Calling all network experts...How can I make the music on my PC stop skipping? [more inside]
posted by st starseed on Oct 24, 2009 - 10 answers

How can I offer guests in my home or business wifi that is separate from my home or business network? [more inside]
posted by Jackie_Treehorn on Oct 9, 2009 - 13 answers

Best topic-specific networking/community/cloud sites? [more inside]
posted by Kattiara17 on Jul 30, 2009 - 3 answers

What are some ways I can improve latency over a wireless network? [more inside]
posted by bobertdude on Jul 18, 2009 - 12 answers

What can I do about some hosts making web-page loading very slow? [more inside]
posted by H. Roark on Mar 21, 2009 - 8 answers

What is causing my Vista 64 PC to keep dropping its Internet connection? [more inside]
posted by pghjezebel on Mar 3, 2009 - 3 answers

I have a problems connecting to my wireless network, on one computer only. Other networks work for this computer. Other computers work on this network. [more inside]
posted by johnofjack on Feb 20, 2009 - 7 answers

What is the environment like for Internet/techie types in Buffalo, NY? [more inside]
posted by rocketpup on Jan 14, 2009 - 2 answers

Looking into potentially getting WiMax, specifically from a company called TowerStream, at my place of work. Has anyone here used a commercial WiMax provider (TowerStream or otherwise)? [more inside]
posted by cyrusdogstar on Jan 7, 2009 - 5 answers

InternetFilter: Besides MetaFilter, whats the must read of the day? Tired of perusing the usual suspects for cool things on the internet. As I grow older find myself a bit less enthused over reddit, fark, digg, etc. As we all know, Metafilter is the holy grail of knowledge and all things fantastic, but I find myself wondering if there are a couple of pit stops missing before arriving here that will make my internet time better. Thinking along the lines of science, art, sociology, psychology, music and more. Any and all suggestions much appreciated.
posted by Funmonkey1 on Oct 13, 2008 - 20 answers

Help me convince my friend of a basic networking truth. He sent me an e-mail saying he was assigning static IPs to all the devices on his home network so the signal would be stronger. More details inside: [more inside]
posted by arniec on Aug 21, 2008 - 21 answers

I'm setting up a wireless network in my house and am having a problem getting my XP laptop and my roommates Vista laptop on at the same time. I can get one or the other accessing the internet (when right clicking on network and repairing). I'm assuming this is an IP conflict since when I get her Vista laptop accessing the net, a yellow triangle with an exclamtion mark pops up in my task bar and then my laptop won't access the net. My guess is I have to set up a static IP for both?
posted by debu on Jul 29, 2008 - 19 answers

Archaic Windows dial-up networking question; why do I randomly lose internet connectivity (with dial-up still online) and can't get it back without restarting the computer? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on Jun 23, 2008 - 11 answers

What is the best Linux friendly free dynamic DNS hosting provider? [more inside]
posted by Thoth on Jun 16, 2008 - 5 answers

PowerBook&NetworkingFilter: Dialogue box freezes after I choose System Prefs > Sharing. Help? [more inside]
posted by reductiondesign on Jun 8, 2008 - 4 answers

My computer has recently been exposed to the wild internet without being behind a firewall. I'm running Windows 2000 without a software firewall. What should I do now to clean my machine and make sure it hasn't been subject to an exploit? [more inside]
posted by miasma on May 6, 2008 - 11 answers

In a similar vein to a previous question of mine, after successfully tackling that problem, I am now again trying to 'bridge that gap'. This time a neighbouring house in our community would like to be wired up for internet. [more inside]
posted by dance on Apr 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Creating a private wired network, but using a shared wireless Internet connection [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 20, 2008 - 5 answers

How do torrents work? [more inside]
posted by daksya on Jan 12, 2008 - 6 answers

Can I get a wired (ethernet) connection off a wireless network? [more inside]
posted by TonyRobots on Dec 2, 2007 - 13 answers

DHCP and switch VLAN configuration help needed. [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Nov 30, 2007 - 9 answers

Someone posted a spam comment on my blog that came from IP address "192.168.0.165". Since that IP address is reserved for private networks, how on earth did they do that? Is this "IP spoofing"? If so, how does it work?
posted by simonw on Oct 19, 2007 - 7 answers

