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  2. Troubleshooting AOL Desktop Gold

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    If you are missing items or your settings are not saving correctly, try the solutions listed below. Close Desktop Gold and relaunch • Open task manaager • End task on ALL "AOL Desktop.exe" • Open Desktop Gold • If the issue still exists, proceed to the next step. Restart the computer • Restart your computer and restart Desktop Gold

  3. Troubleshoot a dial-up connection - AOL Help

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    If you've bundled phone and cable, but did not get broadband internet, your dial-up won't function. Dial-up doesn't work with phone services offered by cable companies. Check your physical phone connection - A loose cable or cord can often be the cause of a connection problem.

  4. Direct cable connection - Wikipedia

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    A Direct Cable Connection dialog box on Windows 95. Direct Cable Connection (DCC) is a feature of Microsoft Windows that allows a computer to transfer and share files (or connected printers) with another computer, via a connection using either the serial port, parallel port or the infrared port of each computer.

  5. Ethernet - Wikipedia

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    An Ethernet adapter card for the IBM PC was released in 1982, and, by 1985, 3Com had sold 100,000. [16] In the 1980s, IBM's own PC Network product competed with Ethernet for the PC, and through the 1980s, LAN hardware, in general, was not common on PCs. However, in the mid to late 1980s, PC networking did become popular in offices and schools ...

  6. Medium-dependent interface - Wikipedia

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    Ethernet over twisted pair also defines a medium-dependent interface – crossover (MDI-X) interface. Auto–MDI-X ports on newer network interfaces detect if the connection would require a crossover and automatically choose the MDI or MDI-X configuration to complement the other end of the link.

  7. Network interface controller - Wikipedia

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    A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, [3] network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface [4]) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network. [5] Early network interface controllers were commonly implemented on expansion cards that plugged into a computer bus.

  8. 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).

  9. Ethernet over USB - Wikipedia

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    Ethernet over USB is the use of a USB link as a part of an Ethernet network, resulting in an Ethernet connection over USB (instead of e.g. PCI or PCIe).. USB over Ethernet (also called USB over Network or USB over IP) is a system to share USB-based devices over Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or the Internet, allowing access to devices over a network.