Dropping Off-line - Any way to test a Cable Modem or Router?

Today I was trying to setup shared internet for someone and was having lots of problems with it.
They are using AOL DSL and had their ISP's modem. They have a Linksys router (forgot what
model...WRT something) and I tried almost everything I can think of to no avail. Here is the
problem. The modem connects to the computer using USB ONLY. It has an ethernet adapter in the back
of the modem but it will not work (needs the USB either way). After playing around more for over an
hour, I came to some "conclusion" that the other machines need the modem to be connected via ...

I like to share our broadband modem and access Internet from the second computer. The 2 computers
are not connected to each other. I am considering setting up a network of these 2 computers using a
wireless access point and 2 wireless network cards. I assume the access point and the braodband
modem will be attached to one of the computers and the other computer will be able to access
Internet through the access point. Is there any other way of sharing the modem eg. using adapters/
extensions, like sharing the telephone line? ...

Everyday my cable modem keeps disconnecting me. I get disconnected at least 3 times a day. I tried
reformatting my computer to see if any viruses is causing it. After reformatting it worked but after
upgrading it to service pack 4, it happened again. Is it the computer that's causing this or the
cable modem. The cable modem is pretty new, it's only 4 months old. Can someone help me with
this?...

Hi! I'm having trouble with my new router, it's a D-link DI524, i can't keep my
conection stable, in resume, i wrote to D-Link tech support, i wrote: QUOTE Hi! I just bought
a DI-524, and i did every step of the quick guide installation... The thing is, i'm hard-wire
connected but my connection goes down.. restores... goes down.. restore... every 5 minutes!!!! What
can i do to solve this???? They answered the following: QUOTE David, if the connection
drops on all computers simultaneously, then try using the crash recovery method flash t...

I have an Apache server set up on my computer so that I can test my scripts without uploading them.
The computer connects to the Internet through a wireless router. I can access my server fine by
going to "localhost" (of course), but when I try to access it on any computer in the network by
going to my modem's IP, my router's setup page shows up. However, this problem does not
exist when I do it from a computer outside the network. I have tried forwarding Inbound port 80 to
this computer, but it still doesn't work. I want to see the server's page using ot...

I don't know if that is the right title but here goes. The computer I'm on is connected to
the internet via dial-up and has a printer connected to it. My computer has no internet connection,
but has many graphics programs and things that I would like to transfer the the internet connected
computer. I had the computers networked when I had highspeed internet and a cable modem, but
I'm not sure how to network them now that their both not on the internet. So my question is,
how do I network these two computers? (I know it's probably very simple)...

Well, I have had a linksys wireless b router for some time now, but had been having issues with not
getting a strong enough signal throughout my house. Yet what seemed odd, is that I could get
stronger signal from all of my neighbors, even those who were down the street several houses from
me. And so I decided that it was time to purchase a new wireless router. Even though, the newest
computer I have is wireless g, I went for the wireless n because of the increased range, and the
thought that it will probably be a better investment for the future. I am impressed, immed...

Hi, I have a router at home and I installed RealVNC on it. At first, my IP address (the one that
showed up when I hovered my mouse over the RealVNC icon in the system try) was different than IP
address that came up when I ran the "VNC server test page". So like the documentation said on the
RealVNC website, I setup port forwarding on my router and tried again but I still have two different
IP addresses on my computer at home. I tried both IPs but the viewer keeps giving me the same error
message every time I try to connect "unable to connect to host: Connection timed ...

My roommate and I have been looking for a way to share a network drive. I recently bought a 250GB
SATA HD for my computer because I desparately needed more space. When I go to college in August, my
rommie and I want to share that space. Is there any enclosure that will support a SATA HD and still
allow two computers to access it simultaneously. I know that this doesn't seem like a network
issue but there is the possibility that we would use an Ethernet enclosure and try to attempt some
type of NAS set up. We do not have a router and we really just want an ad hoc...

Hi, I have a similar problem to another user here, except mine deals with Windows 98 and XP. I have
a Windows 98 desktop in the living room and a Windows XP laptop in my room. They are both
connecting to the internet wirelessly without any problems. Both have an assigned IP address by the
router and their IP settings/addresses are set to automatically get one from the router. For the 98
machine, I have chosen a folder (c: drive - is that ok?) and right clicked on it and went to
Sharing...Then I gave it a name and clicked on Full Access. Entered a password and confir...

Just took a look at one of my user's computer and found a very strange problem. For some odd
reason, he must sign into AOL in order to use his internet. I would understand if this is required
if he is using AOL as his main connection, but he is using a dedicated cable service line. The same
thing is happening to his other computer (requires him to sign onto AOL first before he can
connect). After playing around with it for a while, Internet Explorer connected without
AOHell's assistance. I made sure AOL was completely signed off and tried a few more websites and...

I have now conducted a few tests on my router and am led to believe if you are in an area someone
elses router and dont have permission, you can hack the router, find out all their website history
and view current connections. If you a WEP key installed on your router, this is the problem. Remove
it and use another security method, WEP is hackable and can allow users through quite easily, i
disallowed my laptop from router, then used certain software to generate the WEP, got on then used
Internet Tracking tools. It's so simple, people can Hack your router! use WPA or...

I recently bough a new wireless router to connect my laptop to the internet. Before this I already
had two computers, one in the study and one in my bedroom. The study and bedroom computers were
connected to a Broadband Router (Alcatel SpeedTouch 530), one via usb and the other Ethernet. They
were perfectly fine, they could connect, share files and print on shared printers. Till i bought the
Wireless Router!! To achieve the best reception for Wireless I had to place the Wireless Router in
my bedroom. By the way the Wireless Router is a D-Link DI-524. The D Link was conn...

