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Core, distribution, and access switches are mostly conceptual. One switch might be an access switch for one company and a core switch for another. The manufacturers will MARKET different switches different ways based on their overall ability to either tightly/cheaply bundle user ports, or their ability to move massive amounts …

OK unless you have turned off routing somehow you must have different networks on each interface of a router. Since four of those ports are really just switchports off an internal interface that router should have two networks; 192.168.0.X (.100 for my example) on the "outside" and something else like …

I use the OSI to remember what kinds of Pizza to keep (Sausage) and which ones get Thrown Away. It may be quite old now but Jason Nash had a very nice description in his MCSE study guide (NT4) for Networking Essentials (IDG Press?) another great one to look at …

Do both pc's keep a link light on the whole time? Can they ping each other while only one can access the internet? I checked with [url]www.puredata.com[/url] and they don't show any updated firmware available for your router, or any FAQ/knowledge base answers concerning your problem. It may be worth …

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Just to confirm you can ping 198.6.1.1 bug not [url]www.yahoo.com[/url] right? -Do an "ipconfig /all" and write down your DNS addresses (post the output for us here if you don't mind.) -Ping those I bet they either don't respond or they are invalid. -You …

Good call on virus/changes, especially if someone put a second link between the switches. McFly; What do you mean xDSL between them? What devices/model #'s do the DSL? How much distance between switches? What kind of cable is between them? PCs<----->Cat29k<----->???<--(dsl?)-->???<----->Cat29k<----->servers Do you have a console cable? passwords? can you …

When doing a design I like to start at the core and work my way out. Design for the most critical things first (leave plenty of room for growth!) the work your way out. Here are a few questions you will need to ask yourself: -If I put a switch …

That could be useful information to someone else in the future, would you mind posting the software client and versions that worked for you?

Mr. Cisco with one biased solution! Here is a hardware solution providing that everyone has broadband in their homes, and you have a static IP where the "server" is: 12 X Cisco 3002's 1 X PIX 506 (25 VPN's max) Probably more expense in initial cost than some other options …

If you want to know what packets go between your pc and your switchport you can download Ethereal (learn how to use it and read packet traces) and you will be able to see every message used in negotiation. Technically if you plug in a dumb hub with a crossover …

Just one thought to add regarding training. When my firm sells Cisco gear, there are often "learning credits" that can be passed along to the customer so they can go to classes for their new equipment. I know of some other manufacturers that do this as well, so whatever you …

Orange can mean many different things, probably that it has negotiated a 10Mbps connection. You can look up your NIC model and see what it means, or check out your system logs/current status it will probably give you more clues than some first tier tech saying that your NIC is …

To connect two pc's you need a cross over cable (pins 1-3 and 2-6) to connect them. You can also pick up a cheap hub or switch and a couple straight cat5 cables and connect them that way. However if connected in either of these ways you will not be …

Gaim will run all different messengers (yahoo, aol, msn, icq, etc) but i am not sure about voice support. Have you considered Skype for your voice over internet needs?

I would return the cable router, put the motorola back in and reboot it, get a ethernet router with wireless, plug it's outside port into the network port on the motorola, and try it again. Basically the Motorola is the end of their responsibility, as long as they hand off …

I am a huge fan of solar winds, which admittedly is not freeware and definately overkill but you can get a demo version to try it out. The total price for the engineer edition is still under a grand so it is fairly easy to expense or budget for most …

Wow man, you don't have an easy fix. I don't know what your budget is but I will tell you what I run in my house: - Cisco PIX 501 - Cisco 2912 switch - Cisco 340 Aironet AP (yeah the old VxWorks one, I will replace with at least …

Let's rule out a couple easy things first: from the XP Home box, can you ping the inside ip on the router? can you ping 96.93.117.133? can you ping "www.daniweb.com" After doing all these pings how many packets sent and recieved do you have in your packet count?

If you want to look at cell technologies they have come a long way, a guy I work with says he keeps about 210k at 70mph anywhere there is digital cell signal, most of the state we live in. Otherwise I think broadcast wifi or satellite are your options. Anyone …

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I don't know if I was the last person running token or not, but if I was you can have my title if you get this working. I assume you have RJ45 token ports? I avoided these and stuck with all "serial" connections. For my ccie pod I ran 9 …

If it is the port itself you will probably need to have the motherboard swapped depending on model. Personally I would put a 10/100 card in the pc slot and disable the damaged built in adapter to avoid being without my laptop. BTW, are you sure it isn't just the …

for other people searching this forum later, another cause of a good wireless network going bad is peole around you adding wireless. To check this power off your AP and see if you are getting strong signals on channels 1, 6, and 11. If these are congested it will effect …

