Am I right in thinking that most/all broadband firewall routers can pass VPN traffic (possibly with specific ports needing to be opened in the firewall) so that a VPN client on a "private LAN" PC can...

Hi, I have just had a new BT line fitted yesterday and wondered how long I have to wait before I can order broadband on it. I tried today but it did not recognise the number. Does anyone have any...

Here's a really stupid question. How do you set up this router to email its logs to an AOL address? I've set loads of these routers to send to other addresses via other SMTP servers, but I can't make...

Hello. I just went to a friends house to check on a problem he had (still has) on his wireless network. He's got a netgear wireless router (don't know the model) it looks really fancy and its a...

I recently set up my (non-techie) sis / bil with broadband from PlusNet. SamKnows website indicates a 2Mb speed should be possible, though BT found the signal at the house was half a db over their...

Some good news at last! The EEDA have announced that funding is available to upgrade a number of exchanges in the East of England. See the web site below for further...

Windows XP Home Edition Demon home 500 broadband Ebuyer Modem Router (link below for actual...

A customer of mine has a Netgear DG834G V2 router which is connected to AOL. Intermittently (it's happened three or four times in two months) the router stops working. It displays no lights on the...

No mains water or electricity (and Screwfix/Lynx have lost the dedicated DC-AC inverter I ordered to power the router 24/7)... but 1mb broadband! Over 11km from the exchange, now syncing at 1152000,...

I've just read this on the Zen board at ADSL Guide: "Some premises have more RF noise (interference) than others. Where this is a problem, the usual answer is a filtered placeplate with a short Cat5...

I cancelled adsl on a line a few weeks ago but the router still syncs with the line. No connection is possible but obviously the line is still enabled. Do BT just leave the line in this state or does...

Just moved from a 2mb Telewest Cable connection to 2mb(upgradeable to 4mb) ADSL with Plusnet. Transition went fine and I'm happy with networks, etc. Could anyone point me to a site that explains all...

I've been trying to diagnose a problem with a customer's Dlink DSL-G604T router which fails to connect to his newly-activated line. The ISP says that as far as they can tell, the line has been...

My old Dad has subscribed to Telewest's Blueyonder service because he just likes surfing the Web. He's not very computer savvy though and he's getting a recurring problem which blocks his Internet...

I am considering changing my web hosting supplier. I am really struggling to find any reviews of UK hosts and the couple of webhosting news groups are pretty empty. Any suggestions please, either...

I'm considering switching to Bulldog's "Inter@ctive" service, since my exchange is now unbundlable. Will I be able to get my existing ADSL provider (Claranet) to provide service up until the line is...

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Hi all One of my colleagues at work is trying to help his son make the right decision of ISP. He has NO internet access at all at the moment. Last night I tried to download the ADSL Guide to my HD...

Close lightning destroyed the cordless phone at the weekend, now looking to get some phone line surge protection. The adsl router survived. One of the Belkin range seems ok for mains / BT telephone...

A: Not in all cases it seems ... A while ago I noticed my D-Link DI-704 BB router was having difficulties handling DHCP with more and more (newer) network cards so I picked up a little new Q-Tec...