wifi

Assume I am sitting in a hotel and want to connect from my local Win10 notebook to a remote web server. The connection should not be "normal" IPv4 but IPv6. The remote web server speaks IPv6. Some questions: 1.) Is Win10 out-of-the box able to use IPv6 or do I have to activate it at first...

Hello all. New here and was wondering if I could get some help or opinions. I'm your average user, understand a bit but not an expert. The issue- Three week old Asus laptop (X509UA) running Win 10, everything going fine but turned on yesterday and no access to wifi/internet at all. No option...

The Wifi network here consists of a Router and a Repeater for it. Assume I am sitting with my notebook in the about mid between them. How can I find out if the computer is currently connected to Router or to Repeater? ...without physically touching the devices (e.g. disabling the repeater)? Peter

We have been using a VPN for quite some time. Unfortunately, it reduces our speed to far below streaming service requirements. We periodically see offers on Indiegogo for devices that supposedly provide security in themselves. The attached screenshot shows two examples. Is this type of thing a...

Help me with a Router Network question....I am confused - For online course Link Removed So I am taking an Intro to Network class thru an online college. I have a course project that I modify each week....its a wiring diagram. As per the course instruction, the diagram looks like this...

As far as I know there is a way to connect from Win10 system directly to an Android SmartPhone through Wifi. The Android system should be mounted (=visible) afterwards as drive in Win10 File Explorer. How can I achieve this? Peter

So I am enrolled in an Intro to Networks course online, I was hoping someone could assist me with a hang-up I am having....So for class purposes we are just beginning to design a logical network diagram and are at the point of establishing IP addresses. The assignment looks like this...

Assume I am sitting in front of an unknown/new computer which has a Wifi-chip on his motherboard. How can I find out (from within Windows 7; not from manual) from which manufacturer this Wifi chip is (e.g.Intel)? Is there a built-in info or do I need a 3rd party diagnostic tool? Peter

When I click on "Internet Access" Icon on the taskbar, I see a list of user names that I do not know. Does this mean these users are getting a free ride on my wifi? Also I find my laptop wakes up from sleep on its own and I wonder if its related to this issue?

My computer needed more than 3 hours to install the last update today (August 20th, 2019) while I needed to finish an urgent work. Can you please inform customers about the time an update should take ?! ("Between 2 and 3 hours" for example). Because I am really furious! My computer is normal: 8...

Hi, I have a Lenovo ideapad 510 laptop running windows 10 64 bit which is fully up to date, my wifi adapter is an Intel dual band wireless ac 3165. For a few months now my laptop will not auto connect the wifi when i reboot, it always used to though, I’m not sure if its a windows issue or a...

Máy tính của tôi đang chạy Windows 10, nhưng tôi thường bị mất wifi, tôi không biết mình đã cài đặt phiên bản Windows 10 chưa. Có ai rơi vào trường hợp này? Xin hãy khắc phục.

I reset my internet because it was too slow and after I did that my phone and PC didn’t have connection. The wifi showed up, but there was the yellow exclamation mark and it said “no internet secured.” I tried properties and restarting my devices and the internet but nothing worked. Please help...

There are some guides available on how to NTP timesync a Windows system immediately after bootup. Read: on how to connect to Internet NTP-Time servers and synchronize local computer time with timezone time. But what if no internet connection is available at this (boot) time yet? So what I need...

Assume I have got an unknown computer/notebook with installed Windows. The hardware has a WiFi Adapter. How can I find out the maximum possible WiFi protocol 802.11......? To clarify: I don't want to get the WiFi protocol with which the computer is currently connected (to Router (which can...

So I have 2 connections, Home 5 and a wifi extender in my office. The computer is not wifi and dosent hook up to the wifi extender box. It's still coming up as wifi extender on my ethernet not wifi. I would like it to be home 5 on the ethernet.

Ok, so here is my first issue. I live in a remote area for the moment. I used my sisters username and pass for xfinity to login to a router by me. Issue, i accedently set it as public, not private and no it doesnt work. It says unidentified network. Under properties of the card, it shows no ip...

Hi, I've recently found an issue where some open networks are not being discovered by my laptop but can be seen by my phone. I suspect on the laptop they are being shown as "Hidden Network" as this appears on the laptop but not the phone I first discovered this issue when trying to use at a...

I'm a professional Windows user and technician, but I hate Win8 & 10, so I've never had either on my own devices to get familiar with...until Dec. 2018. I have a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 Home x64. I have disabled all telemetry user settings, added the "AllowTelemetry" registry entry...

I just set up the Your Phone app, and it's working so far. However, when I disconnect my phone from WiFi, it says the app lost connection to my phone. I have been using the Android Messages previously, which works on mobile data. I don't always have reliable WiFi available, so I'd like to use...