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Internet slows to a halt on one computer when another connects with ethernet - otherwise works fine

I've recently moved in with my partner and found that whenever his computer is on my internet connection slows down to the extent that I can't load webpages, but the moment his is turned off mine ...
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How can I fix my internet connection when " my computer appears to be correctly configured"

I am new to this website, I don't know if my question is an off topic question, or even if this is the suitable place to ask. Please tell me if I am in the wrong place. Since some days I ma facing ...
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Delay network connect after Windows bootup (Win7)

I have made a setup PPPOE connection on my modem, when my Windows(Win7) booted up, about 5 minutes take time to connect to internet. So other device can deal with internet through WiFi of modem. I'm ...
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"Local Area Connection" doesn't have a valid IP config

I’ve been trying to help my father regain his connection that abruptly ceased working. He runs his connection through an intermediary router that he uses as a switch; if that is important at all. we’...
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Websites won't load beside having Connection

Since today I'm not able to load webpages on my pc. This happened after I resumed the suspended Windows. I am connected to my Router via WLan (tried lan, lan via wlan client; no difference) and while ...
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Windows 7 constantly loses and regains Internet connection

I have a nettop with Windows 7 Pro on board, connected directly to a simple, four port router with ADSL modem on board, provided by my ISP. After starting up or restarting nettop, it works fine. ...
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In Windows 7 how to select network profile for internet access?

At our office, the ADSL modem broke down, so I enabled WiFi access point on my smartphone to connect to internet that way. It works, but only if I disable the regular LAN, i.e. disable the network ...
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Internet Traffic counter and current speed for my laptop with Windows 7

I'm looking for a free software that shows me total traffic during the last connection to the Internet and the current speed. I don't care about what program connects to the Internet. I want to know ...
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New Network Device "Incoming Connections"

Since today I suddenly have this device in my network list. Yesterday, I unplugged my wireless stick and connected my computer via cable to my Speedport Router. Does anyone know where this device ...
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VPN Error "attempted VPN tunnels failed" (Windows 7 IKEv2)

I try to set up a VPN connection to my workplace following the clear instructions from HERE It fails to connect returning an error 800: "The remote connection was not made because the attempted ...
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Internet Access Icon: Internet

I am looking to replicated the internet (extremely small scale) using a series of switches, routers, Linux, and Windows computers that are not connected to the internet we all use. In this experiment, ...
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How to Fix Computer internet Connection?

I just Freshly installed Windows 7, and It says i am connected to the internet through the Ethernet port, and it says It is a good connection, but whenever I go onto IE and try to load a website it ...
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Windows 7 64-bit stops sharing of Internet connection with VMware virtual machine

First of all I'm using VMware Workstation, which has it's own Internet connection sharing implemented, but I don't want to use it, as it does not implement the full stack. Things like tracing packet ...
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Laptop never connects to wired or wireless network properly at first

On a laptop whenever trying to use wireless or wired internet in the task bar it says "limited connectivity" and the internet cannot be accessed. If I right click on the icon and select "trouble shoot"...
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Disconnect Internet connection on given time

I need to disconnect my Internet connection on a given time (to avoid exceeding my Internet usage time limit), without shutting down the computer. How can I do that?
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How to prefer mobile connection over proxy?

I have win7. I have proxy connection and also mobile connection via my Android phone(via USB port). I want to connect to internet only via mobile connection so I specified no Proxy in my browser (...
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Internet connectivity ok, but Windows disagrees and won't connect to VPN

I have a Windows 7 machine connecting to a network via an ethernet connection ('Local Area Connection'). It connects up fine, gets an IP address, I can browse the web 100% fine and connect to printers ...
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Virtualbox: NAT networking suddenly stopped working for all Windows guests, Linux guests still OK

My host is an out-of-the-box Ubuntu 12.10 simply connected to Wifi. I installed VirtualBox, and then a few Linux and Windows 7 Pro guests on it, all with default VirtualBox options (NAT). I reboot ...
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What can cause Internet connection to randomly fail?

From time to time, web pages don't open or open slowly, downloading big files stop after a few KB or MB (no errors are thrown, just no data is received). Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't (...
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Share internet from PC and Router

I have windows 7 on my PC, and connect internet through brodband flash, and I connected my PC with Wireles lite N Router(TP-link). my question is: how can share internet on the pc through this router ...
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Multiple simultaneous network connection

How can I create simultaneous network connection to different networks on Windows-7 using two different NIC on a PC ? (A wired and a wireless) Is it possible to make an application use a specific ...
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Windows 7 'Unidentified Network'

So my internet was working last night before I went to bed and woke up to a computer that is showing unidentified network. I have tried multiple ways of fixing it. > route delete 0.0.0.0 > ...
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Windows 7 shows Not connected even if I am connected to internet

Windows 7 shows Not connected (with a red cross)even if I am connected to internet. This problem continues all the time. I have one network adapter. I have tried disabling and then enabling the ...
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Can I route programs to two internet connections simultaneously in Windows 7? [duplicate]

I have two internet connections - one via a 3G modem, and the other via wireless. The modem is faster so I normally browse with it, but it does not support torrent downloads while my wireless does. ...
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After a while downloading torrents my network card stops working properly

The situation I download happily torrents with uTorrent for a long time, maybe 12 hours. Suddenly, I notice my connection stopped working. When I check uTorrent is still downloading stuff. When I ...
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Attempting to dialup gives "Opening port... Error 813: another connection is using...."

This has driven me to the point of insanity :) When I wake my computer up and try to dial-up, I get this nice dialog: Opening port... Error 813: You have attempted to establish a second ...
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Setting up Home network on Windows 7 Home with 3G modem internet connection

I am having a hard time setting up a home network on two Windows 7 machines. The situation is complicated by the fact that the internet access is via a USB 3G Modem device on the one machine. The ...
Pieter Müller's user avatar
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How to share internet in Windows 7 using two netcards?

I have a Windows 7 system and two netcards. One is linked to the internet probider. The second one connected to the router. How can I set up all this to allow my computer to work as router, allowing ...
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Windows 7 Internet Connection Dropping Randomly

Recently installed Windows 7, and everything is fine, except that my internet connection is now dropping randomly. I've checked around and see that this is a pretty common issue, but haven't found a ...
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Internet connection sharing between Windows XP and Windows 7

I bought my lil sister's netbooks for Christmas and I've been having a heck of a time trying to get Internet Connection Sharing to work. The host computer is a Windows XP box and it uses a US ...
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How to use a Network adapter only for a specific Connection on Win7?

I've got several network adapter in my PC (from LAN, WLAN, VPN etc...) and what I want to accomplish is that some specific adresses use the VPN adapter, while all others use eiter LAN or WLAN. (So ...
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How to switch internet connection between regular and VPN

I am connected to the Internet through a wireless router. If I visit http://whatismyipaddress.com, I see my correct IP address. I have now added a VPN connection, and when I connect to that my ...
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VS2008 with SP1 seems to have no connectivity [closed]

My machine has connectivity, everything is fine except for Visual Studio 2008. It can't get news feeds or more importantly connect to Team Foundation Server. Has anyone ever seen this?
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no internet connection in windows 7

I've disabled the network that connects to the internet. But I don't know how to enable it. How do I do it. This is a lan, dsl
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