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direct ethernet connection between two wirelessly connected Windows 7 laptops
I've got two systems that are right next to each other, and connected wirelessly to the same router. I want to connect the two of them together with an ethernet cable - both have gig-e and ...
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How to bond two different internet connections [duplicate]
I have two internet connection, each with 4mbps bandwidth. I want to join/merge both of them to get 8mbps speed, both routers have WLAN and LAN capability.
How to Double my speed using two routers?
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How to install Windows 7 from the network?
Is it possible to install Windows 7 (Current RTM Version) on a computer without using removable media like DVD or USB?
The first thing that comes to my mind is through the network, but I don't have ...
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Make Windows 7 ignore WiFi when ethernet is available
When I dock my Windows 7 laptop, I want it to prefer the wired ethernet connection over WiFi.
This is a pretty straightforward thing to do on my Mac - I just reorder my network preferences, and it "...
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How to block all traffic but one IP in Windows Firewall?
I'm trying to use Windows 7 firewall to block all outgoing and incoming traffic, from all IP's and for all protocals, except for UDP to and from one particular IP address.
The reason why is because ...
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Software for measuring internet traffic? [closed]
I'm interested in finding a free piece of software for Windows XP & 7 that allows us to measure both incoming and outgoing internet traffic, but not traffic between users of the local network.
I ...
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How does Windows 7 decide which route to take if 2 connections to an internet source exist? (e.g. a Wireless and an Ethernet one to a router)
How does Windows 7 decide which route to take if 2 connections to the Internet exist? (e.g. wireless versus wired)
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IPv4 vs IPv6 priority in Windows 7
I have IPv6 connectivity through Hurricane Electric tunnel. Since IPv6 day this year, many services (google.com, facebook.com, etc.) enabled IPv6 on their main domains. On my Windows machine, IPv6 is ...
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How to give preference over one network connection over another?
Like most laptops, it has both ethernet and wireless networking options. Likewise, I have a wireless router with 10/100/1000 Mbs. 90% of the time, wireless speeds suffice. But once in a while, I ...
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Desktop Internet traffic measurement software [closed]
Can you recommend a robust Internet traffic measurement tool you had experience with?
Robustness is important because I've used a couple of such tools but ended up uninstalling them because of ...
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How do I set the Windows network timeout for physically disconnected mapped drive?
When a network drive (net use) is physically disconnected, Windows Explorer (and other programs) keeps trying to enumerate and/or use it for maybe 60 seconds.
Is there some way to reduce this timeout ...
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Force programs to use & go through proxy [closed]
My school requires a proxy for all internet access. If you want to use the internet, it is impossible to not use a proxy. This makes it a problem for many programs that don't seem to let you enter ...
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Windows 7 shows red "X" on network icon, but I'm connected
In Windows 7, after a few weeks of running Hamachi VPN, the internet icon in the system tray shows a red "X", indicating I have no network connection:
This is false, as I am not only connected to two ...
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How do I reinstall the TCP/IP protocol driver on Windows 7?
How do I reinstall the TCP/IP protocol driver on Windows 7?
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Connect to two LAN networks with a single card
I'm connected to a LAN with the aid of DHCP. Now and then, I need to reach a laptop someone brings to the office that's not configured to use DHCP. So far I need to do the following:
Connect laptop ...
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Bind application to a specific network interface
I have tried ForceBindIP, but it has a significant downside - it doesn't affect the children of the application I'm trying to bind, it only affects the application itself. It also can't force an ...
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When concurrently connected to wired and wireless ensure Windows 7 uses wired connection
When I am at my desk and my laptop is in its docking station I want to ensure that it uses its wired connection and not my wireless network. I am hoping/guessing that the preference in connection is ...
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Stop Windows 7 from clobbering one VPN when connecting to a second?
I currently connect to my network drives at work using a VPN.
I run Windows 7, updated weekly-ish.
(Updates often interrupt me, so I don't have them automatic anymore.
I don't suspect this is related, ...
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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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Multiple network connections on Windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 and I have 2 networks:
one wireless with internet connection
one wired with no internet connection
The computer is connected to both. The problem is that although in Network and ...
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I need to make Windows 7 STOP disabling the wifi adapter when the wired LAN is connected
This is a Dell Latitude E6430. There is a setting in the bios to control this behavior and I have DISABLED it but it still happens. I am also running the latest bios.
When I plug in a network cable ...
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With Windows 7, why is an entry in the hosts file not working?
I updated some entries in the hosts file at C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc. As a test, I decided to make Google point to 127.0.0.1.
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on ...
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How can I force Windows 7 to use specific network adapters per program?
I am using Hamachi VPN. I want to setup Windows 7 to use the Hamachi VPN network adapter for specific software on my system; other softwares should use the regular network adapters.
Is this possible ...
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Is there a good DNS server I can install on Windows 7 for a LAN? [closed]
I have a few computers on my LAN, and now I'm getting tired of remembering the IP addresses all the time, so I would like to start using DNS names on my LAN.
I have a heterogeneous network with ...
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How to tell Windows 7 to ignore a default gateway
I currently have 2 network cards in my PC -- one connected to an internal network on a router with a disconnected WAN port (10.x.x.x), and one connected to the internet through a consumer router (192....
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Windows 7 DNS not working (nslookup IS working; ping -4 name.com NOT working)
nslookup IS working; ping -4 name.com NOT working
The most obvious symptom of this problem is that nslookup IS working, while ping -4 name.com is NOT working.
That's because nslookup contains its ...
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How can I change the binding order of network adapters in Windows 7?
The end goal here is that I am trying to install an Oracle 10g server on my Windows 7 x64 dev box. I use DHCP, and the Oracle installer is throwing up this warning:
Checking Network Configuration ...
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How can I restrict windows 7 to only use the local subnet, but block the internet
I want to block all internet connections to and from my windows 7 machine, but allow it to access everything on the local network. The local network is behind an Apple Airport Extreme.
What is the ...
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How can I force Windows 7 to give my LAN (wired) conection priority over my WiFi?
Given the choice between my LAN (wired) and my WiFi connections, my Windows 7 PC gives priority to the WiFi - how can I make it prioritize the LAN connection?
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How do I set up Windows 7 to stream media to my PS3?
I have a computer and a PS3 connected wirelessly to my router, but it seems no matter how hard I try I can not get my PC to show up on my PS3.
I've also tried setting up a media server with TVersity ...
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