network configuration

I tried to copy a movie from one IDENTICAL Win7 laptop to another via the network. Everything connected great, but once I began to copy the files and saw the transfer speed my jaw dropped. I maxed out at 2.5mbs and it dropped down to 1.5mbs. No difference having it plugged into the network or...

This question or a similar one has ben asked on here and other places but no one seems to have any idea. So this will probably go unsolved like many other windows 7 issues but here goes. I'm happy to award 8 internets to anyone who has any ideas about resolving this issue. Have a windows 7 pro...

I have Windows 7 64bit, a Belkin router, and a Wifi usb card. I have a Windows Xp computer networked and shared on the router. I get my internet from the Wifi usb card. I would like to use the internet off the wifi card, but also still connect to my network and get files from the XP...

Hi, I really cannot understand this and could do with some help. Connectivity between SBS 2003 Server and Windows 7 Workstation is a problem, works and then does notw work. At a basic level ICMP a ping between does not work, request timed out. If I ping another Machine on Network form...

I am running Windows 7 Professional on a desktop computer and Windows 7 Home Premium on a laptop. They both can successfully connect to the internet without a problem. The laptop connects through wireless and the desktop connects through a wired connection. These two computers, however, cannot...

I realize there are a number of XP/7 networking threads. I'm not seeing in any of them the specific situation I have so I'm starting antoher. This is an existing wireless network, with three XP machines and one Vista machine. All connect and share just fine. I'm adding one Win7 machine...

http://arstechnica.com/paedia/w/wireless-security-howto/home-802.11b-1.html 802.11b networks are proliferating like mad. Even though faster wireless networks are now available, 802.11b offers users what they want at a reasonably low price. While the high throughput of other technologies is...

I'm trying to copy DVD's and other large files from one win7 pc where I process and them over to my vista based mediacentre box. I have a Win7 box (source) and a Vista SP2 box (dest). I also have a QNAP TS-209 NAS box on the same network (which is gigabit). Source has a Realtelk PCIe GBE...

I have spent the last two hours trying to open a port for a remote control application. I have tomato 1.27 running on an asus wl500gP router. I am running windows 7 ultimate i have an Arris voip modem through comcast The problem is this, i forwarded the port correctly in tomato yet the port...

hi i have a windows 7 professional machiene and also a windows xp sp3 machiene professional. i have created a work grould called "WORKGROUP" and all computers are in the same workgroup. and named each computer as the following windows 7 pc name "WINDOWS-7-PC" and the laptop as "XP-Toshiba-Lap" i...

Hi there. I think the title says it all, but here goes. I'm trying to setup a vpn connection between my pc and a friend's pc (to play lan-games). So, i've setup my part as incoming connection on windows 7, and opened port 1723 on the router for my pc. He setup his part. He can connect. It...

I've got two Windows 7 Pro machines that I'm trying to connect using a HomeGroup (partly just to see if it's useful, since I'm already pretty comfortable with normal windows network sharing), but this new, "easy" sharing system simply isn't working. Nor is it giving me any useful error message...

I have a homegroup set up for Computer1. Computer2 is on domain so it can only connection to Computer1's homegroup and not create it's own. That is fine Computer2 is able to join the homegroup and see the shared files. It can't however see the files in Computer1's libraries that are located...

Well i posted both here and smartlaunch forums to see if i can get any help. Okay am upgrading my Pc's in my NetCafe and willing to use windows 7 home premuim installed. (october version) After everything was installed correctly with Windows7 i have launched the program SmartLaunch for the...

Tried and Tired Connecting 2-3 XP Pro PCs and 1 Windows 7 PC Ultimate to a "Linksys EFAH05W 5 Port Hub". My Neighbor and I share a wireless routher "DLink WBR-2310" I have set-up the Windows 7 PC as my main "Host" Computer, it has two network adapters 1. "Intel Pro 10/100 VE Network...

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I am looking for some help. I am currently living in a college dorm with a desktop and laptop. My desktop is connected to the wall and the laptop is getting it's connection from a wireless router located in the next room. When I create a homegroup on the...

It looks like I'm almost there but I'm missing some setting. The computers can see each other, but I can't actually access one from the other. when I try to access the vista computer from the 7 computer, I click on it and it just goes to a blank page. With Vista I can access the d drive on the 7...

hi, I am living in turkey and Link Removed - Invalid URL webpage is not allowed to access from here. So i made some proxy settings in windows xp and I am able to access this webpage. But when I do proxy setting on windows 7 with same way , it is not working. I tried to do proxy settings on...

Looking to edit hosts file to block some annoying ad-senders sites but there is no HOSTS file in ordinary location (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Also not in mentioned C:\Windows\SysWOW64. I find same HOSTS file in...

I recently switched a netbook computer on our LAN from XP (on which all machines had been) to Win 7rc (x86). No other settings or configurations on the network have changed, but the netbook suddenly can't fully connect to the Synology network drive. All the other computers on the network still...