Computer Networking - December 2006

Ok, so i have my Internet and phone through the same Cable company, (Millennium Digital Media) so i have a Cable Modem, and a white "MTA" box(which is for the phone), i wanted to buy a router to connect My Xbox live, and my computers internet so i can be on both at the same time, so, an ethernet cable comes from my modem to the MTA box, then another cord from my MTA box to the Computer, so whenever i want to play xbox live, i have to unplug the cord that goes to the computer, and plug in the cable that connects my to my xbox. so if i buy a Regular router (NOT wireless) and i plug the router into the port where i plug my Xbox, and my Computer into, and i plug the cable that comes from the computer into the router, and my xbox into the router, will both them work? Do i have this right? it may sound confusin but im sure someone can answer this.

This is the modem i want:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5151063

2006-12-29 16:12:27 · 3 answers · asked by skatebaker416 1

Sometimes I can get my neighbors WIFI and sometimes I cant. Are their tricks or anything I can buy to pick up my neighbors WIFI farther away with a better connection?.....

2006-12-29 15:01:42 · 2 answers · asked by BillG 1

Okay I'm going to try explain this best I can. My parents have ADSL internet on their computer with a DSL modem. I have a laptop with an Agere Systems AC'97 Modem. I've plugged the internet cord into my laptop and set up the connection etc, but it won't connect. Is it because my modem is (possibly, I'm not sure) not a DSL one? And is it at all possible to connect to the internet on my laptop this way? Already tried wireless but we'd need to buy a new modem for my parents computer, so seeing if this will work. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 3004LMI and my parents computer a Parkard Bell if that helps at all. Thanks heaps!

2006-12-29 14:56:16 · 1 answers · asked by x5inny 1

One of the networks shows up on my laptop as CSBWAP and it has wep protection on it. I never thought anything of it until i changed my wireless channel to 1 today and when i went to search networks it changed to 1 with me. I looked it up and CSB WAP on yahoo and it is supposedly a mac airport or some kind of public acces point or something. What is it? Why did it change with me?
Its wireless G and its MAC ADR. is 00:16:B6:D1:48:18
i am detecting it now in my home and there is no buildings besides houses within at least half a mile.

2006-12-29 13:50:11 · 1 answers · asked by Rusty Caldwell 2

Hello
I have three computer connected via a D-link wired router for home network. I have high speed Cable internet and have a have cable model which is connecter with router.
I am trying to find out my IP addresses but when I click www.whatismyip.com, all of computer shows the same IP address (starts with 65.xx.xx.xxx.

I was expecting both computer should have different IP instead both shows same IP.

Is there anybody who knows about it.
Thank you

2006-12-29 13:12:26 · 7 answers · asked by shamilsha 1

the performance degrades, then stops totally. Then, I start getting "the page cannot be displayed" errors. The modem-activity icon slows down, then stops altogether. I have to reboot to get it to work again, every 15-30 minutes. I thought of reformatting but not sure that's any help... modem diagnostics say it's working ok. any ideas?

2006-12-29 12:52:45 · 4 answers · asked by gwlandis2 3

my uncle asked the question and i wasn't sure, and i'm also interested in the whole interent connection sharing thing, with like the neighborhood or if it shares like that... btw.. what is bandwith exacly?

2006-12-29 12:52:23 · 4 answers · asked by freedkid 2

Hi, I currently have a Wireless-G Router (Model CWR-854). In addition, I have the Free ZoneAlarm firewall.

Here are my problems:

It won't allow access to internet banking sites completely. Accesses main pages, but times out when trying to log in.

BitTorrent won't work properly. “Checking for firewall...” just keeps going

Google Videos and YouTube slower.

General downloads slower. (Direct connect = fast!)

Further info:
The ZoneAlarm firewall works fine and everything worked perfect until I put the router between. It works, but there are a few problems. I do not use it as a wireless router - just ethernet cables. First thing I did was change pwd, enable the firewall on the router, set it as a gateway, disable wireless. Then everything works fine except for these problems.

I've read something about having the most restrictive rules first - is this something I need to worry about?

I'm just uncertain what to do with this - it's getting annoying :(

2006-12-29 12:36:08 · 4 answers · asked by boxer_short_man 2

I have not been able to connect to the internet for many hours now. It was working last night. My computer says that there is no network adapter on it. All of my cables are connected properly, I am using a Windows XP computer with no wireless just a cable modem. I tried having the computer search for hardware but it says there is nothing new. I went to the device manager but there is no network adapter. Not sure what is going on

2006-12-29 12:28:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, I just bought a router and have set up a network.
Everything worked fine until I tried to secure the network. I'm really new at this and have been following the instructions but it wasn't really helpful. I have the D-Link 524

-Security is under WEP
-I would like to undo all the security but I can't connect to http://192.168.0.1/ to change anything back to normal. The network is there but I cannot connect to it and the password is correct.
What should I do?
Any help would be greatly apreciated! THANKS!! :)have a good day

2006-12-29 12:23:45 · 8 answers · asked by girl 2

I can get ADSL2+ broadband speed up to 24000kbps. I want a router that can handle that but it says speeds up to 300 mbps. I know megabytes are bigger than kilobytes but what is the difference in bytes?

2006-12-29 12:09:53 · 8 answers · asked by maza 1

myold latop is hooked up up the termanl and it works fine. how is that possable?

2006-12-29 12:07:45 · 2 answers · asked by catchup 3

2006-12-29 11:36:38 · 2 answers · asked by sirbilli 1

My printer is not compatible, so will the router not me compatible either?