Need help sharing an EVDO broadband connection among multiple computers [more inside]
posted by mattholomew on Aug 22, 2007 - 3 answers

Can the Cisco PIX 501 be upgraded with any firmware so that it is IP Version 6 (IPv6) Compatible? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Aug 20, 2007 - 4 answers

What's the easiest, most secure way to map a network drive over the Internet? [more inside]
posted by c:\awesome on May 15, 2007 - 10 answers

Is it possible to configure a Mac OS X Server to route incoming and outgoing traffic via two different interfaces? [more inside]
posted by ijoshua on Apr 26, 2007 - 9 answers

What is the easiest/best way create a secure tunnel or VPN connection back to my home network to act as a relay for private interneting? Is it possible to do this using just a router that would be on anyway so I don't have to have a computer running all the time just to act as a relay? [more inside]
posted by willnot on Mar 19, 2007 - 10 answers

Complicated port-forwarding situation not working: ICS on Win 2000 into WRT54GL, trying to port-forward to uTorrent. [more inside]
posted by jacobsee on Jan 13, 2007 - 4 answers

Internet access at home comes and goes, but can be resolved by resetting (powering on/off) the cable modem. Sometimes has to be done once a day, sometimes once every 30mins. No obvious pattern. What could be causing this? [more inside]
posted by modernnomad on Sep 26, 2006 - 15 answers

On the network, cant hit the internet [more inside]
posted by slowtree on Sep 9, 2006 - 3 answers

Home networking wizards: What cool stuff can be done when a house is wired with RG-6 and Cat6? Not just vanilla internet and file sharing. What wired activities and equipment do you love or covet? [more inside]
posted by Dave 9 on Aug 31, 2006 - 8 answers

Earthlink charges me 10$ a month extra to use more than one computer on my connection, on top of the 42$ a month I normally pay. I don't want to pay this. [more inside]
posted by illegiblemess on Jul 27, 2006 - 19 answers

How are blocks of IP numbers assigned, owned, transferred? [more inside]
posted by zadcat on Feb 5, 2006 - 9 answers

Help us get our PlayStation 2 online... [more inside]
posted by sanitycheck on Nov 27, 2005 - 6 answers

I want to create my own social bookmarking site. I don't know much about coding, but I've got some good ideas. Is this possible? How do I begin? Am I insane/idiotic for even contemplating this? [more inside]
posted by MetaMonkey on Nov 16, 2005 - 25 answers

My router doesn't work anymore. It used to... [more inside]
posted by shino-boy on Oct 13, 2005 - 12 answers

Is there a nationwide (where nation = United States) service which provides wireless Internet coverage? [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Sep 28, 2005 - 11 answers

Home PC WAN-filter: Setting up a home broadband network with a cable modem, PC, & Linksys WRT54G... [more inside]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson on Sep 27, 2005 - 13 answers

I am taking a brain-painful networking class (hint: it's all about the routers, baby!) and the studying is intense. It's hard, but I'm holding my own. I see questions here on AskMe that bring really cool answers from lots of folks, with a lot of repeat answerers, which leads me to ask, How Did You Learn What You Know About Computers/the Internet? Was it in school? Did you apprentice with someone who had m4d sk1lz? Did you teach yourself? Other?
posted by Lynsey on Oct 11, 2004 - 18 answers

Looking for advice for replacing the floppy disk as an authentication factor for logging onto a client-server non web-based system. Anyone have any bright ideas? [Details within] [more inside]
posted by loquax on May 13, 2004 - 9 answers

Internet infrastructure: how does the physical infrastructure of the internet cross oceans? Is all of the data transmitted by communications satellites, or are there big-ass intercontinental cables running across the ocean floor? And if there are big-ass intercontinental cables, how are they maintained? [more inside]
posted by COBRA! on Mar 31, 2004 - 9 answers

Does anyone use 'Groupware'? Or put it another way, how do you persuade people to share their data? Experience from long ago says 'Lotus Notes' but there must be something better now. Is there? [MI] [more inside]
posted by grahamwell on Jan 17, 2004 - 14 answers