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network connections

Oct 31, 2004 2:00AM PST

On one of my wireless computers has internet gateway and the other wireless does not have internet gateway. Does this make a difference in the internet connection? The one with the internet gateway has slow doadload speed.

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Re: network connections
Oct 31, 2004 9:01AM PST

"On one of my wireless computers has internet gateway and the other wireless does not have internet gateway."

Please expand a bit on the statement, it makes little or no sense. An internet gateway in common usage is some form of hardware router or software proxy server.

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Re: network connections
Oct 31, 2004 9:42AM PST

I am trying to track down a reason or cause for my new laptop's download speed to be slow - when running a speed test the download speed is 741 kbps. The download speed on my other laptop was approximately 1500 kbps. On the laptop with the slower speed, when I check my Network Connections, it shows as Internet Gateway. On my faster laptop it shows as LAN or High Speed Internet. I am running Windows XP Professional and Comcast High Speed Internet Service on both computers. Both are connected to the same home network.

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Re: network connections
Oct 31, 2004 11:43AM PST