Communications/Networks

Recent Answers

2012-05-21 Windows Networking - wireless issues:

Hi there Trevor.    I don't want to sound blunt and negative about wireless, but essentially it is in my opinion unreliable versus wired.  You MAY have a lot of traffic going through that router and that

2012-05-19 Broadband (Cable, DSL, Satellite, Fiber - local area connection doesn't have a valid configuration:

Is the laptop also win 7 64 or is it XP?    You could try looking at the network properties of your laptop and recording all of the IP addressing, then statically assigning that addressing to the desktop

2012-05-18 Windows Networking - VPN connection?:

Hi Lee.    I believe you have been asked to connect to your DESKTOP in the office?  If this is the case, there are a few things that have to be checked before it will work on your office PC.  Note that

2012-05-18 Windows Networking - VPN problem:

Hi Lee,    A common problem I see with VPN is that for the computer to access other information on the work network, it needs DNS information to find the server.  When you connect via VPN, you often start

2012-05-17 General Networking/Lan/Wan - finding a router:

Hi Trevor,     Sorry to hear about this but these things do happen.  It does seem that the root cause is likely the router, since all the wireless devices lose connnectivity together or nearly so.