home network

I recently got a new laptop, and it runs on windows 8.1. So far almost everything has been fine except for one issue: that I can not connect to a certain home network. At my home I have two available WiFi points, and one I can connect to no problem, just as normal, but my main one does not...

I've been having internet problems so my ISP sent over a new router for me to set up. My set up is that I have one computer in my bedroom and one computer in my living room, connected to my TV. I like to share files between them and I used to be able to just go to "Network" and have my two PCs...

Hey guys, currently I am increasingly interested in networking. So my question is: How does the windows function of sharing network data exactly work? My take on this is that your PC (host) somehow turns into a file server in the network as well, which other people may access w/ or without a...

My router is three years old.Recently it provides weak signal,I had to sit around router for connection. How can I boost it without replacing with a new one? My friend recommend a software: My WIFI Router, did you use this software?

Today my partner unplugged a number of network cables, not realising their importance. Now for about three hours my Windows 7 desktop will not find one of the computers on my home network (a networked file store). Two windows XP systems on the network successfully find this machine and can...

Network overview shows the unit I do not want to recognize. When I look in Explorer "Network" I've got a new called "ONAL" and I do not know where came from. As shown in the image I get an empty list when I choose "Open in New Window" and an error if I try to "Connect to Remote Desktop" How...

I am running W8.1 Update 1 Professional - I would like to switch between my home workgroup and my work workgroup. home - workgroup (homenetwork) - using TCP/IP - auto work - workgroup (worknetwork) - using TCP/IP assigned settings Is there a way to do this without changing the workgroup name...

How can I create a home wifi with WEP encryption? Do I need to buy new one?My router is too old to provide good service.Do you have any ideas of good router? My friend recomment this software to me" My WIFI Router ". How do you think about this software?

My three PC's are all in homegroup, but when i do "msg * text" the message only goes to the PC thats sends .. for example .. if from my laptop i do that cmd .. the msg only returns to me .. why my other PC's dont get the message? - they are on the same network and in homegroup whats up?

sir i use my laptop at my home and at my office too and at both places there are different ISP so all the time i had to change the IP of my lappy when i am at home or when i am at office because of different ISP sir is there a way so that i can auto connect without changing the IP is there a...

On only this Win 7 Ultimate, 64bit machine I cannot save a webpage in any of the three options - webpage complete, Web Archive (Mht), or Web page HTML only. The saves work fine when saving to my C: drive but I save all my personal data on an NAS. When saving to the NAS from this particular...

Hi guys, really need your help. Win7 64-bit So a week ago I needed to have access to a printer/scanner (Brother) in my home. I installed the software/drivers and unplugged the ethernet cable from one of the modem ports into a Linksys router. Everything was just fine except anything over the...

With the end of XP coming shortly is there a simple way to make XP connect with a home network but not have internet access? I meant like transfering files back and forth to use old software on XP that won't install on newer Windows. I think other people might be interested in this soon. I...

I had created a home wifi with my wifi router software,signal is very strong. I don't want my neighbor or others to hack into my wifi,how?Do you have any good tips?

Here is the situation, I have a peer-to-peer home network working great and I found an two year old desktop that I thought was long gone, evidently wasn't. It wasn't working right two years ago, however now I have learned enough about PC repair that I can fix it. One issue remains, once I fix...

Hi, I'm looking into getting something to help boost Wifi coverage around the house. My friend recommend this software: My WIFI Router( mywifirouter.me/features/), it said it can extend the range of your home or office Wi-Fi with just a few clicks. How do you think about such Wifi Range...

I want to get an entry level network attached storage at around $300 only (diskless 2-bay systems). Any thoughts between the 2 brands? As of the moment I am only using the 2-USB 3.0 ports on my ASUS RT-N65U dual band router to share 2 hard drives on my home network. I just I wanna go 1 level...

Hi there, I am experiencing some issues with my wireless for the past week I still haven’t found a solution for the problem, at first I thought that could have catch some type of adware because I got some window pop up on my browser and since then I have been having issues with my wireless on...

Hi all. I am not originally a windows user, mainly use fedora 20 but on 2 of my laptops there are windows 8 and windows 7 installed. Originally I wanted to have access via ssh to them from my fedora machine. But keep getting disconnected than I tried connecting one windows 7 machine to one...

Hi I posted about my friends computer that kept blue screening. I finally got that fixed and the computer is running good, but he keeps picking up malware. Today while I was talking on the phone he had the Java Update thing pop up 4 times. Every time he runs Malwarebytes he finds PUPs and...