network

Just purchased a new Ethernet adapter. I have two network settings: one is the EXT (extender) of the router. When I plug in the adapter it defaults to the EXT, even when I disable it. I need to use it on the "primary" network. I am using Windows 10, Dell Laptop PC. Thanks.

Currently my smb is wide open to the internet, I can simply key in my server up address on file browser and I can access these files ; without VPN connection. How can I close the smb to the internet and only users whom are connected to the server using VPN and LAN can access these files? How do...

We have two pc's, windows 10. The printer is a HP DeskJet 3639. Neither of them can work wirelessly. Yesterday I did something to the settings so now we have lost the wireless connection (they were working ok but we did some experiment with the router and modem because of a TV issue, we did...

Hi first things first: nothing irrelevant like changing your ISP (not possible), constant phone line services (they don't care) or anything of the sort we simply have a very bad internet (that has surprisingly good down bandwidth 8Mbit) we can only tinker with hoping windows will be more...

Hello everyone! I have a problem with network that make no sense to me 8 PCs on network, all with windows 10 Pro. What did a do on all PCs? 1º) Same workgroup and named 2º) Network conection set to DHCP, IP v6 disabled, and Netbios active 3º) services set to auto and running: -DNS Client -...

I have access only to the Linux machine, and I need to check if windows updates are not blocked on the network, is there any sets of IPs/Domains that I could ping or any other way to verify it?

Hi, Perhaps a unusual & rare requirement but hope it might be possible. I have two Network adapter settings, Ethernet & Wifi I need to access a Windows 10 PC via remote desktop, I use google, so I need the ethernet LAN connection ALWAYS On & uses 192.168.2. subnet. Next to this PC is a Modem...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22598 to the Dev and Beta Channels. TL;DR We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be Link Removed. Like last week, this build includes only a handful of changes and improvements but includes a good set of...

Hello, When I click on the internet icon on the taskbar, I see about a dozen names of other people or companies. The box next to the names is checked off and it states "connected automatically". I am concerned about this. Should I? I unchecked the all the boxes but then all the boxes...

Hello, I have a small peer2peer network and I use 1 PC where I store my documents. Everything is networking well except attaching files for my mail on one computer. Lets call the one I use for storage, PC1. On PC2, when I try to attach a doc from PC1, PC1 doesn't show up. I can see PC3 and PC4...

I have been using Win 11 for quite a while now and have had few problems with it. I have one nagging bit however. When I put in BinisoftWindows Firewall Control 6.8.1.0, I lose my network connectivity. I am now setting individual programs by using the Very Tedious built in Win 11 Firewall...

Hi all, It seems that I am ARP spoofed. Recently I have installed the XARP application which is able to detect only ARP poisoning; thanks to it I had the proof that I am victim of such attacks. It seems that my Linux system is not affected by this fraudolent practice while my Windows firewall...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22563 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR This build is available for ARM64 PCs. As a reminder, not every build we release will have as many new features as last week’s build. However, this build includes a few new features...

Assume I have a Windows 7 system. The Firewall is completely disabled or corrupt. So when another computer in (Private Workgroup) LAN tries to connect to this Windows 7 system what should happen? Is the default (e.g. for File Sharing) ALLOW ALL or BLOCK ALL File Sharing requests from other...

Really, I do! I only just upgraded to Windows 21H2 (from (21H1) less than two weeks ago. Over the years, Microsoft's OS iterations have been becoming progressively worse. I know many people complained about W8.1; I have no idea why. I continue to use the professional version on my original...

On a computer with Windows 7 I started the built-in Firewall dialog. Much to my surprise the Firewall does NOT show the full, usual firewall setup dialog but only a part of it. It looks like as the left dialog in the attached snapshot. If I click on the button "Use recommended settings"...

I have a genuine copy of windows, but I got this error message: We can't activate Windows on this device as we can't connect to your organization's activation server. Make...

Hello there, I added some domain name to be blocked in my network and I used the following command to do that: Add-DnsServerQueryResolutionPolicy -Name "BlockListPolicy" -Action IGNORE -FQDN "EQ,*.somedomain.com" -PassThru After I have done that in powershell that domain is filtered out not to...

When I try to go to some web pages I get the following: This site can’t be reached Check if there is a typo in (the URL I am trying for). If spelling is correct, Link Removed. There is no typo, and Windows Network Diagnostics says there is no problem. I can hit Reload and usually the site will...

Just updated from Windows 10. WiFi works from home but I am unable to connect to a public wifi or personal hotspot. I have tried every troubleshooting guide i can find but the issue persists. In the network & settings section I have the following error: No Internet access: your device can only...