Networking Help
Networking Help forum discussing issues such as routers, switches, small networks, file sharing etc. Find information for both wired and wireless networks.
Internal & External IP Address
We want to redirect our email from our Exchange server to a Symantec Gateway for SMTP machine. This machine will screen all of our incoming mail and forward it on to the Exchange server. In order to do this we need to have the MX Record f...
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routers and switches
Hi,
This may seem a simple question, but what kind of cable connection would you use between a router and a switch?
I'm particularly looking at 3Com equipment - But can't seem to see a router with a Gigabit Ethernet connection, or for...
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routers....help!
hi there,
basically i am a newcomer to networking! and need a little help!
i am designing a network
3 layers..... core/backone is a switch (gig ethernet), the distrbution layer will be using routers, the access layer will be using ...
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router or switch
to make a 4 computer network that can be used to share dial-up internet (DSL and Cable not avalible in our area yet) is a switch or router beter? and why?
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ping linux machine from outside router
hi all,
I have one strange problem in the network.
here is rough network diagram ...
LAN1 -- ROUTER1 -- LEASE LINE -- ROUTER2 -- LAN2
now i have 2 linux machines ... one in LAN1 and one in LAN2.
linux machines have 2 ethernet...
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Lan Network Site Address
Any one can tell me the Networking site address.Which have Lan information.just like
http://www.wown.com
which help me for developing my networking
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new XP workstation not logging into Win2000
I'm assisting a friend who has recently purchased a small company. The company has Win2000 set up as a server (mostly for storage & backup ability). The problem is arising trying to add a new computer to the system (to replace an old ...
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can't access last computer on network
I have 5 computers networked. As a school we have blueyonder, which when working is fine.
The problem I have is this, 4 out of the 5 computers can see each other as well as access the Internet, the 5th one can access the net but can't see ...
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sharing internet
hi, i'vw got a problem in sharing my internet connection between 2 computers
i'm currently using winxp, i got 1 NIC on each computer
i'm using DSL with ethernet modem
i tried to share the internet trough a switch, but wont work,
can an...
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Client to access winNT
how would i install this driver? i stuck in my home edition of winxp but i dont know where it is..
here are some pics.. thanks in advance
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Adding router to Dsl connection
I have 2 computers, one windows xp and the other windows 98. I recently bought a linksys network everywhere cable/dsl 4-port router and tried installing it. Their tech support won't answer. Nice right? Anyway I am trying to install it on th...
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Best Way To Do It?
Hi,
I need a bit of advice from all you networking gurus out there. I have a PC running Windows XP Pro that connects to the internet via ADSL. This PC is also networked to a much slower PC running Mandrake Linux.
I understand it is ...
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network support department ..
What would your typical network support department look like in a large corperate company ??
Im talking who would you need and what would they do within the department ??
-thanks-
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Win 98 not connecting to NT
There is one computer on my network still running on 98, and it is suddenly not able to find another computer running NT. It was working just fine until this morning. It has no problems entering other NT machines on the network. I assumed ...
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wireless internet ok, sharing not
I just set up a wireless SMC router in my home network which consits of XP Pro and XP home. I use a wireless nic in my laptop and my desktop is wired.
Both can ping the router and surf the net but they cannot ping each other of share fil...
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List of open sockets
Hi ...
In linux we can get the list of opened sockets by using socklist command which gives the application which opened the socket... whatz the eqiuvalent command in linux or can i use netstat for this...
Regards,
kd
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Netgear Ad-hoc Network
I have installed Netgear WAB501 first on my windows 2000 Laptop and then on my Windows XP Laptop. I Have no knowledge of networking so im not sure if its even setup correctly.
What i want to do is use Windows XP's Remote Desktop connec...
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Windows 2003 Server & DNS
I have small network with 5 computers connected to Windows 2003 Server. I have active directory setup but it seems to be very slow in connecting users to network. And, this doesn't just happen first time. I'm wondering what best way is of s...
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Remote client for Netgear FVL328 VPN
I have just bought a FVL328 VPN from Netgear.
I tried to use winxp vpn connector and some other ipsec client to connect to the box, but i got the same error msg in the VPN log.
ERROR# NO MATCHING ISAKMP PROPOSAL FOR DIALUP CASE
May...
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port?
In a basic Windows ad hoc environment, do files being shared between users flow through a particular port on a network?
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Adding XP to a Nt Server? How
I'm trying to add an XP desktop to an NT server. I was sucessfull in adding my 98 Me Os, but I can't figure out what to do for the XP. The accounts is good on the Server side, I just can't get Xp to bring a login screen to log onto the Nt...
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Tamarack TC6020 Lan Card Driver and related sites
I have searched in Google to find the driver for our lan card which are made by Tamarack.
And I feel sad when I discovered that the manufacturer's website itself already closed their website.
So that means, the driver for the lan card...
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Linux & Windows XP
I have a few questions that I'd like some help with.
I have an old machine (266mhz) that I am going to install Linux on. I have a few questions though,
first, what do I need to do to make the Linux Machine to work the XP machine. I fo...
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Win98 pcmcia network problem
hi,
i have an old laptop with a xircom creditcard ethernet+modem 28.8 and i want to access my local network with this adapter.
but the problem is, that the laptop does only see itself! the switch displays the "contact" led,...
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Group Policys or Novel HELP!!!
hey!
i need help setting up Group Policys or Novell. If any one can help me, iam a complete newbie to all this stuff but this is how it should work:
one server (windows 2000 server) that has all the Username and password and GP's and ...
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network running at wrong speed
hey guys need a quick help here from one of our local guru's.
i am helping set up a small business network (its been set up i'm actually repairing as a friend) its about 4-7 computers. they have no server it is a small lan they individua...
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traceroute
Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a wifi card, intending to set up an AP in my apartment. But when I set up the client with dhcp, it doesn't find my AP, it actually found another AP with no wep set up and I was able to get on the net.
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VPN Help
Hi,
Does anyone know of any good resources for VPN problems.
I want to understand a little bit more about how this works and why for example when I connect to a Cisco Pix from a public ip I am allowed access, from behind a Smoothwall...
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Getting XP Pro to login under NT
I am using XP Pro. and trying to log onto the office server runing NT Pro. On the server side the client is set up and working. What I need to know is how to get the Xp Os to Login into 'Client for Mircrosoft Networks' instead of windos lo...
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