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I'm working on networking our home. WAN to Cable Modem to Router to Unmanaged Switch in the Utility room (roughly the center of an ell-shape) (and WIFI APs on the west end and north end) to wired drops in selected rooms. So now I see mention of a local "Cloud" storage for a home. Say what? I've...

Running Windows 8.1 that is current with Windows Update fixes. Running fast Dell desktop PC. My TW internet speed tests are done with my web browsers from ...... I'm having some phone problems and also sporadic reductions to my wireless and Ethernet speeds since updating with Time Warner to...

Hi! I have a laptop with win8 (64bit) inside it. The problem is: 1) Network discovery keeps turning itself on 2) File and print sharing keeps turning itself on 3) After the network discovery is turned on, there are odd new networks on the list. 1-2) Everytime I open the computer (or reboot...

UPDATE! RESOLVED BY UNINSTALLING "Update for MS Windows KB2732500" Hardware setup: Dell Studio 1558 laptop, Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64-bit O/S, Intel Core i3 Linksys E1200 wireless router Comcast cable modem (by Motorola) After functioning on my home WLAN for over a year...

Hi, I have been experiencing some networking troubles since 4 or 5 months ago and I still couldn’t find any solutions because: I’m not able to reproduce it; I can’t identify its cause; I haven’t been able to determine the key words to filter my searching for solutions. So, I’ll try to describe...

Every since I got my new Xfinity cable modem installed I could not get it to work well with my Linskey router. The internet has been going on and off due to failure to look up the DNS server. I looked into this previous post and did everything it said:Link Removed For a moment, I thought it...

We have Mac's and PCs at my house. The wireless connection is through Airport and has been working perfectly well for many years, probably 10 or more. The WEP key is 20 letters and numbers long and when my children come with their Droids and iPhones, they always complain about the length so I...

Connecting to Comcast cable modem finally fixed! I am trying to help a lady with Win 7 Home Prem 64 bit on a nice DX4822 Gateway. She had internet connectivity for almost a year, then it faded and stopped. I can connect to the cable modem with no cable connected (not provisioned) and see the...

Recently I have tried using a NetGear WN311b wireless PCI adapter, with Windows 7-64 bit firmware and drivers, for my desktop to connect to my cable modem. My laptops are able to stay connected fairly regularly, but my desktop has been experiencing random disconnects. I had thought it was the...

New computer - Dell Inspiron 15R laptop. Windows-7 home premium 64-bit. Trying to access internet. 7 gives connection option of Broadband where ISP requires ID and Password. However, my ISP does not require this info to log on....its just "plug-n-play" I have run every test and diagnostic...

Hi :), I'm having a real hard time networking two Windows 7 computers properly. I have the main computer running Win 7 Ultimate 64bit and the second one is Win 7 home premium 64bit. I have two nic cards in the main computer. One hooked up to a cable modem and one hooked up to a router. The...

Hello Everyone - I recently created a homegroup with my new MAC laptop, and now I am getting the "Unidentifiable Network" error every day multiple times a day. It is driving me NUTS. I keep having to disconnect my router / cable modem to remove that message and have internet access. My...

Ok. My main pc (xp) conects to the net via a cat7 to the cable modem. Lappy (win 7) conects to the cable modem via wireless that part is fine and all works well the problem i was able to share files on xp box, so i could mod and view them on lappy. lappy was, as needed the printer box. all...

Hello all. Currently I am trying to fix the problem related in this topic : Link Removed I think I have found out the problem and that can be the mis-configuration and I dont know which type is the best and the most appropriate. Since my modem is a cable modem and cant be configured, I must...

Hi, I have encountered an unusual problem. While I am always able to connect to the internet wirelessly, I have issues when connecting to the internet when wired directly to my cable modem. The computer reports back Unidentified Public Network--no internet What is odd, it that I can make a...

Hi. I have hudge problem whit my HP Notebook and win 7. I wanto connect thru a cable modem but the main problem is in that i dont have a LAN conection icon i olnly have wierless icon but the other icon to connect whit cable i just dont have. How can i fix this problem. Ty

Hello all, We just purchased a brand-new Gateway desktop PC with Windows 7 installed. We have a preexisting wireless network, Cable modem linking to Linksys WRT160N router, which has two laptop PCs using it for internet, both running Vista, working perfectly. The new computer can see the...

I have an Acer Aspire M5800-U5801A desktop purchased in late 2009. Onboard Intel® 82567 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Originally came with Vista and upgraded to Win7 through Acer's free upgrade program. All features of the system were operating without noticeable issues until recently. I put the...

I have a two computer home network. The issue I am having is that the internet keeps dropping out about every 20-30 minutes or so. It only cuts out for 10-20 seconds, and doesn't require a restart of the modem or router. Its annoying though because it will time out whatever page I'm viewing...

just built new pc running w7 64bit. laptop runs with w7 using wireless router, desktop will not get a wired connection. I have pluged it in directly to the cable modem and to the router.