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2 Easy Ways to Find Your Router Configuration Web Page

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At one point you will need to find the Router Configuration Web Page. You might need to configure your router and set-up your network security or maybe you are setting up your router for the first time. Back in the old days of Windows XP it was a little bit more difficult to find your router IP [...]

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How to Speed Up Your Internet Connection

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Everybody loves having a blazing fast Internet connection, so learning how to speed up your internet connection is a must! Thankfully, it’s not a problem for most people, as ISPs around the world are working hard to provide a good service. But what if your Internet connection is slow for no apparent reason? Here are [...]

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What To Do When Your Router Runs Out Of Ethernet Ports

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Many cheap routers these days only include 4 Ethernet ports for wired networking, but even if your router includes 8 ports or more, you may encounter the problem of running out of ethernet ports—especially if you use lots of today’s cool networked devices, like voice-over-IP, , and streaming radio players. Do You Need To Buy [...]

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Router Networking Terms Defined

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Router networking terms confuse everyone at first, but once you learn the language, taking care of your home network becomes much easier. We have previously written about network troubleshooting commands, however this tutorial is concentrated on Router networking terms. Read on to learn the difference between a switch, a router, and a wireless router. Networking [...]

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5 Uncommon Home Network Problems

March 29, 2011

Home network problems are a common occurrence now days. Just think about it? Everyone is now on the internet and most houses have some type of network setup to enable more than one computer to use the internet connection. Unfortunately this means that there are more Home network problems because people are settings these up [...]

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Is The Internet Down? 5 Common Home Network Problems

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Sometimes home network problems are as easy to fix as plugging in a cord, yet “check your cords” is almost all the advice you’ll get from overworked help desk operators. Sometimes you get onto a help desk operator that wants to take you through every simple step, even the ones you have already performed. The [...]

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TRENDnet 450 Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router for under $100 – Black Friday Deal

November 26, 2010

Black Friday is a day that represents a mad shopping day for US customers. It celebrates stores getting into the black, as opposed to the red, as Black Friday is the start to the Christmas shopping season. There are bargains and deals all over the internet and here is the deal of the day from [...]

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Check your Router with the Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool for Windows Vista

June 2, 2010

Before you upgrade to Windows Vista you can now check if your internet connection, your network, and your router to see if they will support the new features in Windows Vista. You might need to brush up on your router networking terms and network troubleshooting commands before checking this out though, as it is fairly [...]

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How Find The IP Address of Your Router To Configure It?

May 29, 2010

Why would you need to find the IP address of your router? You might need to access your router to configure its settings when you are setting up a home network. In fact you will absolutely have to do this is you are setting up a home network yourself. You might also need the find [...]

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Getting the most of both your router and Wireless Network

May 29, 2010

If you’re downloading a large files and it’s coming to it’s end, you’re receiving a Skype call from a client in London, without warning, your have network problems, leaving your download and VoIP call in havock. You’ll retry the wireless connection, but your router, though blinking contentedly in your tense, seems to be off. After [...]

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How to connect two computers to a broadband modem

May 26, 2010

If you have a broadband modem or one that is supplied from your internet service provider (ISP) you can most probably connect two computers to it without needing a router. If you look at the picture of my modem below, it has a USB (blue) and a ETHERNET (yellow) port. Of course there are many [...]

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