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How to access localhost from VirtualBox using a smartphone?
I want to access VirtualBox's localhost using a smartphone for me to see how the website looks like in a phone.
More Details:
Host OS - Windows 7 Pro
Guest OS - Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS
SmartPhones' OS - ...
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WiFi range dropped in Windows 7 and Windows 10
I had Windows 10, then 1 day my wifi range dropped. It shows only one signal when I'm on the same floor of the router, and no signal found when even go out of the door. For many other reasons (and for ...
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Computer randomly shuts off and loses wifi connection frequently
I have a DT ASUS M32AD-US032S RT desktop and over the last couple of months my internet connection goes in and out, as frequently as every minute or two.
Then occasionally, the computer restarts on ...
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Use two networks to access different resources over internet
I have the following problem.
In my company, we have a proxy and I can't access some resources that I need for develop so they provide me a external 4g router. Can I bridge the connections so when I ...
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Windows 7 WiFi - Limited access - DHCP client can't obtain IP address
since few days I cannot properly connect to ANY wifi (work, in public or to my home wifi). Whenever I try to connects, Windows shows a limited availability message.
Other devices are able to connect ...
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Occasional "No connections are available" on startup
Sometimes when I first boot in to my Windows 7 (Home Premium SP1), I get a red "X" over the Wifi indicator in the status bar.
Hovering over the indicator shows the popup "Not connected. No ...
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Can't connect network, wired or wireless (win7)
After reset my laptop, I lost my network connection. Actually I can't even try to connect through wifi, because when I click wifi icon on the system tray nothing happened. Wifi list box doesn't show ...
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Why does the network usage shown in Task Manager not equal that in Resource Monitor?
Why, in Windows 7, is the network usage shown under Task Manager always higher than reported by Resource Monitor for total network I/O, which also seems lower than the sum of individual network ...
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Resetting Wi-Fi connection on Windows without rebooting
I have connected to my school Wi-Fi, with password authentication; once I logged off or close my laptop, and log back in, despite me typing the correct password, I cannot recover the network ...
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LAN and Bluetooth networks together at the same time
I have a wired LAN network for my office and I share my tablet's internet with my windows by Bluetooth. While I don't disable LAN network, I can't connect to the internet with Bluetooth network. When ...
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Acer Aspire 5750 wifi option missing after Windows-7 SP1 update
I have an Acer Aspire 5750 laptop (32 bit). I updated the Service Pack (SP1) which I downloaded from the Microsoft website.
The SP1 (windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe) was updated successfully but after ...
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VPN asks for username and password only for network drive access
I have a weird problem I hope someone can shed some light on. I have a user who uses a Windows 7 laptop at home. The machine is on our domain and he can access the VPN with no problem, and intranet/...
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Windows 7 laptop wireless issue. Forgetting managed wireless networks
There is a laptop that is giving us some issues when connecting to wifi. Sometimes it will say trouble connecting as soon as you finish typing in the password like it didn't even try. The real problem ...
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Wireless router won't let a specific computer reconnect unless its power cycled
I provide tech support for an elderly gentleman who is very tech illiterate. I set him up with a laptop connected to his TV, and literally the only thing he does with it is check email from the family ...
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Installing the WiFi driver
I have bought a Medion Erazer X6821 notebook which supposedly comes with an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 card. The Windows license shipping with it is Windows 7, so I just stuck with that. I did, ...
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Microsoft ICS ignores firewall rules?
I enabled Windows 7 computer to share Internet via Wi-Fi. I want to disable usage of some IP addresses by Wi-Fi devices. I started to block Google DNS to just test if it works. So, I add rule to all ...
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Lan for work, wifi for gaming simultaneously? [closed]
Windows 7 based machine, connected to the corporate network but via LAN cable but my question is is it possible to setup so that all the work related traffic gets routed trough the corporate network (...
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Is it possible to select any wifi connection before login into windows 7?
The situation:
Im am working as helpdesk support and sometimes i have to reset passwords for bussiness network accounts. Users work from their home using vpn and need passwords to be resseted. The ...
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Can't ping my WIN10 laptop from my phone
I am using some sync application to move files from my phone to an external hard drive plugged to my laptop.
I started this with my old laptop with WIN 7 on it and I was doing it for about 2 years. A ...
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multiple computers having issues with WLAN
Dell Lattitude computer intermittently disconnecting from WiFi
Hey everyone, I've got around 7 users whose laptop is disconnecting frequently(every 30ish minutes) from the Internal WiFi
The computers ...
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Window 7 laptop weird wifi problems
Laptop with intel centrino adapter has a problem. It does not remember saved networks so everytime you join a network you have to type the password, if it even allows you to connect. I found sometimes ...
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Windows 7 disconnects and reconnects to WIFI every couple of minutes
This does not occur on the Ubuntu partition of the same computer, as well as on other Mac/Linux computers. I have seen a few questions here asking about similar issues, but those seem to be when the ...
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Frequent connection loss on windows 7
I use Windows 7 on a bootcamp partition (on my macbook). I recently formatted the partition and reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) (to enlarge the partition). However I'm experiencing frequent ...
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How to access wifi using dongle in a desktop without wireless capability?
The desktop is a Lenovo K series, 32 bit system having Windows 7 ultimate right now. It doesn't have wireless capability. I have a Beetle dongle which supports HSUPA / HSDPA / WCDMA / EDGE / GPRS / ...
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How to use Internet on Ubuntu 14.04.1?
On my Dell laptop, I installed VMwarePlayer first and installed Ubuntu 14.04. Everything is fine except the Internet is not accessible on Ubuntu (but still okay on Win 7)
The configurations are:
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Periodic MASSIVE ping spikes that start a few minutes after startup
I am having extremely frustrating latency spikes every 10 or so seconds on my network connection.
It is very consistent and it always spikes for around 1600ms at a time, and it only happens maybe 10-...
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Unable to connect to wifi [Win-7]
As i have gone to the forum, i am not the only one who has faced/facing this problem. But something is strange here, all the solutions provided are not working.
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Hardware: Dell Inspiron 3420, ...
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Windows 7: Merging WiFi and Ethernet
So I'm getting really annoyed with this, tried everything I can find on the internet and have had no luck clearing this up. I have, WiFi 2.4, WiFi 5.0 and Ethernet. Windows 7 will always automatically ...
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Install a driver for your network adapter
I just installed windows 7 and am now dualbooting with ubuntu. However, when I try to connect, I am told that I need to install a driver for my network adapter.
After looking in my device manager, I ...
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Windows 7 laptop keeps losing internet connection, but not wifi
I have a Windows 7 laptop (a Toshiba if that makes any difference) connected by WiFi to my ISP router, everything is set up automatically (IP & DNS, DHCP enabled). Most of the time, it works just ...
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