2006-12-29 11:36:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Mum wants her two laptops to work wirelessly with a BT Voyager 2110 Wireless Router. I always thought that you needed a main PC connected to the router via a network cable (RJ45) and then the other PC's could go wireless.

I wired the router to one of the laptops and secured the wireless connection with WPA. Changed the SSID and password and rebooted the router. After removing the RJ45 I set one of the laptops up to run wireless and it worked for a couple of hours. Then the connection was lost.

I switched off the router and laptop for a few minutes, then turned the router back on and waited about 5 minutes until the necessary lights on the router were lit and then turned the laptop back on. It worked again but who knows for how long.

Should I be able to have 2 laptops working wireless without the router wired to another PC?

Any help is much appreciated

2006-12-29 11:27:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I installed a new Linksys wirless network router How do I make it password protetcted? It never prompted me to do this when I set it up , It did ask me for a password for some reason but have no idea why , I got my laptop on wirelessly and it just connected to the internet , I never had to enter a password . And also It juyst shows up as Linksys on my connection wizzard and connects no prob, How do I make this secure? Thanks in adavance , as you can tell I am very new to router networks

2006-12-29 11:21:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, My name is Jessica.
Though I'm only 15 years of age,

I have been interested ( And have been prusuing ) in getting my Certs ( CCNA ) for over 2 in half years now.
Networking seems to be the profession I would like to be in,
Or at least some Graphic Designing.

I have indeed purchased the Cisco books recomended....

But in a sense I'm not so sure if networking is the absolute route I should take. That's why I'm looking for personal opinions from others with experience in the networking area.




I would like some personal suggestions in presuing
my education and what might be the best route to all of this.

Is becoming a network engineer truley a good job with lots of oppertunities... Or should I be looking into something else.?.

Thanks for reading, And your suggestions are greatly apperciated.

2006-12-29 11:13:49 · 4 answers · asked by It's Just me.... Kiwi :) 2

without anyone coming out to my place and setting anything up??

2006-12-29 11:04:12 · 5 answers · asked by faba_2005 3

hi,everyone,i got some ADSL config problems, so i hope your guys could help me.
what i try to do is to point my static ip address to my web home page,I've try to change ADSL setting,
enable MAC Spoofing to my host computer MAC;
point NAPT to my host computer ip address;
set my Virtual Server port to 80,and point to my host IP address,
enable bridge filtering,fill with WAN MAC and Lan MAC;
and i also change HTTP server port to other port as 81;
and somehow i can't enable Bridge at WAN config,and i can't choice Encapsulation as PPPoe LLC, becasue if i doing so,then, the whole internet don't work;
IIS service is work on the LAN,when i try Lan ip address,it's correct point to my local homepage,but what i need not this,i need point my static ip to my local homepage.
so,if anyone who is expert or know how to point static ip address to home page,could you please give me a hand,thank you very much.
Merrry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

2006-12-29 11:02:35 · 3 answers · asked by John 1

I woke up this morning and my internet would not work. looked in the internet connections and there is nothing inside, it is completely blank. I only have a cable modem plugged in to my computer, and all coords & lights are working. I did an "ipconfig" in the command screen and it comes up with no data whatsoever. I have a Win XP computer. Internet is working elsewhere in the area, it is a problem inside my computer. I did many restarts, resetting the modem, etc. I called Cox but they said it is not their area. I appreciate any help.

2006-12-29 11:02:10 · 3 answers · asked by presyesc 1

Hi
i have a lan network and i want to set some rulz on those computers for exampel i want to limets on the download (for exampel they mustt not pass 64kb) and block the traffic etc... remotly..... is there a software that can do that?
I know there are servers taht can do that but iam looking for a software

2006-12-29 10:45:59 · 2 answers · asked by playerr 3

Would the person requested to be my friend in the Friendster be notified when I denied his request?
thanks

2006-12-29 10:11:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I cannot burn the file to a DVD because my DVD burner is not compatible with my Windows 98 computer.. is there some way to post the file on port 8080 and remotely connect to it and download via HTTP? All help would be greatly appreciated.

2006-12-29 09:49:58 · 10 answers · asked by AZRocks12 2

through some top notch advice i recieved on this site today i managed to get my new laptop connected to my LAN, however every time i try to connect ti internet explorer it comes up with cant find server.....this is even though the LAN icon on the taskbar tells me there is an excellent connection?

2006-12-29 09:46:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

to the wireless internet,because of limited or no connectivity..restarting/repair/doesnt work

2006-12-29 09:33:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have purchased a wireless router and the new computer has wireless capability, its telling me I need to have a usb adapter, how costly is that and I am not wanting to run cable from one computer to another

2006-12-29 09:26:48 · 7 answers · asked by Tia W 1

i've done it before, but now i cant remember how to do it!

2006-12-29 09:14:51 · 4 answers · asked by Ms Pepsi 3

what certifications and degrees should i get?

2006-12-29 08:43:40 · 4 answers · asked by LilDz 2

I have done as I have been told with all the answers I have been sent from my last question but still no luck, When I come to set up the printer on my network, the second computer just can't detect it. I have all the shared boxes ticked reinstalled the installation disc which came with the printer but still no luck. When I come to print from the computer that it's connected to it works fine. Any help would be great. Both computers are using XP one is Media centre other is home.

2006-12-29 08:40:05 · 7 answers · asked by in need of help 1

2006-12-29 08:30:38 · 8 answers · asked by tarheel 1