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I'm paying for 60mbps through WOW. I have 2 laptops and when hard wired I get 70mbps on each one. I'm using an 18 month old Netgear R6100 router that is 15-20 feet from my PC. - Laptop 1 is running Windows 10 and gets roughly 25-30mbps via wi-fi - Laptop 2 is running Windows 8 and gets roughly...

My browser speed is at a crawl, online tests put it at 0.6 mbps. However when I check the connection status it says 56 mbps. This happens in any browser. I've reset Windows and still no improvement. There are no non native programs installed or even any personal files. Just a fresh install...

Assume I connect from my Win7 computer to the router which in turn is connected to the Internet provider servers. Now the inhouse LAN assigns the IP4s depending of the local DHCP-server. Ok. But I am NOT interested in these IP4s but on the public IP4 address which is assigned to the router...

Hello everyone, Whenever I connect my windows 10 laptop to WiFi, it keeps changing its mac address for different WiFi Router. I want to fix to a single MAC address. Is it possible? Please help. Thanks

Having been encouraged to upgrade to Fall Creators Update I experienced problems with windows freezing. Eventually, I decided to cut my losses and return to the old version of W10. Now I find I need a password to access Windows. I've tried several and believe one of them is correct but it tells...

I am facing issues with windows firewall, I'm unable to connect to the wifi and it won't even show the available networks. When it connects to my router, it is very slow, it works fine when firewall is disabled. So when every I need to connect to the internet I need to disable firewall every...

Hello , my Netgear Nighhawk Router .NETGEAR Nighthawk AC2300 Smart Wi-Fi Router - I think that's the model , I phoned my network provider up trying to make my NETGEAR Nighthawk AC2300 Smart Wi-Fi Router - wireless . downloaded Netgear Genie and she thinks it may already be wireless as do I ...

I'm running a home domain network with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, a couple of other servers, three desktops and three laptops and a tablet running Win 10 Pro, and some android tablets and smartphones with an ASUS RT-87R router with attached USB hard drive. I just recently realized that...

Hi! I'm trying to get a way to display/detect both my external IP addresses. I'm connected to the net via cable and via wif. The wifi is thought as a backup, but it's always connected. The interface metric is 10 for the cable and 100 for the wifi, so the system selected the cable first. Now...

Hi there Windowsforum It's getting a monthly habit to come here to ask for help now, Lately I have been having problems with my DNS. where it disconnects me from the router. I run with netcable on my desktop PC, since our provider has abit unstable wi-fi connection, and its been lately I've...

I am getting an error stating "Windows can't communicate with the device or resource (primary DNS server)". I have an internet streaming service for my TV and for my security system (SimpliSafe), both of which were functioning just fine. Only my laptop was having the problem. I've tried...

USB 3.0 HUB 3 Port with RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 1000Mbps Link Removed Will above (or similar) allow me to plug a USB3 Thumb drive into one of the sockets, and readily/easily allow connected PCs to share files via the Thumb drive ? The descriptions (on eBay) don't clarify to me - -...

I picked up 9 trojans at once with Win 10 defender and stock firewall at youtube while trying to read about a clean install of Win 10. I have windows defender and firewall with mbam and a router. Is there a more secure solution for a mid level user like me or was I just unlucky when I took that...

Where I work we have several laptops all running Windows 7 or 10. One of the laptops running Windows 10 can't see the wireless network Lighthouse. It doesn't even show up in the network settings as if it didn't exist. All other laptops see the Lighthouse network and connect normally. This laptop...

Windows 10 64 bit; NetGear N300 WiFi Router, Firefox 54.0.1 On my desktop computer, the network keeps disconnecting from the internet during periods when my browser is closed. I've had no troubles until a few weeks ago when the problem suddenly appeared. While connected to the internet, the...

We're running under Win10. A pair of Netgear Powerline 1000 devices (to connect a computer to a router using household current) became available when a grandson switched to a direct ethernet cable. Questions: Daughter has been connecting wireless to the router from the kitchen PC since day...

Relevant network units: Two PCs (W10) and one NAS (WD MyCloud). All units belong to the same workgroup. Both PCs are wirelessly connected. NAS cable connection to router. Network classified as private in PCs (with Norton). Resources on the NAS can be accessed from both PCs, ie the network adress...

How can i make port forwarding? I cannot make it.

I took it out of the box this morning -- Lenovo Desktop 510S with Win10. My first new PC since Win7! I have received 3 different messages while trying to connect to my home network: First, I got this message: IRQL_UNEXPECTED_VALUE. I rebooted and this time I got the message WINDOWS 10...

Hello I hope there are some Comcast users here. I went to check my settings in their gateway router and found my password opened and my key exposed. I was told it might have been a firmware upgrade. I don't think that is so. I have temporarily beefed up the password to enter the setup for now...