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Hello. I work at a small private school as a PC and network support engineer. I have a network engineer that I report to. He has tasked me to map which network plugs in our rooms go back to which port in our various switch closets. We have one wing …

I just purchased a Belkin Router f5d8235-4 v2. It has a place to connect an external hard drive so that the network can share the hard drive. I have a 250 Gb Western Digital hard drive that I have tried to connect but I haven't been able to get it …

hi everyone am taking ccna classes.i would like to know the full package of software that are necessary for a network that can use media conferancing. real time

i have taken the internet connection from cable net.in my computer i have set obtain ip address automatically.and obtain domain automatically.internet is working .but i have purchased one notebook.i want to connect internet in notebook also.now i have taken two port switch.but when i place rj45 cable in the computer …

This is a copy of a post I made in the C# forum. It really is a networking question. Please help me if you can. I have a program that sends out UDP traffic via csharp. The code works in the local LAN. We even got it working to other …

Hey all, I'm having trouble setting up a D-Link 604 Broadband Router with my two XP machines. I read through the manual and did everything it said and both machines could connect to the router and ping each other but can't connect to the Internet. I dont know whether this …

I write a lot of about the battle among large technology corporations in this space and the importance of competitive checks and balances. Yet Comcast seems to be growing into a super power with control over the very pipes that provide many of us with internet access, but without any …

Is it possible to e-mail an .exe or .zip file so that only the recipient can unzip it & it cannot be sent from the recipient to a second recipient? I.e. the file cannot be re-sent from that person to another person. SNIP

After Googling my probelm and not being able to find out how to fix my prob.,I decided to look for help else where... here!^^ So, Hi ALL. I'm connected to a Speedstream 4100 directly to the comp.,no router, and I cant get the ethernet cable to connect to the modem, …

British Telecom has announced that it is ahead of schedule for superfast broadband* and will deliver it in time for the [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8424401.stm"]Olympic Games in London[/URL]. It's less good that only 40 per cent of customers will be able to get at the service but then the Internet was ever thus. …

Hi, My service provider is AOL. The main computer is a desktop, and the 2nd (mine) is a laptop. The router is safecom. it is a wired connection. The problem that we have is that the internet is working on the laptop but msn messenger is not working at all..which …

hi there would like to know how to block certain users from accessing the internet on their computers. i am new to server 2003 and have been working on basic networks using windows xp in the past regards neil webb

Well, well, how about that [URL="http://www.dell.com"]Dell[/URL]? In a landmark decision, Dell [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23052/1231/"]announced[/URL] that it has penned a deal to use [URL="http://www.novell.com"]Novell[/URL]'s SUSE Linux in its data centers to power its new OptiPlex FX 160 thin client systems. Wow. Dell is doing this to save money and simplify its IT infrastructure …

So I just bought a laptop a few days ago and it says it comes with a 802.11b/g Wireless LAN. There's a switch in the front to turn it on and either way if it is on or off my laptop does not detect it. If I go to Device …

Hi everyone, I'm studying this CCNA course, and I found something a bit confusing. In the subnetting lesson, it gives a network address of 192.168.1.0/24. But in bits, it gives the 3rd octet as 00010100 (20) instead of 00000001. Did I misunderstand something? I have attached a screenshot. [IMG]http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e274/Voulnet/ccna.jpg[/IMG]

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hi, i want to use a switch in such a way that at port 1 server will be connected and all other ports (i.e. from 2 to 8) will be connected to other computers or switches. i want network to be such that users from all other ports are able …

The problem with most routers is that they forget the ARP table after a short while. WOL over the internet works for a short period of time, then it doesn't anymore. Has anybody an idea how to set up a router software to be able to wake up a device …

Hi............i am using server 2003. it does not have active directory, just dns server. i have a primary zone under forward lookup named '' technical ''. added some users under technical zone. taken backup using the command : dnscmd /zoneexport technical backup\technical.dns.bak it has created a file named '' technical.dns.bak …

Hey guys, Let me start by saying that I'm not a computer networking expert or something, I'm studying networking from free materials I got on the net, CCNA etc. I'm helping the lady in our town's library to make a schematic of the 11devices on the network, and to find …

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[code] Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Maulth>tracert 205.234.153.26 Tracing route to 26.153.234.205.hypernia.com [205.234.153.26] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1 2 7 ms 12 ms 8 ms 10.229.254.254 3 7 ms 12 ms 7 ms 222.5.124.24.cm.sunflower.com …

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 …

Jumping the queue for BT Broadband is possible, it would seem. Possible, but not easy - unless you happen to be the Chairman of BT that is. Imagine you've been living without broadband for years because BT cannot supply it to your rural residence. Now imagine if the chairman of …