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Finding Your MAC Address On Wired And Wireless Network Cards
The Answer To The Media Access Control Question
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Over the past few weeks I have received quite a few e-mails about Ethernet cards, both wired and wireless, and more specifically, about Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. I think the main reason I’ve received so many questions about Ethernet cards and MAC addresses is people trying to secure their home wireless networks and their desire to use MAC address filtering.
article tags: media access control, mac address, address resolution protocol, arp, securing wireless networks, mac address filtering, arp poisoning
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What Is An Intranet? Definition and Uses...
An intranet is basically a private web based network. It uses all of the technology of the internet but is safe and protected behind a firewall that keeps unauthorized personnel out. Companies have been using them for years as a method of streamlining their internal communications.
Because a web browser can run on any type of computer, the need to maintain multiple paper copies of documents that are constantly changing can be eliminated.
article tags: intranet, definition, what is an intranet
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Router - Denial Of Service Attacks
Routers are not perfect. For that matter, nothing is. So if somebody wants to give a router more than it can handle there is a way to do this. We're going to take a look at what are called denial of service attacks.
A router can only handle so much information coming into it at one time. Every machine has its limits and routers are no exceptions. Well, when the nasty trend of denial of service attacks started early this century, routers were unprepared for them.
article tags: router
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Router - Tracing Your Packets
Few people will really care about the path that your packet takes when sending a message, but if you're one of those high tech egg heads then this article may be of great interest to you. It can become very addictive so proceed with caution.
If you're using a Microsoft Windows based operation system, then it's very easy to trace the route that your message has taken.
article tags: router
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Wireless Installation Checklist
Buyer Beware - Ignorance can be a financial waste and a lot of hassals. Before you buy any wireless equipment, you need to be sure about what you're doing. There's nothing worse than having everything there and finding that it doesn't work in your house, or with your computers, or over the distances you need. Here's a handy checklist of the things that you really ought to do before you go out and spend any of your hard-earned cash on wireless networking equipment.
article tags: wireless networking, wireless networks, computer networks
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How Do Wireless Networks Work?
Wireless networks work using radio waves instead of wires to transmit data between computers. That's the simple version. If you're curious to know what's going on in more detail, then it's all explained in this article.
Ones and Zeros.
I'm sure you know that computers transmit data digitally, using binary: ones and zeros. This is a way of communicating that translates very well to radio waves, since the computer can transmit ones and zeros as different kinds of beep.
article tags: wireless networking
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Crime Fighting Computer Systems and Databases
As crime globalizes, so does crime fighting. Mobsters, serial killers, and terrorists cross state lines and borders effortlessly, making use of the latest advances in mass media, public transportation, telecommunications, and computer networks. The police - there are 16,000 law enforcement agencies in the Unites States alone - is never very far behind.
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Reasons to Start a Wireless Network
As far as I'm concerned, wireless networks would have to rank as one of the best inventions in history. They really are the best thing since sliced bread. I mean, really, bread is easy enough to cut yourself, but have you ever tried to wire up a network? Its a lot of hard yakka as many would say.
WiFi is the wireless way to handle networking. It is also known as 802.
article tags: wireless networking, wireless network, computer networking
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Router - Transmitting Packets
In a previous article we discussed the basics of what a router did. We're now going to get into a more detailed, and yes technical, explanation of how packets are transmitted as well as a few other tech specs of how routers work. So put on your learning caps because you're in for a real mind bender.
Internet data, whether it be in the form of a web page, a downloaded file or an email message, travels over what is called a packet switching network.
article tags: router
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Web Servers and Firewall Zones
Web and FTP Servers
Every network that has an internet connection is at risk of being compromised. Whilst there are several steps that you can take to secure your LAN, the only real solution is to close your LAN to incoming traffic, and restrict outgoing traffic.
However some services such as web or FTP servers require incoming connections. If you.
article tags: firewall, internet, web server, ftp server, security, dmz, lan, iis, sql, hacker, hacking
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Does The Google Desktop Really Put Your Privacy In Jeopardy?
There has been a lot of talk recently about Google Talk and how there are serious privacy concerns with the new application.
The biggest concern seems to come with the ability to search and share multiple computers with one account. In other words, you could use a single desktop search account to search, index and allow you to share files between your desktop and laptop for example.
article tags: link building, google, google desktop, security, internet security, internet
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Wireless Networks: How Do They Work?
