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By admin, December 17, 2011 3:25 pm

This may be a problem with many other broadband users, but I have noticed and faced this with my BSNL broadband connection.  The problem was that, certain sites were not opening via the broadband.I tried with another internet connection and these sites were opening without any problem. So the problem was not with my system. Neither it was the result of some virus attack.

I searched several sites, many of them suggested that finding the correct MTU(Maximum transmission unit) and modifying it in the modem settings should solve the problem. This turned out to be a half-solution for my problem. To completely settle the issue, I had to change the MTU in modem as well as in windows settings. I shall explain how to achieve this if you also face such an issue.

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By admin, December 11, 2011 5:37 pm

Are you unable to access certain webpages via your broadband connection? There can be several reasons for this. One is that your ISP's DNS servers are overloaded or they are not working great. A solution to solve this is to use the free DNS service provided by google.com or OpenDNS servers.
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By vishnu, December 10, 2011 2:59 am

WinEdt + MikTeXis the combination that people usually use in Windows OS for preparing LaTeX docs. MikTeX is a free software where as WinEdt is not. It is a shareware and can be used without any restrictions for the first 31st days of installation. After 31st days, a reminder will start popping up all the time when we use WinEdt. But we can disable this popup for another 31 days without re installing the WinEdt software.

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By vishnu, December 10, 2011 2:58 am

There are many Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Ker ala.These include BSNL, Asianet, Reliance, Tata Tele Services etc. Many of them provide wired as well as wireless internet connections. Wireless connections are usually not that fast compared to the wired ones. But they offer the convenience of travelling with your laptop anywhere in the world.

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By vishnu, December 10, 2011 2:57 am

The following I tried in Windows XP Pro.Not sure about any other OS. May not work in a non Windows OS.

To unlock Idea NetSetter 3g (Huawei E1550) what I did is, from the site http://a-zgsm.com/huawei.php I found the flash code for my H3G using its unique IMEI number.

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By admin, December 10, 2011 2:51 am

I faced some trouble while trying to import a MS Office (XP) created CSV file to a MySQL database table. Trouble was with certain non English (basically accented) characters and it was coming up as question marks in the phpmyadmin interface after importing it. It turned out that selecting the correct character set (charset) for importing the file to the database will solve this error.

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