I want to know what should be avoided while surfing over broadband. what are minus of broad band. how can i hide my data and localdrives from others on broadband
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Something that others missed is that don't use Internet Explorer at all. Rather use the free Firefox browser from Mozilla. Many spyware attacks exploit the vulnerabilities of Internet Explorer. Mozilla Firefox is relatively more secure and gives you a better surfing experience with tabbed browsing and customization using extensions.
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I always use http://pcpitstop.com. But make sure that you have nothing else running in the background (MSN Messenger, et al). You might get a more accurate figure in Safe Mode With Networking. If the safe mode figure is much higher try and find out what else is using your bandwidth. http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TcpView.html is a great little utility that shows all the active internet connections on your PC
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Broadband in general refers to data transmission where multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the effective rate of transmission. In network engineering this term is used for methods where two or more signals share a medium.\n\nVarious forms of Digital Subscriber Line service are broadband in the sense that digital information is sent over one channel and voice over another channel sharing a single pair of wires. Analog modems operating at speeds greater than 600 bit/s are technically broadband. They obtain higher effective transmission rates by using multiple channels with the rate on each channel limited to 600 baud. For example, a 2400 bit/s modem uses four 600 baud channels. This is in contrast to a baseband transmission where one type of signal uses a medium's full bandwidth such as 100BASE-T Ethernet.\n\nWhile many lower rate forms of data transmission, such as analog modems above 600 bit/s, are broadband, broadband has been more closely associated with higher data rate forms of broadband data transmission such as T-carrier and Digital Subscriber Lines. Therefore, the word "broadband" has also come to mean a relatively high rate, while the term "narrowband" is used to mean a relatively low rate. It is now quite common to hear a broadband method such as a 9600 bit/s modem described as "narrowband", while a high rate baseband transmission such as 10BASE-T is described as "broadband". The International Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T) recommendation I.113 has defined broadband as a transmission capacity that is faster than primary rate ISDN, at 1.5 to 2 Mbit/s. However speeds of 256 kbit/s and greater are commonly marketed as "broadband" and this convention is held to by policy makers and ISPs alike.The term "narrowband" is also used to mean the opposite of "wideband" instead of the opposite of "broadband".
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That's the maximum bandwidth. You'll never have all the time that ammount. Ask them what's the minimum bandwidth guarantee and the usual one. They should tell you because it's written in the contract!
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20MB is not really that much. That is probably average for visiting websites and checking emails. Graphics, sounds, etc. on some sites take up more bandwidth, plus the computer itself talks to the ISP's routers/servers every once in a while. You are fine.
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How much hidden bandwith usage? if it's in the few kilobytes, then that's normal. If it's in the hundreds of kilobytes, then it can be a virus or trojan on your computer. These days, many viruses are made to benifit hackers. Hackers would use viruses to take control over people's computer so they can use them to send spam across the world. You may be a victim to this. So maybe large amounts of spam is being used as a launch pad which can explain the hidden bandwith usage.\n\nAnother possible reason is that a virus is in your computer to slow your entire network down. \n\nEither way, in my opinion, you have a virus on your computer. Don use Norton Antivirus no matter what anybody tells you. It's a popular antivirus but it sucks, big time. use Macfee or AVG antivirus.
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1.  You need a wireless router that connects to your broadband modem.  This lets other devices (desktop and notebook computers, PDAs, music sharing devices, Tivo, etc.) connect to your network.\n\n2.  You need a wireless adapter that connects to the USB port on your computer.  This connects your computer to your network wirelessly.\n\nI've given you a link to Linksys products below.  I use them, my boss uses them and a lot of the engineers where I work use them.  They're our choice and we've had no problems.  However, Netgear and DLink are also fine choices.  You can use Yahoo or Google to search for those company web sites.\n\nSecuring your wireless network is easy.  The product documentation goes into detail on how to do this, but here are the things you need to do:\n\n1.  Change the name (SSID) of your router.\n2.  Turn off SSID broadcasting (don't let the router tell the world the new name).\n3.  Set up WPA security filtering.\n4.  Set up MAC address filtering to only accept your wireless devices (the adapter mentioned above).\n\nIt's amazing how many people don't do any of the above.  Not securing your network is an invitation to disaster.\n\nLastly, and this is important:  Write down the new name and the WPA filtering code and store them in a safe and secure place -- One you won't forget.  I have a friend that lost his and had to reset everything when he tried to add a new device (you may laugh, now).
