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Computer Help Needed
Myself | 06/01/2008 | TheMom

Posted on 06/01/2008 8:33:05 PM PDT by TheMom

This afternoon my husband set up a computer for the kids. Once everything was set up, he checked to make sure all computers were connected to the net via the router. All looked great!

Then one of the kids downloaded some type of crap that has caused our internet connection to be kaput. I contacted our internet provider – after testing they determined that the problem was not within the cable box. (Each computer can connect to the internet if hooked up directly to the cable box). They gave me the customer service number to the router company ~ the gal said they could check to see if it was a router problem. The customer service lady for Linksys said that since our router is about eight years old it was out of warranty, but for a mere $32.95 they could have a tech check out the problem. (After a few colorful words from my husband) We went out and purchased a new router for $25.00.

The problem still exist. (I have not yet recontacted the router company.)

Each individual system can connect to the internet via the cable box. When all systems are connected to the router, there is no internet connection.

We have tried the basic turn it off, turn it on again ~ with no luck.

Does anyone have a clue how to fix this problem?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: internet; routers
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To: TheMom

Yay!!! Good to hear that you are up and running again!


221 posted on 06/02/2008 9:44:54 PM PDT by luvie (The Republican Party is strongest when it is fearlessly conservative! RL \:D/)
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To: TheMom

Your son downloaded crapware onto his computer, and then went out and bought a switch instead of a router? Not too bright, I think.


222 posted on 06/02/2008 10:38:54 PM PDT by Terpfen (Romney's loss in Florida is STILL a catastrophe. Hello, McCandidate!)
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To: TheMom

I still say keep the kids off the same system you are using. And by all means do not do online payments with any computer network where your kids are doing their net thing.

You might as well just post all your banking information for all to see and save yourself the guessing as to how the hackers got it.


223 posted on 06/02/2008 11:29:54 PM PDT by gogov
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To: Terpfen

Our son is not the one that downloaded the crap, that was one of the stays. (We have two kids living with us right now that are not ours ~ we affectionately call them strays cause they got nowhere else to live.)


224 posted on 06/03/2008 4:39:40 AM PDT by TheMom (My baby just graduated from High School - send money for college!)
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To: Eaker
Thanks for the kind words. Your mention of "buttermilk" reminds me of when I first learned what it was. I grew up on a dairy farm, so knew what real milk was from day one.

One day as a teenager, I went to the County Fair and someone was selling buttermilk. Hmmm ... that sounds good, I though ... must be like real milk with butter added or something.

So I bought a little, took one sip, and spit it out. Then I asked, and learned that buttermilk is what you get after you get done taking the butter out, then ferment it, to increase the lactic acid. Sounds like mixing skim milk and vinegar. Uggh.

225 posted on 06/03/2008 10:41:45 AM PDT by ThePythonicCow (By their false faith in Man as God, the left would destroy us. They call this faith change.)
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To: mylife
"I use Bit Torrent for tunes. Yeah it takes over the connection, but it pipes the tunes in fast too and it doesnt seem to be intrusive."

Bit Torrent installs a sub-program named "btdna.exe" on your computer in a folder named "DNA" in Program Files.

IF you don't have a software firewall that caught all of the attempts for this application to access the internet then not only have you slowed your system down but "btdna.exe" is very suspect. While Bit Torrent claims that it is not spyware, others disagree.

During install of Bit Torrent I had to keep clicking on the firewall to allow or disallow for multiple sites and multiple ports, in succession. It was never-ending. I finally had to "uninstall" that function.

Use Bit Torrent with this "feature" at your own risk.

I suggest you do a Google search for "btdna.exe" and read some of the horror stories.

226 posted on 06/03/2008 12:00:59 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron ("Terisn" is my new favorite word. Thank you, Allegra.)
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To: El Gran Salseron

Will do.


227 posted on 06/03/2008 4:36:46 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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