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Remove FilterHewlett-Packard released this week a research [URL="http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2010/apr-jun/HP_ASME_PAPER.pdf"]paper [/URL]describing how a data center could be powered by the waste from a dairy farm. (Would that make it a 'green' data center, or a 'brown' one?) "The HP ASME paper shows how a farm of 10,000 dairy cows could generate 1MW of …
I recently set up a small LAN in my place by having my main computer with 2 NICs using one to connect to the internet and the other connecting to the other computer via a crossover cable - both PCs running XP. Everything seemed to have been running fine until …
Hi, (tl;dr below) The problem: Network says 'not connected' or 'media disconnected' type of error. This has happened twice in the last few days, and I have not been able to find any answers. It seems to only happen on restart, as the network is fine otherwise, and it only …
Hey, I'm having some problems accessing a shared external hard drive. Actually its not me thats having the problem its the other computers on my network. When i look at the network map i can see all the computers on the network and access them all - the shared folders …
Hi there i was wondering if any one can tell me if it is possible to get wireless internet without using a wireless router but instead somehow using a home phone number. Is there a ISP that offers an option to do this?
In response to [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/27/wikipedia-child-porn-larry-sanger-fbi/"]claims [/URL]from cofounder Larry Sanger that Wikimedia is harboring images of child pornography, founder Jimmy Wales has gone on a search-and-destroy mission against pornographic images in the company's family of websites, causing an outcry about his heavy handedness and resulting in his [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/7711486/Wikipedia-porn-row-sees-founder-give-up-his-editing-privileges.html"]giving [/URL]up some privileges to …
I cannot bring up one (only one) domain on my local computer. This domain is owned and hosted by my (through resellers). Things I have done: Cleared the cache of Firefox & IE Flushed the dns from cmd prompt ipconfig /flushdns refreshed NetBIOS names nbtstat -RR Purged NBT Remote Cache …
Hey guys I'm using 2 computers a desktop computer and a wireless laptop. The wireless laptop can connect to the internet while the desktop computer isn't connected and it has "limited or no connectivity". The desktop computer connects to the router which connects to the modem while the laptop is …
I have just recently got SBC Yahoo! DSL.. i bought a netgear router so i can use it on my two computers. one is a laptop already with a wireless card in it. and the second computer is a desktop pc. on the desktop pc, it shows that i am …
hello, I want to know how I could cancel a timer or even extend it in glomosim. Can any body help me? thanks.
I recently moved into a new house where the owner has a high-speed internet connection through Comcast. I installed a wireless-B adapter (made by Linksys) so I could tune in to his signal. After a few days, my computer reverted back to its old dial-up habits. It still takes a …
I have a desktop i am trying to get it connected with wireless adapter. iam able to configure wireless connection settings. once it connects it keeps dropping the wireless connection and connects back in few mins , this happens for ever. i have other laptops that are connected to internet …
I have created a server application, which listens on port 6000 and responds on port 6001. Therefore the client sends data on 6000, and receives on 6001. Presumably for the server, port 6000 would need to be opened. Should I distribute client software to end-users, would they need to port …
Hello everyone, I am have some difficulty trying to understand how to find subnet mask, broadcast and network address. How do I calculate that given an IP address? for example IP: 123.65.47.62/22?
I am helping a friend set up a wireless network with a pc and a laptop. He currently has dial-up access through MSN. How would I do this? Would he need an external modem connected to a router? or would going with a DSL or Cable be the easiest way.
Hi. I have an Internet broadmand connection from BSNL (India). I have four pcs with windows XP in my LAN. How can i set my pc so that all other pcs will share Broadband internet connection. Kindly show all settings.
I have a small wireless LAN running a box with XP Pro as the primary computer. It has an HP P3005d printer connected via USB and shared to a Vista Business box. The XP machine prints fine. However, the Vista machine takes forever to print even 1 page docs. Doesn't …
Hi all, Sorry for putting this topic here. I don't know where is the most appropriate box to post. I'm having a problem with internet connection, and I'm really hoping you will get me out of this. I'm connecting to internet using wireless (I'm using desktop computer by the way, …
How to get a server name in my computer? Can any one tell me please?
i need help because my school is blocking all the free website that have games, so school is boring. any1 want to post any backdoors or something? (i dont know the filter) thanks -therambo
There is a good tool for pcap base protocol testing. You can modify the pcap by using this tool. [URL="http://www.packetsquare.com"]http://www.packetsquare.com[/URL] packetsquare is a open-source packet modification tool. It is used for protocol testing and hacking. This tool is capable to parse and modify Ethernet II, VLAN(802.1Q), MPLS, ARP, IPv4, ICMP, …
Hi Friends Im Elango from India, I have new problem, we have 6 computers connected with network switch. one system win2K other five is win98. resently a virus affect all our systems (virus name w32.sality) still we unable to clean it. if i scan with norten virus not found. but …
Well thanks for that O2, my iPhone was as much use as a chocolate teapot from lunchtime yesterday thanks to the pay monthly data network suffering a monumental failure. There I was, sitting in a (without wifi) Costa Coffee about to start an informal meeting with a potential client. I …
Hello friends, I am system admin in small company with 7 desktops and 4 laptops. All systems are working perfect. Sometime i can ping our ISP dns but cannot connect internet at same time other systems are using internet, than I have to restart PIX firewall and than works perfect. …
Hi All, Myu office runs a websense in the network and i need to bypass it without leaving back my PC's footprints to track me back. How do i do that ? cheers Rajeev
Applications for the second round of U.S. broadband stimulus funding are starting to become publicly available on a federal [URL="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/search.cfm"]website[/URL]. Approximately 870 applications had been posted to the database as of Saturday, [URL="http://www.stimulatingbroadband.com/2010/04/update-broadband-stimulus-round-ii.html"]according [/URL]to Stimulating Broadband, a website dedicated to tracking broadband stimulus funding. In the American Recovery and Reinvestment …
hiiiiiii evry1 i want to be a network security engineer. i am doin ma grad(2nd yr) right now. what certifications should i opt for?