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Are you using Internet Explorer? Also have you got your broadband disc to install your broadband again?If so e-mail me as i had the exact same problems. Have you a disc for Norton Internet Security?
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I went here:  http://ehkconsulting.co.uk  and it pulled up the site.  Ensure that the LAN you're behind doesn't have web filtering such as proxy servers used.
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VoIP will use up a chunk of your bandwidth, and will have some effect on your download and upload speeds, but shouldn't prevent you from using the internet - on a decent broadband connection, it might not be noticable at all.\n\nOf course, if you're downloading lots and have many VoIP conversations going on, you might find one or the other transmission willl start stuttering.
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Utilizing some kind of harware firewall first, is your best form of protection, they have many models available for reasonable prices (Linksys, Sonicwall, Watchguard, etc.).  This is the best form of protection to start with if configured appropriately, and you can purchase them online or find whatever you need at a place like Fry's electronics, etc..  Beyond that you can protect your PC with Windows Firewall, if you are on XP, and various spyware/malware removal tools along with an antivirus tool.  For spyware I reccommend using spybot search and destroy, along with adaware personal SE and spyware blaster.  All are free and available for download @ www.download.com. These tools work great together as long as you use them and keep them updated.  Any Antivirus tool should do, something like Symantex, Mcafee, etc.\nYou an also protect your PC by staying away from bad websites, or opening strange emails. \n\nAs for the hacking, if you experience sluggish Internet speeds or are unable to open pages frequently, you probably have someone hijacking your bandwidth which would mean you are vulnerable to a hack.  The restarting issue sounds like a virus which could be the result of an email, web surfing, downloading, etc.  The myspace stuff sounds fishy also, you should definitely run virus scan to determine what virus you are infected with so you can try to find the removal tool to clean it, and I strongly suggest you download those spyware tools I mentioned and run their utilities as well. Good luck.
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I have  never heard of ANY type of broadband having a Windows requirement. If Im wrong, I will edit this...but I dont think broadband only works with certain broadband providers. Broadband should work with any windows environment since its just a link from their ISP to your computer using a USB port or an ethernet. Softwares have requirements, but I really doubt broadband has Windows requirements.\n\nYou wont harm your computer if you cant install it, but I would go ahead and try it because if there are problems, then a popup will appear before you even get to install it. I really doubt you will encounter any issues with it though.
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That depends on the type of connection you have in your house. If you connect through a phone line that when using it you can't make phone calls, you should have 2 phone lines.\n\nIf you use broadband, your computers must be connected through a hub. Every computer should be wired or the hub should also be a router in order to share the signal wireless.\n\nYou can wire from the hub to your room (the ethernet technology suppports in theory up to 100 meters using unshilded twisted pair wire) or get the signal using a wireless network card (for PCs, PCI or USB; for laptos, PCMCIA or USB) or integrated wireless in the case of a laptop.\n\nIn any case, each computer should have an antivirus, a firewall and nowadays an antispyware. There are solutions that offer the threesome, like ZoneAlarm, McAfee, TrendMicro, Symantec.\n\nYou should keep your PC updated (If you have Windows, turn on automatic updates on, and it also includes and internal, basic, firewall that should be turned on) and it is better if you have the latest version of your operating system (Windows, for example).\n\nThere are also free spyware like the ones mentioned earlier.
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You are correct that a broadband router will help protect your 1 computer, even though you dont have to have it to use DSL with only one computer, I'd still recommend it for the added safety. Built into the router is a firewall and it will pretty much prevent anyone from attempting to connect to your computer form the outside while still allowing your computer to connect to most anything you want to, like online games, web, email etc. Since you are thinking of wireless in the future and I assume maybe adding another computer maybe, you can go with a wireless broadband router. I personally like Linksys alot, you can get a wireless router for about $70. basically any router currently sold is going to be fine for you. almost all suppor the two common types of wireless, called 802.11B and 802.11G ,, they basically will say on the package.. "B and G" supported or something along those lines. When you get the wireless router, make sure you follow the instructions to secure it, or else you may have your neighbors using your wireless router without you knowing which can be a problem.
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try in iexplorer --->\n\ntools->internet opts->security->internet to medium
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Just get a good,reliable and inexpensive isp that doesn't require you to install their software to connect. Connection software along with accelerators will slow you down.
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All companies you know support wireless broadband. The only thing you should be within the service limit.