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July 1

FACEBOOK - NO SOUND

There is no sound when i play Facebook videos. How can I overcome this problem? I use Windows 10. Thank you123.231.124.13 (talk) 03:02, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

There's usually a volume control button in the bottom right hand corner that usually needs to be clicked to turn on the sound. If that's not working, make sure that other programs have sound. If they do not, then the sound for the computer is turned down or off. If they do, then the video on Facebook may not have sound. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:05, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Odd network setup

I have a router (Vodafone Connect, if it matters) that delivers a signal to most of my property. Using powerline ethernet (which works well), I have connected the LAN port of a second router (because I don't have a dedicated switch) to the first router. I did not connect to the WAN port of the second router because I am aware of the problems of trying to use multiple shared resources through NAT.

Unfortunately, the second router has but one LAN and one WAN port. I was hoping, with a little ingenuity, to connect a VOIP adaptor to the WAN port of the second router such that I can use it as I would like. The VOIP adaptor (presumably) only needs a handful of services on the internet, and nothing specifically on the LAN.

But, doing so naively does not result in a working configuration for my VOIP adaptor! I'm not sure what to do. I've tried port forwarding, but I'm not sure precisely what it is, let alone how to use it effectively. Any ideas?--Leon (talk) 19:26, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

You should connect the second router (to the first router) using its WAN port and then switch it to the bridge mode. Ruslik_Zero 20:41, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Doesn't have it! The WAN settings it has that look useful are static IP and DHCP. I can set routes and port forwarding on it, but I've no idea what to do.--Leon (talk) 21:56, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

What is the model of the second router? Ruslik_Zero 18:42, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

A Pentagram P6360.--Leon (talk) 05:36, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Have the 2nd router no WAN IP configurtation and no PPPoE login. Have it just be a client device, getting an IP address as a DHCP client as computers are configured as "automatically" by default. Ensure, the 3rd byte of the IPv4 address differs on each of Your LAN networks.

If this does not fulfill Your need of NAT access and You do not want to route NAT twice, have the 2nd router this other configuration: Change the fixed IP address of the 2nd router into an avail IP address of the 1st routers LAN. The 1st router is still connecting to Your ISP and does not need any change! In the same step disable the DHCP service of the 2nd router. If possible, have the change at once before restarting the 2nd router with Your config. When the IP address is set, connect the LAN of the 1st router to the LAN 2nd router. If there is not 1GBT (=1000MBIT) LAN or auto-negociate functionality of the PHY, You may need a Ethernet crossover cable if there is no connection when cable is connected. When the routers are the same brand, You may create a temporary entry in the file hosts when administrating the 2nd router again which is not necessary if the 2nd router does not reroute to a domain name in its administration site. The 2nd router now acts as a dedicated WLAN accesspoint and ethernet hub/switch, whatever the device is designed. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 10:40, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

A 3rd way is to configure the provider login data into the 2nd router and degrade the 1st to a DSL modem, only if these modes are supported by the routers. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 10:44, 6 July 2018 (UTC)