September 19th in Internet by .

Length of cable from ADSL splitter to modem effects speed!

adslsplitter

Technicians from ISPs usually say that the maximum length of cable between your ADSL splitter and modem should be no more than 2-3 metres and anything more than that may compromise the internet speed. This is what i realized with my internet connection.

i recently used to keep the phone …

September 19th in Internet by .

Linksys modem shows no SNR Margin and Line Attenuation values!

i recently purchased a brand new Linksys modem WAG120N and i was quite surprised that the values for

SNR margin,
Line Attenuation,
Superframe errors,
Line Output

are totally missing and nowhere to be found . i believe these values are so much needed to troubleshoot various ADSL line issues. All i could see in the …

September 18th in Internet by .

ADSL modem shows SNR margin very low!

wifi

i have recently had DSL line frequently down and with every 10-15 minutes the internet disconnects i have noticed the SNR margin (signal to noise ratio margin) value go down below 10.0  and often in negative ones which could mean that your DSL is unstable and your internet could possibly …

July 6th in Internet by .

DSL unstable and disconnects often due to Telephone line Noise!

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I have been facing this dreadful problem in the past few days with my BSNL internet connection. The worst thing is the DSL is very unstable (blinks frequently) and disconnects very often and most cases i cant even work for 5 minutes. Whenever the DSL becomes unstable, i have often …

November 10th in Internet by .

First thing to do when your site is down!

Don’t panic! Very often webmasters face nightmare when a site goes down or inaccessible.

The very first thing to do is go to a free web based proxy site

http://www.hidemyass.com

and see if your site loads properly. There could be network problems with your ISP in your local …

August 16th in Internet by .

Shrink High Resolution Photo to small size for Upload

Shrink High Resolution Photo to small size for Upload

Nowadays sharing photos online has become so common among many people and most photos come out of camera device have huge file sizes because of more resolution and megapixel. The more the resolution and megapixel the larger the filesize. The fact is …

May 24th in Internet by .

Best Antivirus softwares which doesnt slowdown your PC!

i really hate antivirus softwares slowing down the PC. i have 2GB of RAM with core2duo processor and inspite of that, antivirus softwares make my PC bogged down. With over 300GB of data to scan, it takes forever for antivirus softwares to scan the PC.

Here are the results of various …

April 14th in General, Internet by .

how to convert large video from avi to DVD?

how to convert video from avi to DVD?

i am not a pro when comes to video editing and conversion. I am sharing here some of the easy tips on converting large avi file to dvd format.

My situation:

I had a 3 hour very large home video (about 30GB file size) in …

March 23rd in Internet by .

Tataindicom Plug2surf Internet not working!

i recently purchased plug2surf wireless internet USB modem and i was given a CDMA sim card along with USB pluggable pen drive modem.

I tried to connect to internet and everytime i get

“Error 721: The remote computer did not respond”

and still not able to connect to internet once. All i am …

March 10th in Internet, Linux/Unix by .

Important TCP/UDP Port Numbers

TCP/UDP Port Numbers

I have compiled some of the very useful list of port numbers (unofficial) used by server administrators. If you are managing a server under VPS or dedicated, this could be more than helpful. You can also refer to Official Port Number & Assignments from IANA website …