[QUOTE=DMR]Right. VMWare is another program under which you can run Win software, although unlike WINE, it [I]isn't[/I] free.[/QUOTE] Actually there is a VMware Player that is free, the only trick is getting a virtual machine already made. If you need to create VM sessions you will need at least VMware …

a few quick questions to start: PC: 1) Is the card 802.11 A, B, or G? A will not work with that router 2) Is the card enabled on the laptop? 3) In XP advanced wireless settings, are you allowing to connect to non-preferred networks? 4) Are you allowing only …

Hello all, I am not much of a mac guy but trying to help out a friend. She lives out in the country and dialup is the only internet access and has been using it for years on her imac. Now she has an ibook and wants both to be …

Hello everyone, I have a fresh install of dapper drake and I would like to change two things from the default behavior: 1) How do you change to a "single click" desktop? 2) Can this system "remember" the last logged in username and go straight to the password prompt? Any …

What you are trying to do is fugly without the right hardware. The right hardware and configuration would be pricey. The best shot at a "free" solution might be to write a line of code before the existing redirect, something like this: IF client PC itself is a memeber of …

Nope, you should be good. You will either need to use an uplink port on one/both of the switches or a crossover cable to connect the switches together, after that it should all be interchangeable.

did you recently get a 2.4 Ghz cordless phone?

Also when you view your wireless connections, what is your status, number of packets sent, and number of packets recieved?

basic internet connectivity should pretty much work with nothing more than a 10 port hub and a router that can do NAT if not provided by the DSL provider. You can pick up a SoHo router from Linksys or Netgear for well under 100$ with a 4 port switch built …

I would bet that either IPX/SPX or broadcasts are getting you. I have had to enable routing of IPX for several clients but I don't think you will be able to do that via VPN since it will likely only be encapsulating IP packets. I would love to know what …

They probably wont be "sharing" the bandwidth, especially if downloading is going on. If you got a high end switch you could rate limit the ports to the wired pc and the wireless AP but that is about it.

I have worked on some 128k and 256k DSL lines that were quite slow. You might want to set your MTU to 1492 and see if it helps with the speed. Also, I would pull up Windows Task Manager and watch your network utilization while your PC is idle. How …

If the proxy was deployed correctly you will have to use it, probably 98% likely you are hosed and have to play by the rules. Probably the easiest way to do the things people are stopping you from doing is to either use VPN, remote desktop, or remote x to …

It depends, if it is really just a switch utilization issue than yes, it COULD help. If it is spyware/virus infected PC's bombing your network with traffic then it probably won't help. A good network design will put one switch (hopefully more powerful) at the core of the switched network …

debian would run on all of them, it can take a few hacks to get it running on mac hardware but you can google it. If you ran linux (even different distros) it would relieve any compatability issues you currently have.

Hi Arati, As a general rule I use PAT to conserve on IP's. The exception is this: if you are merging two companies that have the same IP subnets you can use a 1-1 NAT pool to get them working quickly.

This may be dated but worth a look over. Hope it helps, Good Luck! [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=824513&product=vpcwin[/url]

I am getting an old sony laptop (PI-2XXish, 32ram, 1 gig HD) that I am about to rebuild for myself (maxing RAM and adding a bigger HD when I do.) I planned to do a Debian min install and add what I need to keep resources as free as possible, …

I suggest the 98 box get a 3.x version of VNC (I use TightVNC at home, RealVNC for work stuff) and set it to run in server mode (remember to undo this later) and set a password. The 4.x versions do have a lot more options but that does make …

Is the pc set to connect to unsecure networks? Is the AP broadcasting the SSID?

Welcome to DaniWeb, I hope I can help point you in the right direction. Yes people have been using wireless on 560's for a long time, the trick is installing the software to make them work! Since you have a 560 I have to ask if you have a floppy …

I will help with what I can. X.25 is the old network that has been replaced by Frame Relay in recent decades. Cisco has info at these sites: [url]http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk730/tech_protocol_family_home.html[/url] [url]http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk730/tech_white_papers_list.html[/url] [url]http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk730/tech_tech_notes_list.html[/url] [url]http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk730/tech_configuration_examples_list.html[/url] and you can look around ietf.org for old RFC info like this [url]http://search.ietf.org[/url] I have no idea why …

Sounds like you are doing alright, can you do this for us: On 98, start run, "winipcfg" and click OK. Write down all these numbers. On XP, start run, "cmd" and click OK. Type "ipconfig" and press enter. Write down these numbers. Their IP addresses should match up the first …

whatever it is worth the general term is "theft of service" which in laymans terms means it is nothing you can touch with your hands but it has value to its "owner." Just incase that keeps things clearer in the future.

2500? How many viruses are there for redhat?

Ancy, at first glance it looks good. Can you add a "show vlan" from the switch?

We all have something to offer, maybe you can offer advice to a mac newbie who is shopping for a used G4 sometime. On your networking question: - first the splitter is no problem, I would leave it in place and leave the cable going into the cable modem. - …