I received an email recently from a subscriber who was having problems with his wireless networking from his computer, but his wife’s computer was working fine. Unfortunately, that’s all too often the type of problem that happens with wireless networking. When it works, it works nicely. When it doesn’t work, figuring out what’s going wrong [...]
Strange Home Networking Problem Solved
I’ve been fighting a home networking problem for a couple months. The symptoms were strange, though, and the solution was even stranger… First, let’s consider the network. I’ve got a Cisco-Linksys wireless B/G/N router with four Gigabit Ethernet ports on it. I’ve also have a couple Cisco SD2008T 8 Port Desktop 10/100/100 Gigabit switches, but [...]
The Network Is Down – No Internet Access
I sat down at my computer recently to finish writing my newsletter, only to find the hated words "Not connected." Windows 7 was informing me that I had no network connection. Not just no Internet access, but not even access to the other computers on my home network. This was a horrible morning. Everything worked [...]
Debugging and Solving the Network Is Down, No Internet Access Problem
I sat down at my computer this morning to finish my newsletter, only to find the hated words "Not connected." Windows 7 was informing me that I had no network connection. Not just no Internet access, but not even access to the other computers on my home network. This was a horrible morning. Everything worked [...]
What is an IP Address?
Subscriber Joseph Murphy wrote to ask: I am wondering how an IP address is determined and if it can be changed and how? Thank you, J. P. Murphy. That’s a good question, Joseph. The answer can be simple or it can be used to educate. Whether you access your home network or access your Internet [...]
Sync’ing Data Between Two Computers
Subscriber Allan Pendlebury wrote about sync’ing data between two computers: Hello Terry I have become a little paranoid about having my personal files bouncing around in cyberspace (Dropbox) and purchased an Iomega Home Media Network Drive. I relied on Dropbox to synchronize files (mostly stock trades on Libre Office). I have a laptop and PC; [...]
Notebook Won’t Connect To Wireless Router
Subscriber Howie Kipnes wrote this week with a wireless networking problem. It used to work, and now it doesn’t on one of his computers. Howie’s question was: Hi Terry, My latest issue involves not being able to connect to the internet with my new laptop. It is a Dell Inspirion and I’ve had it for [...]
Secure Your Wireless Router – Or Face the Consequences
It’s happened again — an Associated Press report today NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers reports on another case where an unsecured wireless router was used to download illegal images – and resulted in the innocent router owner’s home being broken into by police, the homeowner arrested, and his family’s iphones, ipads and computer being [...]
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