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Internet connection is weird
I used to use AOL dialup for years, so finally my mom got us DSl, and She had it hooked up to the main computer in the basement, and bought a router and My computer (ground floor) is hooked up wireless. I can get online by internet explorer and everything, but all the pictures on website (like on myspace and places) show up as red X's, and even when I right click and hit Show Picture, it doesn't work. Also, all my friends have the same internet connection that I now have, and when they download music, it takes them like 5 seconds to download a song, and it takes me like 3 minutes or longer. I don't get it. Whats the problem?
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If your computer is far away or the router has to go through a lot of walls, get a better router. Also, if you are using Internet Explorer, try using Mozilla Firefox. It is a very popular browser and it doesn't have all the security flaws that Internet Explorer has. I have DSL as well and I use Firefox. I think that it is faster than Internet Explorer. Also, your friends' connections may be faster than yours. There are different speeds for DSL. When you say that you are downloading songs, do you mean by filesharing? It depends on bandwidth and the type of internet connection your host has. I hoped this helped, if you have any other questions, just ask me!
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If you are getting dsl connection from the computer in the basement the your connection strength may not be storng enough.
At the bottom right of you screen (where the time is located) theres should be something that looks like a little tv. Or something that is telling you what your strength is. Its either yellow or green. Yellow means its working but weak. green means great connection.
On the back of your tower there should be a antenna that is for the wireless connection move it around to see if you can get it connect with the other computer.
If you cant seem to get it to work have your mom Call the Cable Company they should be able to walk you thru what needs to be done.
Hope i helped.
& if none of this makes sense you can IM me & ill try on there.
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Check any other computer connected to the network and check to see if it's uploading files, bitorrent/p2p software will kill your bandwidth if you don't monitor and restrict the max upload rate/slots. Since you said that you're on wireless, you may need to boost the signal with either...
a) Get a better router
b) Upgrade your routers antenna >
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c) Get a wireless repeater to increase the range
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Chances are, your problems are due to you not getting good signal strength from where you're at in relation to the router. The cheapest route is to simply move the router around to try and increase the signal.
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