Why do some routers have problems with filesharing? I keep reading that they do have problems - but why? What is the problem? I would have thought that once you had an Internet connection you...

I am currently waiting for my line to be enabled for broadband and wondered what firewall(s) are recommended by the group. I have a dual boot pc with XP pro and Linux. I mainly use Linux to go on...

Attenuation of 48db but high SNR of 38db should be good for what max speed? Line length of 3.2Km according to 17070 (When it worked) and the BT checker used to say 2Mbps but now says maybe...

Will my exchange (Selly oak) have LLU at any time According to sam knows it serves 11,791 residential premises 483 non-residential...

For the last ten months I've been using a 3Com 3CRWE754G72-A ADSL modem router. For an average of two hours a day, the noise margin drops low enough that I'm disconnected - see www.mason.sh/3com.gif...

I'm with plusnet, on a 2Mbps package, but I'm only getting 450-500Kbps throughput. I have a support ticket that has been open for a month, and after a lot of nothing, BT finally arrived to check my...

Hi, I have a Linksys router which I want to connect my old laptop to. Problem is I dont know how to connect it using windows 98. I have connected my ethernet cable to a port on my router and laptop...

Hi, I have a Linksys router which I want to connect my old laptop to. Problem is I dont know how to connect it using windows 98. I have connected my ethernet cable to a port on my router and laptop...

Hi, I have a Linksys router which I want to connect my old laptop to. Problem is I dont know how to connect it using windows 98. I have connected my ethernet cable to a port on my router and laptop...

hi, i am thinking of subscribing to plusnet+ broadband, however the issue of 'traffic shaping' worries me, as i regularly p2p & torrent. does anyone in this group have experience of traffic...

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Back in January I purchased a WAG54G-V2 ADSL router. I reported here that it would not sync the date and time from my ISP. Even though Linksys support (both UK and USA) said there wasn't a...

why is it that BT pay and go ( prepay ) customers are being refused broadband access ? wholley bogus technical reasons are being given to third party operators, like Tiscali, and Pipex when they try...

Friend who lives in the USA for Six Months, then the UK for the other Six Months wants to have Broadband whilst here in the UK. .. Anybody know/recommend a Six Month package if it exists. He will...

Hi, In a couple of weeks I'll be moving into a property for a couple of months while I refurbish it. The property has a disconnected BT line. What I'd like to do is get broadband in there for the...

Not the most official source, but got told in an email from their support the 1mb is 'now planned for the last quarter of the year.' 90 minute response for an (albeit simple) email wasn't...

I've had a belking f5d7130 wap running with 128-bit wep very happily for a year now. I tried this weekend to switch to wpa though, and found the wap would hang spasmodically, requiring rebooting...

What is needed to provide protection from surges on the line when you are using cable broadband? Any recommendations for products to choose from?

Hi All, <sigh> the following isn't strictly bb but you guys here know yer stuff so sorry if it's a bit ot (being a wireless problem)... ;-( So, I have a network at home, bb cable router and run a...

In the last 24 hours my wanadoo connection has suddenly become totally unusable, sites taking days to load, if they do. I called technical support and explained the problem, I told them I had 3 PC's...