I've got a problem with my daughter's Pipex adsl connection; she's been away from her home address for 6 months so whe cannot specify when this occured as there were problems early in the year but I thought it was a dodgly phone cable. She has the old 256Kb service but the connections are now very eratic, the router shows the connection as dropping and pages time out when attempting to...

Hi all, i`ve got a friend who wants to put 2 USB printers onto his house network (one of them is a multifunction device, but I don`t think he needs to be able to scan with it). I`ve had a look but can`t find anything that would elt him do this in a single box for sensible money. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks!

I'm not a newbie and have read up on these routers including the manuals. Both are said to have proper SPI firewalls, etc, which is a must but I've read conflicting comments about whether they are truly stealthy (eg. what the checks at grc.com say). Also, a scan through the manuals suggests that the Zyxel is more sophisticated (maybe except for VPN support). Is there any reason in...

Hello Currently about to start buying hardware to do a 'home network'. I currently have my main pc - connected to this is a laptop (upstairs) and xbox 360 (downstairs). My plan is to have my main pc, Xbox, Xbox 360,Laptop and kids PC all connected to my 10mbs Cable Modem.

I've got a home network behind a NAT router with an older WEP AP plugged in to the router. I would like to buy a printer server but they are all around the £40+ plus mark. Strangely USR do an interesting device ( http://tinyurl.com/epk7t ). It is a 4 port DSL router with Print server, firewall and a serial port for an external backup modem, all for under £40.

I am in the process of adding a major extension to our home and this is the perfect time to get some cables in the wall if I am going to do it at all. My question, I have read allot of damning reports about Wireless Networking and unreliable Routers etc. Should I go wireless? Should I install one of the commercially available Home Networking systems?

I want to switch from dial up to broadband but the room my computer is in does not have a telephone socket, and I wondered if using mains networking would be a good solution and better or not than a wireless network. Which would be the least intrusive. At present I just use an extension lead which would not be practical with broadband. Which would be the least expensive solution. Being able to...

I want to improve my wireless performance and simplify the 3 box solution i have at present (old pre-firewall netgear modem router/netgear WAP/dLink printserver). Any suggestions other than the Draytek 2800g? PCPro didnt think much of it's wireless performance. Netgear do a router with the other features but lacking a Modem so not a lot of help

Hi - I cannot for the life of me seem to be able to install the drivers for the Belkin F5D7050! I have local admin rights on a fresh install of XP. I have tried all 4 versions of the driver software and followed closely the insturctions, however it doesn't seem to ever be properly installed, as in device manager it still says

Is it possible/easy to instal an HP laserjet 4m on a small LAN? There's no rj45 socket on the printer. Would I need to fit a network card, or alternatively, is there such a thing as a cable with rj45 on one end and an LPT-type plug on t'other? Thanks for any advice.

I appreciate many Access Points and modems have facilities to update firmware but can firmware be updated on WiFi adapters? Reason I ask is that I have a Netgem I-Player+ digital TV viewer which allows WiFi access to my network. I have a Linksys USB adapter but only a later version firmware of the same model can be used. Geoff Lane

Hi, I have recently bought a DLink DI-604, and wanted to use it in my network. Soon, I have bumped into the crippleware, that DLink has introduced into this product: The subnet mask is stuck at 255.255.255.0. My business network uses a different subnet mask 255.0.0.0. I have tried to set it up, but it didn't allow me, giving me an error message that the subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0...

Can anyone tell me how it is possible to have a network connection yet not be able to use OE or IE. Most of the time my connection is fine but I get the above phenomena occasionally, particularly when the connection is not being used. I thought I would be able to have the router permanently on and connect around the house when I want to. If I switch the router off and on again the connection...

Hi, I've got a BT Home hub and I'd like to use it with a second computer. I've got it set-up with a PC via a network cable. What type of network adapter would I need to use with the BT Home Hub?

Does anyone know of any utilities (preferably free) that will let you scan the relevent frequencies for sources of interference. This may be other people's access points or it may be other electrical equipment generating noise. -- Alex Piece by piece the penguins have taken my sanity www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

..... this is my problem - hope you can assist: I have 3 pc's: One connected direct to a D-Link 4 port router supplying braodband in the same room, and a second and third which sit side by side at the other side of the house. I want to run one network cable from the router to the vicinity of the second and third machines, then split the cable into the two machines to

I have a Netgear DG834G wireless router/modem/coffee maker, which has given me sterling service for the past two years. Today I moved it, and ever since I can't get a stable connection. If I reset it by unplugging it, it will connect for a couple of minutes, then drops the connection with any kind of activity (such as downloading newsgroups or web browsing). The wireless part seems fine and...

I've just had an aggressive demand from our 'friends' the TVL for a new laptop I've just purchased with Windows Media Centre and a t.v. card. However the t.v. reception and display is so damned awful that I am seriously thinking of getting the t.v. card removed. This test was at a location that is IS licensed for t.v. reception, but anyway I'm damned if I'm going to pay for a second license just...

Hi My phone (Nokia E61) can see my wireless network at home and I'm trying to configure the phone to use the network but I'm wondering if anyone knows where I enter the WPA Passphrase in the phone as having read the manual there doesn't seem to be an obvious place to enter this. I've tried putting it in the WLAN security settings pre-shared key field but still no joy. I've set it up to...

What mod can I make to a PC (Win 98) that will allow it to power up when mains is applied and not be dependant upon the power button on the PC. I intend to place it in a remote location for secure back ups, applying power using an X10 module and operating the PC using VNC - so controlled shut down is achievable. I did think that holding the power button permanantly on - but if I do that it...