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Hi, Currently I am hosting a commercial website on a shared hosting environment. I am bringing it all in my basement hosting it myself. Little background about myself: I have never hosted a website myself. On the other hand, I have Masters degree in computers, have developed few websites, installed …

Hi, Recently purchased a globsurfer x1 router. Went through the set up process and everything seemed to work ok. Then a few days l8r it worked one minute then not the next. Now i can't get it working at all! Everytime i try to set up a connection its asking …

With the reality of software security vulnerabilities coming into sharp focus over the past few years, businesses are wrestling with the additional risk that poor security introduces. And while the risk is becoming clearer, methods to defend applications from attack remain murky. Further clouding the picture, the responsibility for application …

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers ([URL="http://www.ieee.org"]IEEE[/URL]) has started work on WiFi the next generation. While that news in itself might not exactly rock your socks off, the small matter of a big speed increase might. Word is that WiFi TNG could be fast, very fast indeed. Anyone fancy …

Unable to check for answers often, but thanks for any help. We want to link 2 laptops to another that has a (working) printer installed. All laptops share an internet connection through a satellite link up, but not networked to each other. How can we print to the 1 printer …

Hey all, I am new user here, thanks for all of your efforts, Network Description: We have a 4 floor building, We want to implement a network, The number of computers is about 22 PCs, expected to reach 28 , [B] We want to implement Exchange Server, Share Point server, …

What do you guys think of powerline ethernet? Is it a better investment than Wireless-N?

I want to make a network with: Internet (Cable) -> Linux Rackmount -> Network The Linux machine works A-OK now and shares the web, mail and ftp to everyone else on the network. It has a firewall etc... and is fine. I have configured remote webmin, Kerberos, NFS , WS-FTP …

i am buying about 150 used lan switches . how can i check that all ports of all switches are working ie all switches are in working condition .and as number of switches is high please tell a method which is fast.all are unmanaged switches

I've got ADSL through Qwest and the supplied modem's been getting pretty finicky dropping connections and needing frequent reboots. I'm going to buy a new modem (the actiontec m1000): [url]http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-EUADSL23C-08-Qwest-DSL-Modem/dp/B001A4H9CW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1260462711&sr=8-1[/url] I've never setup a new ADSL modem, but I do have experience networking. I was just hoping someone has had …

Network connection doesn't have "valid IP configuration"? Hi all I have something which i have never seen before in networking troubleshooting Am getting undefined network when i try using internet through my LAN adapter, My OS is Vista,Win 7 in xp the error is Limited connectivity What solutions have i …

I'm attempting to connect to my LinkSys Administration Interface as i have done many times in the past. [url]http://192.168.1.1/[/url]. However in all my browsers (netscape, opera, iexplore) it says page can not be found!? None of the browsers are going through a proxy. I can ping the router successfully and …

I'm getting geared up with a server at home to go live on the net as soon as my connection gets hooked up. I've always been oblivious to hardware and networking. My setup right now... I have a cabinet with 2 servers in it, and 3 PC's. One of the …

hello a friend recently told me that bridging your network damages is by causing your wireless network card to dull down in connectivity with each time u use it. is this true? and is there any harm done to the card by bridging your network?

You might not think that a 12,000 square foot data center would be anything for the environmental lobby to get excited about, but this is no ordinary IT facility. The Green Data Center ([URL="http://syr.edu/greendatacenter/"]GDC[/URL]) has been built by Syracuse University in partnership with New York State and IBM in order …

Computer name is not showing in the network list. How to solve?

I was wondering just exactly how to bridge two internet connections. My friend wants to get a second internet connection so that his family can use the netflix they signed up for and he can play games and torrent files without interrupting their streaming. What do I need to do …

ok....now this could sound a bit too lame but guys i'm really losing my head.. ............... the speed i get on my 64Kbps connection is 6-8 Kb/sec for a p2p or any non p2p download ....does this KB/sec represent kilo bits per sec.......or......kilobytes per second........acc to me it must be …

hi friends, can you tell me what is OSI layer and what role it performed in networking ?

i have a type 4 dsl router of data one and i would like to use wifi for laptop . how should i configure it to make it safe and to reduce leakage from the connection

Hi all I'm in a situation where i have 6-8 PC's presently used for sending & receiving emails & internet works, for this we me and my colleges are using individual dial up data card, now we want to switch to a Broad band Leased line ( ILP or Dedicated …

To start i am a first year student and I'm unclear on server and server types. If i have at least 196 workstations on a LAN network running win. XP and then segment the network into a student side and administration side how many servers running a Win. server 2008 …

Depending upon the level of your paranoia, Google is either attempting to take over the online world or simply trying to make it a better place in which to work and play. This latest announcement does nothing to clarify these already muddy waters. "As part of our ongoing effort to …

hi Folks, anybody knows if it is possible I could find out the source Ip Address of sender from the email I received?any idea? any software? cheers ex) I received an email from a friend,but to authenticate that he is the real guy who I expected to have email from …

Hi. I am wondering how basic messaging with windows Live Messenger (and other alike IM networks) works. I cannot believe that the clients poll the server for information. Neither can i believe that the server pushes messages to clients, because what about firewall issues? And several clients on the same …

Hello, I'm having this weird problem with my network configuration. I had my modem going into a wireless router and a network cable going from there to a switch and finally into my computer and the neighboring room's computer. I disconnected the router to move it somewhere else and now …

