In an earlier newsletter, I wrote about Upgrading the Router in Preparation for DOCSIS 3.0 Speeds. At the time, I was considering a Cisco-Linksys WRT320N Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router . That’s not the one I finally chose, though — a newer, better model came out. The main point is that I finally took the plunge [...]
The Case of the Dying Router
It wasn’t a Sherlock Holmes case, but it did take some detective work to solve this one… The time was Saturday afternoon, about 5pm…I was sitting at my computer writing my newsletter for this week. I clicked on a link in my web browser to check something. It hesitated and then showed part of the [...]
How Does a Router Protect Me?
Subscriber Gwyn sent a question about one of the basic functions of a router, and how it protects you on your cable, DSL, Ethernet or other connection to the Internet: your comment:”But, someone on the Internet side of the router can not initiate a connection to your computer — they can only respond to your [...]
Very Slow Web Browser
New subscriber M. Bangirov wrote to ask about web browsing speed problems: Hi Terry, My problem is very slow web browser.I have tried different browsers- mozilla,explorer7,opera and so on but i still have slow browser.Although the speed is ok with other computers with my EeePC 1000H i could not stand.I am becoming very angry with [...]
Another Verizon Customer’s Solution
After last week’s article DSL Connection Not Working Reliably, long-time subscriber James Biddle wrote about his own experience and solution with Verizon DSL problems: I used to have the same problems with Verizon DSL. When Time Warner Cable came out with their high-speed cable internet — I switched. The problem with DSL (at least with [...]
A Verizon Customer’s DSL Connection Problem Solved Several Times…
After last week’s article DSL Connection Not Working Reliably, reader Andrea wrote: Hello, I had a similar issue as the person in your article about her internet connection not working properly. I also have Verizon DSL and, at first, had their modem. After about a year, my connection started dropping constantly, then would be okay [...]
Turned On Computer and Everything Is Large
Subscriber Kelley wrote with a couple problems: Hi Terry, I turned on my computer yesterday morning but when it loaded up, all of my icons were very large. When I open programs like Word, Wordperfect and even Internet Explorer and AOL, and the font, screen and everything is large. I have no idea what happened. [...]
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