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  1. Brandon Byrnes

    Solved PC keeps losing Internet Connection

    My PC keeps losing internet connection even though I'm connected to my router via Ethernet cable and wifi. The actual internet router isn't losing connection because my phone still has a wifi connection. This has been happening everyday for probably 2 or 3 weeks now and happens multiple times a...
  2. M

    Networking old ssd

    Hi I have purchased a new laptop and wish to network my old laptop secondary 2.5 inch SSD drive with all my data/files. I would like to have an enclosure of sorts that can sit next to my router accessible as say a "G" drive on my new laptop. I will fit a second M.2 drive to my new new laptop...
  3. L'infographiste

    PING: Transmit failed. General failure. VM

    I ran into a huge problem while using Oracle VirtualBox on a RDP. Trying to connect to my 2 VMs Whenever I try to ping my VMs I get this message : PING: Transmit failed. General failure. But when I try to ping another IP not starting by 169, everything seems to be working as intended. My...
  4. p1perish

    Internet not working on pc

    The problem I'm having is my Internet says it's connected but it doesn't load anything I've tried all these YouTube tutorials and even factory reset my computer and none of it worke. It's been going on for months just going off and then coming back on it's only on my computer no one else's but...
  5. H

    New USB wifi dongle keeps disconnecting

    I bought a new desktop and it came with 2 USB wifi dongles. To be honest, I'm not sure how they work exactly but I plugged one into the PC and one into the router. It does connect but disconnects when I try to download games from steam. It does show my network listed and that it's trying to...
  6. D

    Network and Shutdown problems make Windows unusable.

    CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K GPU: GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] by NVIDIA Motherboard: Z690 UD DDR4 by Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Memory: 2x16GiB DIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz CMK32GX4M2D3600C18 by Corsair WLan Stick: FRITZ!WLAN AC 860 by AVM 2 Screens 2TB HDD 5WD Blue...
  7. Mandeep Sheera

    Solved New Ethernet cabling installed at home - download speeds slower than upload speeds

    Hello everyone. First time user from the UK on this forum. I'm looking for some answers to my issue as described in the title of my post. I've just had brand, new Ethernet cabling (CAT 6) installed in my house today. It all looks fine but I don't know if the installer has done things...
  8. Vxhnz

    My pc started having network issues after reset

    Hello, I’ve reset my windows 10 5 days ago and once I reset I couldn’t use the internet while being connected. Websites would show messages saying “server IP address could not be found”. After messing with it for a while, my windows network diagnostics says “ your computer appears to be...
  9. oreillyhuey

    Ethernet Speed is Faster on 2016 Medion laptop than my Year old custom built PC

    I've had my pc for nearly a year now and built it myself, the internet has always been pretty bad but I assumed it was to do with using WIFI so when I had a cat8 ethernet cable installed through the house so it reached my room I hoped for my internet to be improved but after many driver updates...
  10. Z

    Cannot Access PC on Network

    Hi, I'm trying to make my printer share between pc's i have followed tutorial on how to do this but when i try and access the other computer that is on the network that has the printer on it, it says you "you do not have permission to access //PCNAME" i have several computers on the same...
  11. P

    2 Networks, 1 ISP Connection

    I am currently setting up a new home network. I need to have two separate networks, I.e router1 & router2. router1 will be the main home network with wifi for tv etc. It needs to have different name and password to router2. router2 is my home office network which will connect to router1...
  12. TamasX553

    Bad Internet

    The internet service provider has recently connected an optical internet network to our apartment. The router is called Fiberhome AN5506-02. The apartment has a computer and a notebook. The router has 2 LAN ports, of which I can only use one at a time. It is connected to the computer via an...
  13. SLBen

    IP configuration not recieved powerline

    Hello everyone, When using my TP-Link AV500 powerline with ethernet cable, it comes up with the yellow triangle in the right corner and fails to recognise the network. I have tried all the common go to CMD commands when troubleshooting this issue including: ipconfig /renew ipconfig /flushdns...
  14. Fazal

    Ethernet port issues

    I game on my laptop which is windows 10 asus.It was working pretty good until the ethernet often disconnects and will connect back every 5-10 seconds and sometimes it just works perfectly fine. When it disconnects it goes to wireless and makes weird noises and my latop freezes every 5 seconds...
  15. Lin

    Unable to Connect to Internet

    Hello all, I don't know what the exact problem is so I wasn't sure where to post this so here we go. Yesterday night my MSI GT70 laptop was no longer able to connect to the internet. I tried everything, the router was fine as multiple other devices (I have roommates all of who's devices were...
  16. N

    Network problems on my cyberpower pc

    I've had my cyberpower gaming PC for around 2 months. It's been working fantastic until around 2 weeks ago. The internet suddenly started being weird, and I don't completely understand it. I haven't been able to browse the web when it says I'm connected to the network and internet. From help I...
  17. herlanczar

    Closed/Inactive Google websites works on other gadgets but not on Laptop

    When I go to Youtube, it doesn't appear properly and won't play video. I also can't logout on my Gmail. I tried restarting my router and clean my pc for malwares, cleared cookies/caches, tried Google DNS and flush DNS on cmd but websites still won't work correctly. This happens only on my PC as...
  18. J

    Intermittent connection hanging + other issues

    Since I've changed to wireless (I think that's about when the issue started), my connection hangs every few minutes for maybe 1-3 seconds. I have no idea what could be causing this, so I don't even know where to start trouble shooting. The wireless USB adapter is only about 1 metre from the...