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Congratulations. I got my first Mac about a year ago and love it. It's got a great interface and is very stable. I usually have about 4 or 5 applications open at a time, sometimes more, and still haven't noticed any slowdowns. Just be aware that if you run Firefox …

What you want to do is use nslookup on the Exchange server. At a command prompt type nslookup then enter. At the >> prompt type 'set type=mx' (without the quotes) and hit enter. then type the domain you are trying to send the email to and hit enter. This will …

There are a couple of things to remember. The max distance for Cat5 is 100 meters, but that isn't the length of the overall cable, it's for the wires inside which are twisted. This reduces the overall length you can run the cable. You should still be fine with 240 …

[QUOTE=MikeFCS;405924]I have my old work laptop that they let me keep and it still boots to logging in to the work network. That's works fine when I enter the old password and can access everything on the laptop. What I'd like to do is remove the work network and just …

It all depends on the hardware that you are running on. You will need some ram for your host operating system, about 512MB for the virtualized server 2003 and about 256MB for the virtualized XP client. Those are minimums but are fine for testing domain connectivity. If you are using …

That key is for that machine only. It would work with an OEM install of Windows on another machine. But legally it is tied to the machine it came with.

[QUOTE=TheNNS;404384]cisco hardware is for the most part expensive and used only by big coorporations. Also keep in mind that lynksis routers are cisco, so i guess you could say there is a lot of cisco hardware out there.[/QUOTE] That's not exactly true. Cisco owns Linksys yes, but it is not …

I would recommend a Cisco ASA 5505. It's not as plug and play as some traditional home offerings, but Cisco's documentation is very good. It is a firewall appliance that has a built in 8 port switch so you can connect multiple devices to it. You can set up vlans …

There are a couple of options. First some basics though. Each or your wired internet routers basically has 2 interfaces. 1 interface that connects to your outside connection and the other interface is connected to a 4 port switch that you are connecting your machines to. A switch cannot route …

We are in a situation where I work where our base infrastructure is specified by our parent company. We have to run a Windows 2003 Active directory domain, Exchange servers, and Windows XP workstations (With some Macs for the artists and myself.) There is still some flexibility because I was …

The best option is to get a cheap home router. It is a very bad idea to connect a machine directly to a cable modem since there is no hardware firewall between your computer and the internet connection. If you connect the router to the cable modem it will associate …