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Is it possible to access Windows kernel files from the router by outside URLs?
I'm a privacy conscious user and I don't like to be fingerprinted by marketing websites, so I set up my Symantec firewall and closed most of the ports that I don't use. I also disabled ICMP requests.
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Computer says it's connected to my network (which could be wired or wireless), but can't actually connect to the Internet
Haven't used my computer in about a month and a half, as I was on vacation, and now I'm stumped as to why it won't work. It was working perfectly prior to me leaving.
Details:
Have both a wired and ...
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Auto Reconnect NAS drives
I have a Windows 8.1 machine that connects to my Network wirelessly.
I have two NAS drives plugged into a wireless router.
The NAS drives are set to auto-start so they don't run when computer is down....
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Internet connection fast in safe mode and slow in normal mode - Windows 8.1
I'm running a Toshiba Satellite C50D-A-12V laptop with Windows 8.1 with 8GB RAM. Anti-Virus is AVG Free, also have Malwarebytes and Spybot installed as well as CCleaner.
I have a 70mbps internet ...
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Laptop crashes the wifi network
While trying out a new Asus laptop (with an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265), strange things happen: as soon as I connect to my network, after a few seconds or up to a minute or so, the Internet ...
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2 ISP's, 2 Modems & 1 Network
I have a DSL ISP that goes through a combo modem/wireless router (AT&T NVG510) upstairs (which is required to send a signal to my wireless devices). I have broadband ISP cable with modem (...
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Replugging of one wired ethernet connection for three systems only working after a long wait
I'm living in a dorm house of more than 200 students and each room has one ethernet wall plug.
On my laptop I'm running Ubuntu and I also have a dual boot PC running Win 8 and Manjaro Linux.
I only ...
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Windows 8.1 hp laptop won't connect to wifi.
I recently came abroad with my family and am staying at a family members house while I'm here. Their wifi (a BT home hub router) has a password (wpa2), which I know. However, every time I try and ...
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Windows 8.1 cannot connect to one specific device on LAN
I just changed out an old Linksys WRT54GS wireless router for a TP-Link TL-WR841N wireless router. I immediately flashed the router to use DD-WRT.
Everything went seamlessly except that my Windows 8....
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Configure VPN to access remote LAN network (Asus RT-AC66U)
I want to access a remote LAN network, without using this remote Internet connection when I browse websites for example.
What I have so far is a working VPN connection (PPTP) but when I connect to it,...
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Why am I unable to access some https sites?
Scenario:
There are 2 laptops (HA and HB) running on Windows 8.1, both access the internet and are connected to the same wifi router (RA).Both laptops share the same DNS settings.
Laptop HB also ...
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Using IPv6 with Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
Everything works fine, using IPv4,
However, when I configure my router (Netgear WNR2200) to use IPv6 (Pass Through), my WiFi connection does not work. It does however work with a wired connection (...
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Cannot ping pc from openwrt router
I am trying to set up a port forwarding on a openwrt router, but met a problem (subj).
I can access some of wired connections (192.168.1.221 - linux), but cannot to other ones of them (192.168.1.141 -...
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Share VPN to Xbox One
I'm trying to connect to a PPTP VPN (which is a ping reduction service) on my Xbox One through my PC as a gateway. Here's what I have:
They gave me a .pbk file.
2 network adapters. One (Ethernet2) ...
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Limited wireless connection on Windows 8.1
I have a PPPoE connection and I wanted to set up a router.
I have followed the steps (at least I think I have) - connected the cable to router (internet blue port) then another cable from router (...
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