (AMC TBS etc. work fine but there seems to be a ...
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What do I need to put inbetween 2 f connectors to extend it?
I asked a question for the cable and could only find this:
http://m.canadiantire.ca/mt/www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/7/Electronics/TVsAccessories/VideoRemotesAccessories/PRD~0452382P/RG6+Video+...
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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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Unable to connect to internet after a huge thunderstorm and service outage
I have this router. There recently was a huge thunderstorm which resulted in service loss for a few days. Yesterday, the Cable company called to say that the internet was fixed, but the router was ...
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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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No internet when a specific lan cable is connected
Having a very strange issue - we recently had someone move into our spare bedroom about a month ago, and since he's arrived, our internet has died about 4 times where no one could connect to the ...
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identifying broadband connectivity issue: Resolving Host
I am trying to resolve an issue I have with my broadband internet connection. The issue is as follows:
When using my internet connection at home, loading web pages will frequently (but not always) ...
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Router not receiving internet connection from modem
My ISP supplied me with an Arris TM822G/CT modem and a NetgearWNR1000v2 router.
I can plug my computer directly into the modem and I get internet connection.
I can plug the modem and my computer ...
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How to bridge Wi-Fi Reciver and ADSL Modem so that I even can share the net connection with the WiFI device and second router?
I have an ADSL modem which has an active internet connection. Then I have Wi-Fi Receiver/Emitter and another ADSL Modem.
A: 1st ADSL Modem with active internet connection
B: Wifi Modem[Receiving ...
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NETGEAR DGN 1000 Limit Usage Per System
How to limit the data usage per system per day connected to my NETGEAR DGN1000 router(modem)?
Please share some ideas. I can also use a dedicated computer if you can propose how to route all the ...
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How can I forward internet access from one modem to another?
Let's suppose we have modem A connected to computer 1 and modem B connected to computer 2.
Let's assume that we have a modem A with full internet access and another modem B with only access to a ...
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What's the purpose of a router with a built-in modem? [closed]
As I understand it, all devices capable of connecting to the internet these days either come with their own modem already inside them (like a modem in the motherboard of a PC, or the internal modem ...
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Replacing Comcast modem/router with my own for internet and phone
I use Comcast for my wireless internet and land-line phone at home. I'm interested in buying my own router instead of using the one Comcast is "letting" me use for "only" $10/month.
I've looked ...
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How to share LAN internet via wireless router
I have internet signal in gray cord in below snapshoot. I can have wifi internet connection when plugging in the gray cord to port 1,2,3,4 and NOT to the internet port as shown in the snapshoot.
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Share internet connection from site to another over phone line
Preface: I grew up in the Ethernet era and have never had to deal with a phone modem for internet.
I am having a long term internet outage at a site, but still have a phone connection. Another ...
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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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