Printer connection

Hello,

One day, out of the blue, my router's WAN connection went down. I went through troubleshooting and turned it off and back on, yada yada yada. I followed the ethernet (or whatever its called) cable back the the phone jack on the wall where it plugs in and unplugged it. When I did that, I noticed a clear, sticky, almost booger like substance and I thought it might be some type of glue. However, this substance had found it's way into the connection and something told me that it doesnt belong there. Idk if something leaked through the wall or what it is but, I just would like to see if this has happened to anyone else. I've been with my internet provider for over a year an...

Hello, I have a 2000 Xp computer and a 98 windows computer. I want to connect them in a working manner to a switch box so I can manually switch when neccessary.The printer uses USB cable. The 2000 XP uses USB cable connection from printer. The 98 windows uses parallel (25 male pin) cables from printer to computer. What type switch box do I need. (Is there a part number) and where are they available.
Thanks, Steve

Hello, so my problem is that my firewall seems to be blocking my internet connnection, I have the follwing message :

Security or firewall settings might be blocking the connection.

Your Internet access is blocked.

I have a perfectly fine internet connection and when I diagnose my connection problems it tells me I have a good internet connection but mentions that my firewall settings might be blocking the connection. I have spend hours stressfully trying to find out the problem but I just can't seem to find the solution would somebody a bit more experienced with computers be able to provide me with some help please it would be greatly appreciated,

Hello,
I have had issues for about two weeks trying to get my works website to load on my laptop. The server message says " err connection time out"

I've tried doing all the obvious and even using different connections. It works when I'm using the laptop at the office and at a friend's but not at my place. Please can anyone help I have to work from home.