Internet Security - Managing Your Connections

It's not surprising that with the popularity of the Internet, it has become an everyday thing for all of us who have access to it. There's always a lot of things to do online - chat with our friends, check out our Facebook, listen to You Tube, watch a movie, read e-an book or simply surf around. Most of us actually spend at least four hours a day flipping webpage after webpage. In fact, it has come to a point when we can no longer quite imagine life without the web. While erasing the Internet from our lives remains to be a remote possibility, not getting an Internet connection is a very real and frustrating scenario that anyone of us will have to deal with at one point or another.

So what do you do if your connection fizzles out? Unless you've got a really bad situation, there will be things you can look into that just might solve the problem. First, you'll want to check on your modem. A blinking orange light is a sign that that the problem is with your Internet Service Provider (ISP). You can reset your modem and wait till the orange light is steady. Another thing that you might want to check is your IP address. If your computer is connected to a Local Area Network (LAN), it might have been assigned an IP address that is being used by another unit on the network. When two computers in a network share an IP address, the resulting IP conflict will make sending and receiving information to and from both computers impossible. Have your IP address changed by a technician and start surfing smoothly again.

There are times when the Internet connection itself is corrupted. In this case, you can just simply reboot your computer and connect again to the web. If this doesn't solve the problem, try scanning your computer for viruses or spyware. Once you're done getting rid of them, restart your computer and your Internet connection.

If things still don't work, then you'll probably need someone with the expertise to revive your connection. Call your ISP for assistance and inform them about what you've done so far as you tried to fix the problem. If this scenario happens too often, an angle you can consider is viruses damaging your computer's ability to access websites, much less connect to the Internet. In this case, you may have been indiscriminate in the sites you've visited or links you've clicked.

If you simply lack the knowledge to tell good from bad sites and don't even have the time to learn, you can simply get an IP hider software. It will take care of your IP address by hiding it so you can go on with your online activities without catching the eye of hackers and other unscrupulous online elements.

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