How do you have the virtual NIC setup for the virtual machine? Is the physical NIC bridged?

You have to get your MCSA before the MCSE. They build upon each other. You don't have to take a course for the certs. You can self study and take the tests on your own. I am one MCP away from my...

If you have an MCSE you probably won't be a help desk operator, unless it is your very first job in the IT field and then any experience will help you out.

Here's some info

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/le2/le0/le9/learning_certification_type_home.html

I would recommend finding a cisco router to practice with. If you can't find one then...

Thanks I saw that one, but it is a bit more then I want to spend.

Yeah tried that, but doesn't bring up any software solutions. Only hardware for setting up the VPNs which I already have.

I am looking for a relatively cheap or free monitoring software that will monitor my VPN connections with our remote firewalls and alert me if a connection goes down. It would be helpful if it would...

That really depends on what you want to do. If you want to be a network admin then you should start with CCNA. If you want to be a sys admin start with your MCPs.

T1 is a internet connection that the bandwidth is guaranteed. Where as with cable you are sharing bandwidth with your neighbors and DSL depends on your distance from the central HUB. T1 usually has...

You wouldn't have a USB dongle or a PCMIA card you could try? I would disable the onboard and try that first.

Does sound like an over heating issue if you can't get past the Dell logo. But then if you let it sit you can and then it freezes and shutdowns.

Sounds like a bad wireless card. Either a bad driver or actual hardware. Oh I am the same way with my network. Nothing goes on that I don't know about. It kinda scares my bosses. I had one bring...

If you aren't going to have a lot of traffic and want to host the web site yourself then you can look at www.dyndns.org to take care of the Dynamic IP problem. I would recommend spending $50-$100...

I have to agree with ian_422. Even with 6Mbps connection with that many users, if you have someone streaming audio or video it's going to bog down your connection. I would recommend a T1.

Could you give us some more information about the setup of you network. Is it a workgroup or domain? Are the printers all on one print server or are they installed on individual WS and shared out?

Are you absolutely positive that you don't have a rogue AP somewhere in the building? Do they pull the 192.168.1.x addy in the same area of the hotel everytime? If so that definately points to a...