I currently have a Draytek router that gives 2.4 and 5GHz WiFi. It was transmitting well throughout most of my old cottage but now I'm in a flat and the walls are very non-WiFi friendly. To get Internet in my lounge and bedroom I've decided to run Ethernet cable to each. My question is how, at minimum expense, can I put something on the far end of these cables that will provide the full range of...

3 computers all in same workgroup (MSHOME) Comp A windows 7 Comp B Windows 7 Comp C Windows 10 A & B can see each other and C C can only see A & B as media devices. I Need C to be able to access files on A & B Any ideas welcome.

I have a Linux server (actually a Dell PC mini-tower) with three network connections: one via the onboard socket and the other two via PCIe cards. On one of the cards there is no network connectivity and "networkctl" says "no-carrier". But there are green lights on the NIC and on the switch port at the other end (yes I tried a different cable). I thought a green light meant there was a...

My old Belkin modem/router was simple enough for me to run a nice little home LAN. Since then I've had ISP supplied hardware, the latest of which, had a minimal GUI. So I got my own separate modem and router. I'm now accessing the Internet consistently at a good speeds, so no complaints there. It's just that when I look into finer configurations I find it quite confusing. Like 2 DHCP servers,...

Hi Folks, I've recently had installed some cabling to various rooms in the house and have noticed, via a couple of network switches that indicate the connection speed (i.e. 10/100/1000Mbps) that some of the new connections are not running at 1000Mbps where I would expect. The interfaces are all rated at 1000Mbps and the cabling used was Cat 6. Is this likely to be down to how the RJ45 plugs...

Hi folks, A long shot if anyone has come across these? Must be popular commercially. I've picked up a 24 port Gigabit switch, something called a "24+2G-Port Web-SMART Gigabit Ethernet Switch" Model 010-100-201-24 Made by Connectix, branded Networx. It looks like this,

I have a wifi network which comprises a Technicolor TG582n router (as supplied by Plusnet a few years back), desktop computer (Nova), an Advent4211C Netbook (Nettie) and an Epson 335 Printer/Scanner/Copier. Also connected to the router are, Sonyericsson Xperia smartphone, Medion Lifetab and the a Sky+ set top box. All but the Sky+ are connected by wifi. Nova is connected to the printer by...

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For ease of cabling, we have a length of Cat5e cable that runs around the *outside* of part of the house. There's a wall box at each end, one of which is connected by a patch cable to the ADSL router, the other to an ethernet switch. The cable is just a length of Cat5e run through holes in the brickwork and stapled to the wall of the house by a helpful local builder. In the recent storms...

I have a simple network at home. My router is Technicolor TG582n supplied by Plusnet, and connected to it by wifi are a desktop pc (Nova) (Windows XP Home service pack 3), a netbook (Nettie) (Windows XP Home service pack 3), a Sonyericsson Xperia smartphone (Android), a Median Lifetab tablet (Android). The router is also connected to a Sky Plus set top box by an ethernet lead. Up to...

Remember this from yesterday? I have a wifi network which comprised a Plusnet router (TG582n), a desktop computer (Nova), a netbook (Nettie), a wifi all in one printer, a Sonyericsson Z3 smartphone and a Sky+ HD set top box. All have communicated well for several years until today. I have just installed a new Plusnet router (2704n) and I think I did something wrong when configuring...

I have a wifi network which comprised a Plusnet router (TG582n), a desktop computer (Nova), a netbook (Nettie), a wifi all in one printer, a Sonyericsson Z3 smartphone and a Sky+ HD set top box. All have communicated well for several years until today. I have just installed a new Plusnet router (2704n) and I think I did something wrong when configuring Nova and Nettie to the new router....

I have a Xenta CA610 and a Yi home camera. I used to be able to use the Xenta with ContaCam on an i5 Win10 desktop, but it stopped working. I now cannot find either camera on the network, neither appear on the router list.. I have tried numerous programs, ipCamera viewer, BlueIris etc and various network scanning programs, a Git application to run the Yi, nothing works. I also tried using an i7...

Hi, my apache web server is moaning about one local client (my son's) trying to access non-existent pages, in a pattern that looks as though W*Ws malware is present there. My son claims to have done a full avast scan with nothing showing up. and disclaims knowledge of anything unusual on his machine. His machine has also tried to access my internet modem/router; it shouldn't even be aware...

A problem understood..... Middle of last year, I wrote: Hi, my apache web server is moaning about one local client (my son's) trying to access non-existent pages, in a pattern that looks as though W*Ws malware is present there. My son claims to have done a full avast scan with nothing showing up. and disclaims knowledge of anything unusual on his machine. His machine...

I've always used modem/router combinations, usually the ones supplied by ISPs. Now, I'm needing to have the modem in one room and the router in another. My ISP is "Utlilty Warehouse" which shows up as being TalkTalk in online speed tests. I've been looking at routers for a while and quite like the Asus RT-N66U which is a router only.

Hi, I've been trying to set up WOL on a Windows 8 system and am confident that it's configured ok as I can confirm that the Magic Packets are getting through and are recognised both through the internal LAN and over the Internet (using a combination of Magic Packet software and TeamViewer). The problem comes when I shut the system down or set it to sleep or hibernate. Whilst I can wake it...

I have U-verse service via 2wire 3800HGV-B. I want to add "n" router (connected via e-net) in another location in the house. I have a SmartRG SR350N dsl modem/wireless router in my junque box. Can the SR350N perform access-point duty? I hooked up the router and it passes e-net and wireless self-test and I can connect wirelessly and login. The whole circus stops when the client can't obtain...

Hi Folks, I recently installed a D-Link PCI DGE-528T 1Gb ethernet card on my rather old PC (Asus P5N-E SLI mobo) but it's only returning a max sped of 100Mbps. I've played around with various settings that looked relevant but it's made no difference and a laptop plugged in to the same line recently ran at 1Gbps; can anyone suggest what settings I need to optimise to persuade it to run...

Sault, When organisations, Governments and IT/Tech websites talk about internet security they always talk of DOS, backdoors, trojans and general cyber crime. Whilst these things are of concern the thing I find most troubling is the meta data collection by governments and commercial organisations. E.g. talk of google collecting MAC addresses through their own software titles, mobile phone...