I have a 128k connection that is shared between 6 computers. one computer connects directly to the
internet and the others connect through this shared connection. Now I know that already, this is not
a good idea, because 128k split over so many will really slow it down, but until I can get a second
line there's really no way around it. And I know that the host computer will take the lion's
share of the bandwidth. My question is: How can I make sure that the remaining speed is divided
equally between the other computers? Right now one or two other computers will ...

I've heard Linksys makes the best wireless router. I searched on pricewatch and came up with
this: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...iate=pricewatch Will someone tell me if this
router is capable of what was discussed on this thread:
http://www.astahost.com/ics-question-about...ing-t10276.html This looks to me like it's one
of the better wireless routers on the market. I think it's a G series. Someone please help me
out if they know something I don't about this router, or this company that's selling it....

I've been getting into doing wired networking for my house and I've just been wondering why
Cat5 cable is so expensive? I just got a 15 cable a month or so ago and the crap took $30 out of my
pocket when just the other day I asked one of my buddies for some cat5 from the place he hangs out
and BOOM 25 feet of cat5 for F-R-E-E! I have to admit that it isn't the best looking thing in
the world but still why pay so much cash just for looks?...

How can I have my Linksys open more than one port 80? I have one Apache server running on a computer
with two NIC cards. I also have a ColdFusion development server running on port 8500 and uses a
different internal IP. Whenever I try to open port 80 for another IP, I get a "Port overlap"
message. Is there a way to wildcard requests for all IPs? Thanks! F...

So, I looked at tcniso.org but they only sell firmwares with his own made flashers. Or already
uncapped modems. Does anyone have this firmware? Or howto made this flasher. Maybe anyone have
scheme? /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0"
alt="rolleyes.gif" /> ...

Hello everybody i have 2 pc's a laptop and an xbox i am looking to get a wireless router so i
can take my laptop to the can. Anyone have any suggestions on which router is best and also range
wise how far i can go from my house and still catch my wireless signal....

I got a new LinkSys router to replace my D-Link router which flipped out after a firmware upgrade.
I'm only having a few problems: 1) My Netgear switch won't connect (I can't get into the
configuration screens to re-configure it) but I'm going to get a for sure working LinkSys
Wireless bridge 2) A weird problem in which I'll describe below: I can only access the Internet
wirelessly on my laptop. If I plug in an ethernet cable, NO INTERNET... Wireless where I am in my
house is terrible.. Right now, signal status is "Low" but if I sit on the floor by m...

My modem does not make that connections sound, but it connects to internet. What might be the
problem, why my modems speakers dont work? Notice from szupie: This
does not belong in the Tutorials section. The tutorials section are only for topics that start with
a tutorial. Read the rules carefully. Moving this to here. ...

I have 2 computers in my home network. Both of them have 100Mb D-Link NIC cards and everything is
100% checked and compatible. The thing is when you trying to transfer files or sometimes even when
you play a game, internet crashes and it takes about 5-10 seconds to renew. Can anyone tell what are
the possible reasons?...

This is kind of related to my last post on VoIP. Like I said, I'm getting cable internet in the
next month, and I'm going to have to put up some kind of network. I'm in a rather large
pinch. With running a wireless network, I will not have to run any wires, and I can use my laptop
anywhere. The only problem is, is that the walls in my house are made of cement block, so my signal
will not be the greatest. With a wired network, there will not be a significant signal loss when
going from room to room, but I have to figure out how to run the wires through the ...

On my LAN I have 2 PCs. I networked them so I can share files and printers. Also when my dad brings
home his work laptop he can plug it into the D-link, one of the few routers under $100 bucks with
VPN Capability and can access his work at DSL speeds instead of the dial up junk. By the way if you
dont know, VPN is called Virtual Private Networking. It is more secure and creates virtual tunnels
that let only you and the remote computer get in and makes sure no backdoor trojans are on ur pc
that could access the work PC. Setting it up is easy. Plug your DSL in the WAN. Th...

I am behind a router and I'm trying to execute nbtstat on another computer on my LAN, that is
possible, right? Would I use the LAN IP adress for that? Also can I do nbtstat on a computer
outside of my LAN (Since it is done from an IP adress unique only to my LAN)?...

OK! Which is faster? DSL or CABLE? Seriously.. I can't tell /blink.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Some people say cable
is faster, but other people say that now dsl matches the speed of cable or it's better or
something /ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> So..
I'm kind of confused... I have DSL and it's pretty fast, while my friend has CABLE...
which.. her's is a bit slow.. (maybe its her computer??) Anyway, someone help me out
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I have a cheap Q-tech home broadband router, ive noticed the following stranghe events in the system
logs of the router. CODE 2005/01/31 18:20:08 : **Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 17:00:03 :
**Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 15:39:58 : **Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 14:59:54 :
**Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 14:39:49 : **Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 14:29:45 :
**Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 14:24:42 : **Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 13:11:01 :
**Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/01/31 12:30:57 : **Smurt** from 192.168.1.2 2005/...

Ummm, anyone here knows how I can share my internet connection through a dial-up connection? 1st
Computer: Windows XP DSL Connection(Router) 56K Modem + Phone 2nd Computer: Windows XP No internet
Connection 56K Modem + Phone Anyone knows how I can share the internet connection I have in the 1st
computer to the 2nd computer by dialing up? I have tried setting up a config for incoming
connections but internet connection sharing doesn't seem to work(that was, on my first DSL USB
Modem)... I'm using a router now, is it possible? How?...