I have two linksys router I would like to be able to share files across both routers. The network is set up like this: Cable modem connects to the Linksys (RT31P2) out of the Linksys (RT31P2) on port# 1 to a Linksys (WRT54G) into the WAN port. I have two …

hello ! i am shail, and i need ur favor.. i want to access web page using the binary of its ip address.... for eg:- [url]www.google.com[/url] has ip address 74.125.67.100 & in its binary form it is (01001010.01111101.01000011.01100100) when i mention the ip address it redirect me to google.com but …

Hi all! I am using Sitecom WL-160 Router to share Internet from PPPOE Modem. Today I wanted to update the firmware on the router, so used the utility from sitecom (1.67v), anyway I mistakenly uploaded the wrong file, after that the router restarted but didn't work, now I can't use …

Hi can someone help me with the procedures to set up a LAN for 20 computers connected to a server and a router.

Hello all, Here is my problem in detail, I have to get data from remote server to local server. currently i am working on local server trying to connect to the remote server through php script. but rempte server is blocked due to security reasons. I am the admin for …

[URL="http://www.checkpoint.com"]Check Point Software Technologies[/URL], developers of the ZoneAlarm security range, has announced the results of research which suggest that half of all staff will happily walk away from employment with competitive information about your business in their pockets. That they are walking straight into another job with it should be …

Has your server's memory reached its 192GB limit? Last week a company called [url=http://netlist.com/]Netlist[/url] was demonstrating a new RDIMM technology that it claims can double per-CPU memory capacity without doubling the cost and without replacing any other hardware. At [url=http://sc09.supercomputing.org/]Supercomputing 09[/url], the high performance computing industry's annual conference, Netlist showed …

I got this project about building a secure communication between 2 user, with the help of a server. And I was confused. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The description said:

Hi friends i want 2 make network of my five system.... 4 tat wat i have 2 do..... plz do describe fully.....thanks in advance.....

My brother got a laptop the other day and i have been having some trouble setting it up with our existing wireless network. I have a laptop that is about 3 years old and a D-Link wireless router. I could get my brothers laptop to connect to the router but …

Hey I am looking to buy a new router, and was wondering if anyone knew if this router has built in modem or something. [url]http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/RangeMaxWirelessNRoutersandGateways/WNDR3700.aspx[/url] would I be able to use this router to connect to the internet without having any other modems or routers plugged in, or having to …

Hi, We are developing a web application(with Oracle and EJS) for a telecom payment site (like recharges, ticket bookings etc...) and are currently involved in deciding on requirements for a new production server that we intend to buy. This machine will run Windows XP. We are expecting around 5000-7500 hits/sec …

how hard is it to make your own UTP cabling and how easy is it to mess up the cable? can a faulty cable be hazardess or harmful if not constructed properly

Hey I'm new and I kind of joined out of desperation. I apologize in advance if my English is too bad for this type of subject and/or if I'm posting something that isn't allowed here. Right now, I'm in the middle of a school project where we are to describe …

I'm a student of engineering and decided to construct firewall for my major project.Can you provide some ideas about how I should proceed for my topic.I've decide to construct a packet-filtering firewall.

I have a port server that converts an 19.2kbps rs-232 data stream to tcp/ip then to my computer wirelessly using Motorola Canopy system. When my tcp/ip server software connects to the end device (the serial device), the available bandwidth is reduced drastically. Here is a screen shot of the bandwidth …

Hello, I'm hoping I am in the right place and would appreciate any help. I just bought the Dell inspiron 1525 which has a wifi connection already included. I haven't bought a router and I do not have an express card yet. I was told I didn't need either to …

Hi If anyone can help with this problem that would be great because I'm on the verge of pulling my hair out. A 2 computer network, 1 PC set-up as client which connects to another set-up as host, which is directly connected to the internet through a broadband connection. The …

Dear friends: On my pc from last two months youtube videos stop again and again. Ihave 1mb wireless vimax channel connection.My downloading speed is 100to128 kb per second. Iam using fire fox browser with flash player10. earlier ichecked it onie6.but problem is same.Ihave pentium4 with 1 giga ram. please guide …

[I]"If we went into an “evil room” and had an “evil light” shined on us, and we then behaved in an “evil” way we would be destroyed… there is a fundamental trust between Google and its users.” ~Eric Schmidt, Google CEO [/I] Google released an exciting new product today called …

I would want to know all the types of the cables used in networking and why they are used in those applications?The differences in the cables and the brand names attached to them

[URL="http://www.symantec.com"]Symantec[/URL] has published one of those rare things - a report that contains an actual surprise. It seems some 4 million people have fallen for Scareware in the last 12 months. I'm stunned. Not because people are installing fake antivirus systems. That's a shame but in some ways it's inevitable; …

Hi I am trying to share a drive on my home network. When I try to change the setting to share I get an error message.. "An error occoured while trying to share... . The serever service is not started." I have never seen this message before. Please help :!:

Hey Daniweb community, The office space we rented includes Ethernet wiring, however the patch where the network equipment can be connected has strange connectors on the cables coming out of it. [url]http://i34.tinypic.com/2qcjkup.jpg[/url] The cables themselves are Cat5e and connect to standard 8P8C wall plates. I'm sure they're for Ethernet, but …