Network Connection Problems

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There is a lot what can be and was written about network connections and how to troubleshoot problems. This article is concerned with one question that was asked a lot of times:" My Internet doesn't work. What should I do? "


Contents

Select network type

Check article Network connections and Network topologies that will explain basics that you have to know to understand further text.

Cable and LAN network

First, try to browse to some other web page. Try few of them. Select web pages that your think are always on.

Can you see another web page?

If yes then first web page is down (out of commission, doesn't work). You can only wait until webmaster brings the page up again.

If not then check the obvious:

and not so obvious:

DSL connections


Dialup connections


See also


External links


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