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Lately it seems like more often than not, when I start up the computer and open my browser, the internet won't work. I only have to click on "diagnose connection problems," and in a couple of minutes...
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anyway I'm not ware of any firewall, if there is one it's not one I've intentionally set up. But I will say I think sometimes when the net is on for a long time I will eventually have to rerun...
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It doesn't sound like there's a network at all. It sounds like some of the settings have gotten tweaked. It's conceivable it happened during one of microsoft's automatic updates (I find it reasonable...
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As far as I can tell, there are no LAN or proxy server things that are checked in the first place.
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Quote:Padre, you're on a different level of computer use than most of us. I'll bet none of us have a physical firewall. We might have "cyber" firewalls, but those won't affect the basic internet set...
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tek, your diagnostic report shows that you are trying to connect via a local area network. No software firewall will do that. It also shows that you are using a proxy server to access the...
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Quote:Configuration Script: Proxy Server: Proxy Bypass list: Notice the blank space after the colon. That means there is nothing there.If it were, there would be something following the colon.Since he...
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Padre, have you run the diagnostic report on your own computer? What I get from that bit is that his computer thinks it's supposed to connect via a proxy server, but there is none on the list so it...
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but then I would get pretty much the same thing he is getting, since I have a network set up, for both the internet and the 4 computer ports at the house.Mine would read like his 'Proxy Sever:...
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I think you should run it before you decide what it would say. As noted, I have a local network but on my main computer there is no mention of a proxy server. MORE, tek has no network...it's a simple...
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Quote:there's no reason the words "proxy server" should be seen. The problem is that folks get hungup on the 'Server' thing. The Proxy server is going to be around for a couple of things. For example:...
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I have quite a lot of experience using proxy servers. Combine a proxy server with a handle unknown to others and one can sneak around the best EZboard ban there is.What you showed in your first...
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Quote:now, seems to me they mislabeled the first of those, auto detecting is not the same as auto configuring! The two have nothing to do with each other, but if you notice they are blacked in,...
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Another question: is this an inherited computer? I really think the computer is under the impression it is part of a local area network and it is trying to validate addresses on the network that are...
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it is simple hardware failure; either the memory in the modem is going, or the lan card is going; though again not hard and fixed, but that is the most usual occurances.It is quite possible that there...
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Did I miss where tek said it was a cable modem? My impression is that in this house they don't have cable, they get their TV through satelite and internet through dial up....
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Quote:welp, I don't have wifi, I just have cable, from Time Warner. So I must assume that he is talking about "TV Cable".Now maybe I just assumed that he meant 'cable network' when he talks about the...
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No, I think you're right. I just forgot that part.
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Right now I am pissed at Symantec; I renewed my subscription to the NAV, and what do I get from them, a virus that NAV can't or won't get rid of. In the last 5 years they have gotten worse the MS...
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I haven't been reading this for a few days. Um... well, sometimes the internet connects with no problem, and sometimes it doesn't. Anyway, I have both cable TV and cable internet from Time Warner. The...
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