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He is connecting wireless to his modem.

Would you like to post a HiJackThis http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis log here in this thread or use the automated site.. Just to see whats running that might be bad in there. http://www.hijackthis.de/ And put up a real firewall that should stop the crapware from getting out and calling for reinforcements. Windozes is only for inbound. Try free comodo firewall. http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html You can just install the firewall portion and uncheck about 3 things(toolbars and search engine preference and anti-virus) when installing. You have got to cut down on becoming an expert reformatter.

There was a post on here the other week about wiggling(re-aiming) your wireless antenna and getting better speed. And that helped the poster.

And I am guessing you got FireFox from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ And Avast from http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?part=dl-85737&subj=dl&tag=button And do you run a software FireWall ? And please not Windoze Firewall. Hopefully you do not have an infected file that you backed up and restored.

Nah. We is supposed to share the credit for fixing stuff. But the Net is full of posts where for whatever reason, a firewall just decides to silently block something. I think Norton is a bit famous for that.

And I win the guessing game of what was wrong. Yay for me.

So Google once again violates Net Neutrality. How you ask? Well I have 'Google.com' as my search engine page link(not Google.ca). So today I click on the news button and notice a Canada news section. I though that was odd. So I click on my usual 'Sci/Tech' section for the latest tech stories. Then I start reading it and notice a lot of Canadian tech stories. And not very good stories either. So I see that Google once again is being IP Address, country code specific. But I don't want the Canadian site. I want the site that I choose and thats the U.S. '.com' sites. Being redirected to a site that you did not choose is censorship. And to make someone have to click around to get the site that they want is a pain in the azz. For the U.S. news site of Google... http://news.google.com/news?ned=us I also do delete my entire browsing history, etc., every time I close my browser. So no cookies to be used to keep a preference. People in the U.S. would riot if this crap was pulled on them. But Canadians are pussies when it comes to sites being redirected to a Canadian freaking version.

Is Comodo firewall silently blocking it, due to an update?

TMN members do come quick. Unless they is snoozing the afternoon away.

Might be time for Pixie to try out Linux. Pick up a slightly older machine at the local computer shop and try it out. Or at least let the kids use the Linux box instead of the main machine. I saw a signature quote the other day about "If you really want the data that is on your hard drive, you will have at least two copies of it". I have two plus all my pictures are also backed up to DVD once I unload the camera. But if I really wanted the pictures, I would of printed them to photo paper at the drug store.

CyberDefender may now be a Rogue program............. Uninstaller does not actually work. Both free below. Download, install and update and scan. http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button http://www.superantispyware.com/

Might this help? You did not put an error code. Or your firmware on the router is in limbo. Install CD's are evil.

Maybe uninstall 'network magic' and do it all manually. Could be a conflict. And access the router via wireline instead of wireless. Software to make it easy, sometimes makes it harder. Hope you didn't have to pay for 'network magic' yet after the week trial.

How about.... http://www.wateen.com/ as the ISP in Pakistan. Speed test here on this site. http://www.testmy.net/speedtest/download_speedtest.php And how about speed varies(calculate=accurate?) and there is a limit(cap) to data rates?

You can also do(in windows) ,,, start,,,, run ,,, type in, cmd ,,, and then type in, ipconfig ,,,, that should show you the default gateway IP. My Router(non-Dlink) default access IP is 192.168.1.1 and then I just use the routers access pages to set things up.

Can she only watch Standard definitions video(TV) instead? Possibly she is using HighDefinition Video and that will take a bit off your connection. I might have my numbers a bit off but,,, with TV(IPTV ) over internet, you need a minimum of 7Mbps for two standard definitions IPTV boxes. And if you have two IPTV on at the same time, it can reduce your leftover Internet speed to lets say 800Kbps to 1.5Mbps. Each HD IPTV can possibly use at least 3Mbps. And maybe 2.7Mbps for each box for standard definition. And the IPTV streaming has a quality of service control that locks out bandwidth for it specifically to prevent buffering.

