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  2. Troubleshoot a broadband internet connection - AOL Help

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    If you don't have another browser, download a supported one for free. 2. Check the physical connection - A loose cable or cord can often be the cause of a connection problem. Make sure everything is securely connected to the wall and device. 3. Reboot your modem/router - Sometimes the old "turn it off and on again" approach actually does work ...

  3. NO CARRIER - Wikipedia

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    Three network interface widgets (2 Ethernet and 1 WiFi) showing two network interfaces being up, one being down with no cable plugged in (hence: "no carrier"), underlined in red. NO CARRIER (capitalized) is a word code transmitted from a modem to its attached device (typically a computer ), indicating the modem is not (or no longer) connected ...

  4. Ethernet - Wikipedia

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    Ethernet has since been refined to support higher bit rates, a greater number of nodes, and longer link distances, but retains much backward compatibility. Over time, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies such as Token Ring, FDDI and ARCNET. The original 10BASE5 Ethernet uses a thick coaxial cable as a shared medium.

  5. Wireless LAN - Wikipedia

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    This notebook computer is connected to a wireless access point using a PC Card wireless card. An example of a Wi-Fi network. A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building.

  6. Local area network - Wikipedia

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    Also shown in this example (shaded in yellow) is the network's connection to the Internet via fixed-line means. A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, campus, or building, [1] [2] [3] and has its network equipment and interconnects locally managed. LANs facilitate ...

  7. Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection

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    In the Ethernet protocol, when a communication collision happens (when two users of the medium try to send at the same time), each user waits for a random period of time before re-accessing the link. However, a user will wait ("back off") for a random amount of time proportional to the number of times it has successively tried to access the link.

  8. Service set (802.11 network) - Wikipedia

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    A temporary network created by a cellular telephone to share its Internet access with other devices is a common example. In contrast to the stations in an infrastructure-mode network, the stations in a wireless ad hoc network communicate directly with one another, i.e. without a dependence on a distribution point to relay traffic between them. [7]

  9. IEEE 802.3 - Wikipedia

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    IEEE 802.3 is a working group and a collection of standards defining the physical layer and data link layer's media access control (MAC) of wired Ethernet.The standards are produced by the working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).