Hi, I've NetGear FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall router. On of my net work computer is visiting apnic.net. The router was flood with UDP datat and other computer get hard time to go on line. I've got the following from security log. Sun, 03/28/2010 14:47:28 - UDP packet dropped - Source:123.0.239.92, …
[COLOR=green][COLOR=#434343]We've had the machine for 6 months working just fine. Three days ago my daughter was online using it when she got a slew of dialogs popping up from Symantec / Norton Antivirus. The messages said something about not being able to deliver a mail message. We couldn't kill the …
Hi, I'm posed a question in my study course for Active Directory and hope someone can help me. Assuming the following: SMTP Mail Server A Name: mailserver1.domain.com IP Address: 192.168.0.10 SMTP Mail Server B Name: mailserver2.domain.com IP Address: 192.168.0.11 Mail Server A is the primary server, while Mail Server B …
Just six weeks after Google [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story259442.html"]announced [/URL]its plan to build a gigabit fiber network for a city, more than 1,100 cities have applied, the company [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/next-steps-for-our-experimental-fiber.html"]said [/URL]on Friday. In addition, more than 194,000 individuals responded, Google said. The company has put a map up on its corporate blog showing which …
Hi everyone, this is my problem: I have Windows xp, a router, adsl modem, I can connect to the internet, but I can't find a way to disable the router firewall. My isp gives me dynamic ip's so everytime my router restarts I have a new ip address for my …
Are the [COLOR=red][/COLOR]Netgear routers set to a default WPA key or do they all have a different one? Sorry but i dont [COLOR=green][/COLOR]know the model of the Netgear[COLOR=red][U][B][/B][/U][/COLOR] router because its not my router but i can pick it up on my laptop [COLOR=green][/COLOR]Im in Dublin Ireland Regards, Gavin
hi friends i hav faced a new problem that some guys of mi organization are accessing gmail and orkut through google translation page.....i m a network administrator and here we use winproxy as a proxy server and we cant block the translation page of google bcoz we also use it …
So on my home network, I have just two computers. I have a linksys router. On my laptop, which is running vista, I type in net view in cmd to view the host names on my network. I only get my laptops host name. I have my other computer, which …
I have 3 printers, 2 HP P1006 and 1 HP 1020 shared on a network with a Windows 2003 Domain and 18 workstations all of them with Windows Xp Professional. The 3 printers are connected to 3 of the workstations, shared and with bidirectional compatibility disabled and it has been …
Hi friends, I have just joined this forum. I am working in an organization that has LAN connectivity for about 800 computers. Now what I wanted to know was that is there any way/software that gives me an instant notification (the IP address of the computer) the moment anyone connects/pings/tries …
ok, here's the thing, server 2003, i have 2 ISP's, 2 routers, router 1 with address 192.168.254.1 and the other router's address is 192.168.254. 254, and one DES 1024D switch. 14 computers connect to the first router and 10 computers connect to the other router. all workstations have static ip's …
I installed a Cisco 520 and am trying to log in remotely using QuickVPN. I have opened ports, disabled the anti virus and the firewall but cannot access it on a computer running Windows XP. I works fine under Vista or Windows 7. Any idea what the problem could be?
I am a computer user, not a developer. I run Windows XP Media. Recently, I have had the problem that after my computer is on for about an hour or so, it will not connect to the internet using either Firefox or IE. At one point IE reported:"Windows has detected …
Hi, I just have a quick/probably dumb question about this vulnerability... "OpenSSH before 5.1 sets the SO_REUSEADDR socket option when the X11UseLocalhost configuration setting is disabled, which allows local users on some platforms to hijack the X11 forwarding port via a bind to a single IP address, as demonstrated on …
hi, I need to add some network switches to our network. I need 1x 48 port 4x SFP switch in our main comms 4 x 48 port 2x SFP at our 4 cabinets located around the factory. Each cabinet switch will be connected to the comms room via existing Fibre …
Hi Whenever I use my laptop to connect to the internet via Wifi, the internet connection becomes intermittent. Although the Wifi signal is excellent, but all webpage I go to states "webpage cannot be found". All downloads halt and I cannot connect to Yahoo Messenger. We already ruled out the …
I am trying to use my virtual terminal for accesing Internet named as TELNET under Dos.But Every time when we want to connect or open a site giving it gives the message Could open a connection to [url]www.goggle.com[/url] Why it gives the error every time when i want to connect …
hi can you help me with this i have a network of 3 routers he number of hosts on each network Net1 60 Net2 90 Net3 60 Net4 30 Net5 60 Net6 128 there are 6 Pcs how can i calculate the subnet mask and knowing the subnet ,default getway,,,
Win I try to start server services I get this, it is also set to automatic. Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. The srvsvc.dll is present and the srv.sys is present. I can view all 5 computers on my net work, but can't share any of mine. …
In preparation for releasing its national broadband plan tomorrow (which is already coming under [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/business/media/13fcc.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1268658134-LNz+NNwd7fnSKyovP4YlZw"]criticism[/URL]), the Federal Communications Commission has started collecting data from users on their broadband [URL="http://broadband.gov/qualitytest/"]performance [/URL]-- a test that is also coming under criticism. Like [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story219530.html"]similar [/URL]testing a couple of years ago, the broadband.gov testing suffers …
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