connectivity

My WiFi NIC will always use 127.0.0.1 when its TCP/IP settings are on DHCP. If I change to static no issue but as you can imagine this creates some unwanted issues every time I connect with my laptop to a new WiFI network (as the address range is different) InterfaceAlias...

A newly purchased laptop running Windows 11 is having slow WIFI speed on WIFI 6 when connected to a particular Router. It works normally when running on another WIFI connection. The WIFI supports other devices at much faster speeds.

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Hi, there! I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop Toshiba Satellite L 500. I hadn't been turning it for a while. Yesterday when I turned it on, I couldn't connect to my wi-fi network. During my multiple attempts to connect to the network, the following message appeared "Can't connect to this network"...

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I have a puzzle rather than a problem for you this time.. A couple of mornings ago my wife's two-year-old Dell desktop computer did something very weird I'm curious what you think might have caused it. When you type this ----- you would get this. These would happen consistently on any...

I have had a particular Arduino Nano working in my PC for about 13 months. Now it doesn't. When I connect, or unplug it, I hear the Windows "device connected/disconnected" sound. However, it does not show up in Device Manager's Com Ports list. (It used to be Com19) Any ideas how to get it back?

Hi Guys It seems that when I use online conference applications like Zoom and Teams my audio device is not working properly. But until last week it worked very well. Frequently the other party cannot hear what I say clearly and sometimes they can’t hear me at all. But when I use those...

I have four Windows 11 systems (all upgraded from Windows 10 originally), all using the same credentials (my MS account), and all connected to my home LAN. Each has a folder set up for sharing to all other systems and after the upgrade to Windows 11 all have continued to successfully access the...

Hello, I have a USB 3.2 Gen2 HUB and have a question. Some time when I push in a USB 3.2 Gen2 stick (flash drive) into the HUB I will be on USB 2 and sometimes USB 3. Why? I have used USBTreeView program and I can see sometimes on USB 2 or USB 3 on the same hub same flash drive stick I...

When i load windows , i cant stay on the internet for long . The web pages show it shows connection secured but i can't stay on too long , it is a new sata cable . Thank you .

Ever since I got my new 5G router from Comcast, it disconnects a lot, several times a day. It always quits working at night, but sometimes during the day as well. I spent several weeks trying to find a fix and was about to complain to Comcast. I was making one last try to find a solution and...

Hello, My wifi symbol dissapears or in wifi option airplane mode apperas and wifi not working in windows 11, this happens when starting up or unplugging my ethernet cable. So I can't connect to wifi anymore a restart doesn't work but turning the computer off and rebooting it, then wifi reapears...

Hi, is it possible to make a startup script (win 7-10) doing the following: 0. Script starts with the OS. 1. Detects connected to PC displays (I use a TV display, hdmi). 2. Opens a web browser on TV (f.ex. display 1) FULL screen mode. 3. The browser starts with a particular user profile (f.ex...

While my PC has sufficient internet connectivity speed to allow for seamless viewing of videos, podcasts hardly run at all. The audio just plays for a moment and then stalls. This is also causing the loading of the Steam game app to fail because it tries to automatically update immediately...

Hello,I'm new to this Forum, and hope to be aided to solve a problem I'm unable to solve by myself. My aim is to be able to access drives of Desktop from Laptop, and viceversa. Here is the situation: I have a Desktop and a Laptop connected to the same LAN Ping from Laptop to Desktop works Ping...

i have been having this problem for months. using some sites the network stalls. like on youtube. if i connect to a VPN the problem stops. my wife's computer on the same network and router "both wired btw not wifi." has no problem. if i do a speed test it runs at full speed and other websites...

Hi There, I am facing slowness while pinging loop back IP address for windows servers ( OS 2016 and 2019) . Ideally it should be <2ms . But for multiple servers it shows <7ms . For testing purpose, I have disjoined server from domain and it looks normal. As soon as added back into domain...

I have a home network with the following devices : WIN 10 PC WIN 11 PC NAS I see only 1 or 2 of the devices at any time and on an intermittent basis. For example the WIN 11 PC sees only the WIN 10 PC. The WIN 10 PC today sees all devices including itself although yesterday it only saw itself...

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