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Great, I changed settings and rebooted router. Everything appears to be working just fine! (I did have to enter those DNS addresses manually, because certain pages didn't load when I left them empty).

Anyway, I will try and set up the other two computers in the morning. Hopefully this will solve ...

I really appreciate your help.

Right now, internet works very good (but it probably won't last, hehe). I don't know why it suddenly started working again. Could the problem be related to the fact that I am the only computer currently online on D-Link? (Other 2 computers are shut down). But it's ...

What sounds like might be happening is that you have two different DHCP systems fighting. When you computers are on your ISPs modem/router and a computer sends out a IP request only the modem/router can respond. However when your going though your modem/router and then router your getting two DHCP ...

What make/model is the ISP supplied modem/gateway/router?

If it's actually a router already, like many are, and you add another router to it, you end up double NAT'ing..which can lead to odd issues and a performance drop.

With these, the router uses 1x public IP address from your ISP, and usually ...

I just found out that buying a Switch instead of a Router might be a good idea.

Does Switch leaves the connection alone? Without unnecessary firewalls and encryptions etc...? Does Switch overloads as well and requires resets?

Would something like "Switch Linksys EZXS88W 10/100 8 Port" be a good ...

Hey!

I live in a apartment with 4 other students. We have 5 laptops connected to the network (normal LAN cables, not wireless).

We have 10mbs optics internet. The ISP provided a free modem/router which is AWESOME, never had to reset it, never experienced latency or any other problem whatsoever. It ...