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I have no way of connecting my cell phone to the Tivo unit, and even if I could, calling the US from Cuba would be prohibitively expensive. I thought of the USB male/male cable, but I don't have one, as that's really only used to transferring data from PC to PC, not for hooking a USB device up to a ...

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No, the DirecTv works fine, with the exception of PPV, which I don't care about, but the only thing that I can use the Tivo for is pausing and rewinding up to 30 minutes, not for scheduling shows to be recorded, which is what I want to be able to do.

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So that the Tivo can download the show schedules, etc. I don't really know why it's necessary, but it won't work until it's been done.

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Does anyone here have any help to offer? I've looked all over online, but all the ideas I've come across involve putting ,#401 as the dialing prefix, and then using a USB ethernet adapter to hook the Tivo up to the network. I'm not in the US, and can't just run off to Best Buy or Radio Shack to get ...

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Ok, after some digging around, I found out that I don't have any USB cables with male A connectors at both ends, which is what it would take to hook up to my laptop via USB. So, is there any way to have the Tivo "dial in" to my laptop's modem, and then bridge the connection between my laptop's modem ...

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I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to let my Tivo (DirecTV DVR R10) dial up if I don't have a landline available. There are two USB jacks on the back, as well as an RJ-11. I don't have access to a store to buy a USB ethernet adapter, either. I was thinking, maybe I can connect the Tivo to my ...

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Where are you trying to access from? If you're trying to access from another computer in your house/office/etc. then you'll use the 192.... IP address. If you're trying to access from somewhere else, like from a friend's place, then you'll use the 71... IP address.

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As far as getting your laptop, connected to wifi, to have a static IP address, why not just manually assign it an IP address from outside the range that the DHCP on the router assigns? For instance, 192.168.1.99? Basically, any address from .1-.99, or from .150-254 will work, and won't have any ...

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I think a better analogy to the free wifi thing would be somebody using a radio transmitter to, say, relay a DVD from one room to a TV in a different room. If a neighbor can receive the signal, is there anything wrong with him watching the DVD on his property?

What about the coffee shop that has ...

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Well, first call your internet provider. If they say they don't register your MAC address, you don't need to worry about it. MAC = media access control, basically your network interface connection's (NIC's) SSN, so that different devices on the network can tell them apart. IP addresses can be set ...

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Find out if they need you to register your MAC address with them, and if so, either call them up and register the MAC of your Linksys gateway, or clone the MAC address of your computer onto the Linksys.

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Also if it works, Try this cable modem test site

http://192.168.100.1/

Login as "user" and "User"
or log in as "root" and "Root"

This is a very detailed modem test. write down all info or call the tech line after this runs. I think you will be back up to speed. I do believe this "modem test ...

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No, you have to configure port forwarding from in the router, there's no other way. Check the manufacturer's website, they might have an online or downloadable user manual that you can look in to get the default username/password. Have you tried 'admin' as the username, and leaving the password ...

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This may seem like a simple thing, but are you sure they're both being measured in the same units? As in, kbps vs kBps, bits and bytes respectively. It sounds like your browsing could be measured in bytes, and the P2P in bits, which would make them roughly equal. If you want a good little utility to ...

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I think the info probably comes from cookies, so you could have IE delete all the cookies when you close the browser, I think. If not, then they should add that feature. I personally only use IE at work, since I don't have a choice, but I use Firefox at home.

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Does anyone know of an extension that will make it so that the "back" and "forward" gestures on my touchpad work in Firefox? I have a Dell laptop, and they work in IE, but not Fx, which is annoying, since it's a really great feature. Alternatively, does anyone want to write one? :nod:

I don't know ...

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Ok, I'm assuming that since your whole apartment building is sharing one internet connection that you all have private IP addresses, right? It could be that the router is trying to assign IP addresses from the same net or subnet as is already running through your building, for example 192.168.1.x ...

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It probably doesn't show up in the router if the router was rebooted more recently than the computer. If you reboot the computer, it will most likely show up. It's kind of the same thing as if you have an IP assigned by DHCP, and you reboot the router, but the lease on the IP for the computer is ...

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Any ideas? I'm at a loss.

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They can also log all your keystrokes, if they're so inclined. You may or may not be able to tell if/when they're monitoring your computer, depending on which method they use. Some of them will have a little indicator pop up by the system tray, or in the upper right corner of the screen, others won ...

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Ok, I figured out how to enable it, and that it doesn't exist on XP home, which the house computer has, and probably at least some of my roommates' computers have. I tried doing RDC from the desktop to my laptop, and it worked, my desktop would show up, but then I'd get an indicator that I was no ...

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There are plenty of those. I have a Linksys WRT54GS, and it does all that, though the QOS is only for wireless, I think, and it can't limit the throughput of anyone.

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I've never used RDC before, so what would I have to do on my home computer in order to set it up so that I can get on it from work? I'm looking at RDC here, and I'm assuming for the computer, I just put my global IP address and possibly the port number, username and password are self-explanatory ...

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In order to configure the router, all you need is for your computer to be hooked up the router. Make sure it's plugged into one of the LAN ports, not the WAN port. What brand and model router do you have?

To configure your computer (I'm assuming Windows XP), go to start > control panel > network ...

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You need to make sure your computer is plugged into one of the (I'm guessing there are) 4 LAN ports, and that your computer is set to use DHCP, which means its IP address is automatically assigned by whatever it's connected to, in this case, the router. If you have it staticly assigned, and it's ...

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It means that you can prioritize different types of traffic and/or different computers or other network devices. You can give your computer a high priority, and your brother's computer low priority.

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I'm not sure what triggers it, but every once-in-a-while, when I go to my start menu, the frequently used programs section on the left side, above all programs, is just a black void, with nothing in it. I'm not having the problem at the moment, so I don't remember if the ones that always appear at ...

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I'd say, you best bet would be one of either the HP JetDirect 620n/625n/635n internal print servers, which cost $349, $389, or $429, respectively, on HP's site, though I'm sure you can get them elsewhere for significantly less. I don't know if your printer is compatible with those, though. You could ...

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Look in the documentation for the router. It will say in there what the default username and password are. It's been changed, then you'll have to either try to guess, or reset and reconfigure.

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Does anyone know a good, free, US-based poxy server? I want to access a couple web sites that are only accessible from inside the US, and I'm stationed overseas.

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That's the one! Thanks!

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I can't share files over AIM without disabling NIS. Unlike when I install new software, I don't get a dialog asking whether or not I want to allow access, it just doesn't work.

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You have to be able to find the router's IP from a computer connected to it by using the ipconfig command and looking at the default gateway line. It sounds like you're trying to access the router from a web browser, and that the router doesn't have a web interface. It probably has a command line ...

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Having problems in the office with idiots connecting routers to the LAN at their cubes....what exactly is it doing to the network and how do we address it? They do not know a router from a switch...
What exactly is the problem? Is it just that they're doing it? Or is it causing network problems of ...

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I'm trying to help out a friend who's taking a networking class.

I learned a command some time ago that will make it so that when you're in the CLI of a Cisco device, and something updates, like a connection coming online, if you're in the middle of typing a command, it will put whatever you have ...

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Here's my guess: your wireless router and ICS are both trying to use the same net, 192.168.0.x to assign IP addresses. You either need to subnet it, or change one of them to use a different network, perhaps 192.168.1.x. Unless you know how to subnet, just changing the network is probably easier.

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Tivo without a phone line

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