This section contains general information, tips and tricks, light reading, entertainment and other general fodder. Enjoy!
There are a number of great options for accomplishing this task such as GoToMyPC.com among others. But usually these are pay sites after a free 30 day trial. One that I used recently with a Microsoft Support Engineer was www.zolved.com. It was as easy as pie, and it cost nothing! Here is how to use […]
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In this article we will show you how to secure your home network in a great way using IP Addressing. By making some simple changes to the way you address the home or small business network, you can easily provide visitors with Internet access, without exposing your own computers, appliances and servers to them. By
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The following lab exercise is how to create an IPsec VPN. We originally created this lab as part of one of our courses, and we hope you find it useful. Lab Preparation This lab is designed to help you learn the basics of IPSec VPN’s and how Service Providers uses IPSec to provide VPN
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This article discusses our tips on “Parenting the Internet”. What we mean is, that parents must carefully control the Internet usage in the home, especially when minors are involved. The Internet must be actively parented as we will discuss further. Also look for additional information in the following two articles: Using your router to clock
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Netstat is a useful tool for checking network and Internet connections. Some useful applications for the average PC user are considered, including checking for malware connections. To execute netstat on windows, you must execute a START> RUN> CMD. The command syntax is netstat [-a] [-b] [-e] [-n] [-o] [-p proto] [-r] [-s] [-v] [interval] Switches
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Let’s answer the questions, but before I do, you can watch my ARP lesson on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/aD_caJxD7nY and look at the lessons in the playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-nDeWT9WTjFT1syEIGsLTObjkx4XDOUt Check out some further ARP Resources: Our free ARP course at Udemy Our ARP custom profile for Wireshark Our chapter on ARP at the Online School Reference Library OK –
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If you have a web/email server connected to the Internet that you want other to reach, that server must have a public IP address. Most Internet users don’t even try to remember the IP addresses of sites they use, instead they use the Universal Resource Locator system of typing www.cellstream.com or something like this into
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Here are some fundamental PC Troubleshooting Tips. We cant cover everything here, but if something below helps, great! PC Won’t Boot Into Windows Try “Safe Mode” First When your PC just won’t boot into Windows at all, you’ll probably want to start off with Safe Mode—use the F8 key right when the system starts
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Here is a good question: At a recent POTS to Pipes you told us of the story of the customer that was upset with his local telephone company due to his internet being really slow, etc., and you had went through some steps that you could use to verify how many appliances a person actually
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We recently received the following query via email (some content edited): I heard you speak a few weeks back and have a few questions regarding the “How to Parent the Internet” segment of your presentation. Is there a certain software required for blocking offensive content? Also, is there a standard way to block most or
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There is no one “great” answer to this question. Usually saving disk space also maximizes performance of your computing platform. We fundamentally recommend: a) proper maintenance (see other tips below) and b) the occasional ‘spring cleaning’ (as also discussed below) combined with the c) use of a utility to clean your unused space (we like
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A great web site called the Open Internet Initiative (ONI) provides statistics and views of what type of filtering and censorship of the Internet is carried out where. From the ONI website: “The ONI collects global data on Internet filtering using technical and contextual tools. Our analysis is based on a fusion of expert (qualitative)
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The transcript below was copied from TED Talk – Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper. It is inspiring and insightful…. One of the things that defines a TEDster is you’ve taken your passion, and you’ve turned it into stewardship. You actually put action to the issues you care about. But what you’re going
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1. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave. 2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 3. You call your son’s beeper to let him know it’s time to eat. He emails you back from his bedroom, “What’s for dinner?” 4. Your daughter sells Girl
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Since we all work in high tech … Does the statement, “We’ve always done it that way” ring any bells…? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English
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