Just log in here and do a couple of tests a day. It's a fair Internet based test without any, ummmmmm, discrepancies. And sometimes the 3Mbps speed is a suggestion. It all depends on what the 'bandwidth to users ratio' is on a tower. Because really, a 3Mbps package should stay above the 1.5Mbps package 24/7. Not that the CRTC cares. Just look at the circus with DPI and throttling questionnaires going on right now.

Yea. Oppps. I was gong to edit and didn't see it was past time. Try these two. Or call support in the 2am hours. Reports of there being better people at that time. Eddie Drganc - Vice President Customer Care 506-324-6689 EddieD @ barrettxplore.com Scott Mazerall. Customer Affairs Liaison ScottMa @ Barrettxplore.com Oh well. You have 30 days guarantee. Unless it's software based at the source for an actual throttle if the SM is aligned right. Keep a log of your speeds for the month, just in case. A good bargaining tool(be hardcore about it) if your speeds again go to crap after 30 days if you get your speeds fixed now.

Try these two. Or call support in the 2am hours. Reports of there being better people at that time. Eddie Drganc - Vice President Customer Care 506-324-6689 EddieD @ barrettxplore.com Scott Mazerall. Customer Affairs Liaison ScottMa @ Barrettxplore.com Oh well. You have 30 days guarantee. Unless it's software based at the source for an actual throttle if the SM is aligned right. Keep a log of your speeds for the month, just in case. A good bargaining tool if your speeds again go to crap after 30 days if you get your speeds fixed now.

Support should be able to tell you your numbers for alignment issues over the phone(jitter and such). A few people are getting ticked off over the mast issues. But that has to do with the AP being on a short building or tower, instead of up high to reduce the tower costs of the users. 2 days and issues. There are some poor quality installers out there. And until enough customers complain about them, nothing may change.

With Comodo, you have the option to only install the Firewall or the anti-virus. And make sure you uncheck 3 pieces of scumware(toolbars). I like ZoneAlarm, but Comodo firewall seems to be ok. And the Windows FireWall, I think, is still mostly one way. Meaning if you get infected, nothing to stop it going back out. And I find Avast anti-virus to be very good, especially when you hit a bad site, it blocks access. There is also Panda anti-rootkit. http://research.pandasecurity.com/archive/New-Panda-Anti_2D00_Rootkit-_2D00_-Version-1.07.aspx Have not tried it other than once. And MalWareBytes is a nice quick scanner.

'nived ' should be a wireless subscriber(according to the package quoted). And with Wireless of Xplornet, there is a throttle that kicks in after a certain number of MB's some have said 6MB. Some have said 12MB. Depending on how loaded the tower is. But higher tests are good for the 'download flow speed' on satellite.

If their contract is written like that, the States attorney general would probably love to fix it for them and get many users out of contracts. 'Unlimited use' is one method to say 24 hour access. 'Unlimited bandwidth use' means NO CAP.

Try another ISP? Possibly an alignment issue for the real slow speed. Since you did a small size speed test, there is no 'Burst' or 'up to' kicking your speeds down. I don't know if you can do a push/pull test(up, down and side to side) with the SM(subscriber module). It's how the satellite dish users do it. So you push it a bit while doing a speed test. And see if any change in speed. It's also a good chance to see if the installer got all his bolts tight. And keep your hands away from the front of the unit to not block the signal. And have any tree's grown up since install(a windy day may cause signal drop out). The 900MHz units can take a little bit of tree's. The 2.4GHz units need line of site(LOS). The newer 3.5GHz units don't have interference issues like the other ones. Then there is also distance from the AP(access point tower). If your speeds have always been slow, then you could be too far from the tower to get 2X mode, and instead are operating in 1X mode(slower). Or simply put, at the moment with speeds like that, you are over paying. If you did a speed test at 3am to see if the tower is not over subscribed(meaning speeds should be the fastest they can be, when there should be few users on the system).

I think that smilee in my CPU is smoking something tonight. I'm working on making some clean copies of my files for the new system soon and my CPU is lagging at times.