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Re: [Cable] Comcast 16/2, but laptopA only 2/2, laptopB 20/4!?
First off, thanks for the quick response Irish Shark! 
By NIC settings, do you mean right-clicking on my Local Area Connection | Properties | Configure | Advanced | "Link Speed & Duplex" = [Auto Detect, etc.]? If so, mine's set at "Auto Detect", should I change that to one of the others you mentioned?
Also, could you point me to a good FAQ or help me how to determine if/where I might have a SW firewall, etc.? Not sure how to go about tracking this down.
Thanks again!
- Dan -
p.s. Also, if I may ask, (and after I get this issue resolved) would you recommend I lose the Linksys wireless router (WRT54G w/firmware v4.21.1 ... which is getting pretty long in the tooth these days I suppose) and get a newer one (maybe a Wireless N router) or should this router be able to handle the 16Mbps/2Mbps bandwidth? | |
Irish Shark
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| • Yes that is what I meant for the NIC. Auto is usually the preferred setting, but sometimes devices do not play well together and we have to have adjust it. Try setting the NIC duplex to 100/full and if that does nothing try 100 half. If neither fixes the problem, set it back to auto.
• The SW firewall is a program that is added to the OS just like any other program. ie .. Word, Excel, Firefox, etc.... Open explorer and go down to Programs and see what is there.
• The WRT54G is still a good router. I have one and it can do 30mb without an issue. You may want to look into using Tomato for the FW instead of the Linksys FW.
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