Wireless networks use radio waves instead of wires to transmit data between computers. Here's how:
The Binary Code: 1s and 0s
It's well known that computers transmit information digitally, using binary code: ones and zeros. This translates well to radio waves, since those 1s and 0s can be represented by different kinds of beeps. These beeps are so fast that they're outside the hearing range of humans.
article tags: wireless internet
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Cabling your home for computer network - still a requirement?
Cabling your home for computer network - still a requirement?
With proliferation of wireless networking and communication equipment it is oh-so-tempting to cut the cord and save a significant sum of money in the process. But is everything that a regular computer networking user needs can be done using just wireless network? Let’s take a look at some pros and contras:
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article tags: cabling, cat5, cat5e, voice, phone, data, network, computer, ehernet, gigabit, wi-fi, ieee802.3, ieee802.11
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There’s no mystery in the IP address!
The Computer is a very complicated device we use for our every day comfort and the importance of some of its numerical aspects is sometimes neglected. For example: a different number is given to each computer when its user goes online or when it is part of a network. This number is the IP address and knowing about it is like knowing where you live…
What’s my IP and what do its numbers stand for?
IP stands for Internet Protocol and the address is formed from 4 numbers separated by periods.
article tags: ip address, geo location, my ip, ip, find my ip address, my ip address, ip lookup sites
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Protect Your Network From Identity Theft Now!
It is deniable that our works and lives are more convenient and easier when using wireless. We can work anywhere and that is why wireless networks are becoming so popular. Especially if you have broadband Internet access, a wireless router can give you instant communication with the world.
Imagine you are sitting by the pool and enjoying chatting through the Internet.
article tags: wireless, network, now, secrets
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Networking With Fiber Cables
Fiber cables form one of the most important parts of the networking industry today. Fiber cables are composed of one or more transparent optical fibers enclosed in a protective covering and strength members. Fiber cables are used to transmit data by the mode of light. Various types of fiber cables available are multimode duplex fiber cables, single mode simplex fiber cables, single mode duplex fiber cables, and plastic optical fiber cables.
article tags: fiber cables, fiber optic tester, fiber optic light source, fiber cable, lc fiber, fiber patch cables
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Computer Consulting Profit Secrets
Do you own or manage a computer consulting company? Are you having trouble growing your computer consulting company's profits?
If so, then you must learn how to focus on your computer consulting firm's profit and bottom line.
In this article, we'll look at 7 profit secrets and strategies you can use in your computer consulting business, to ensure that you are able to balance your clients' small business IT needs against your own computer consulting company's profitability challenges.
article tags: computer consulting business, computer consulting company, computer consultants, computer consulting 101
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Fiber Optics In The Real World
Optic fibers are used widely in the medical field for diagnosing and treating a variety of ailments. Because optic fibers can be made extremely thin and made into flexible strands, they can be used for insertion into blood vessels, lungs and other parts of the body. Optic fibers have been enabling physicians to look and work inside the body through tiny incisions with an instrument called an Endoscope.
article tags: fiber cables, fiber optic tester, fiber optic light source, fiber cable, lc fiber, fiber patch cables
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IT Networks: How to Argue for a Bigger Budget
IT network managers have to fight the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mindset to win resources. With computer networks, that mindset is dangerously complacent. IT networks will keep pumping data until they die or let in hackers. Here are some winning arguments against "if it ain't broke…"
IT Network Maintenance: Better Analogies
Don’t let your IT network's budget get lumped with IT in general--or worse, operations in general.
article tags: it network, networks, computer, computers, router, routers, switch, switches, hardware, internet
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Intranet Implementation: The Advantages Of A Web-Based Solution
The traditional approach to implementing an intranet is to purchase a software package, modify it for your needs, and install it on your system.
Over the past few years, another option has grown in popularity – the implementation of a web-based solution.
As you consider the choice between installed software and a web-based intranet, here are some considerations:
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article tags: extranet, intranet, document, collaboration, software, solution, management, online, web, sharing, web, share
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The Pleasures of a Wireless Media Router
With everything becoming available wireless these days a great innovation is the wireless media router. What is a wireless media router? It’s a router that allows the transmission of signals from the router to anywhere in the house that has a receiver.
Wireless routers are becoming more and more popular. They have many uses, one of which is viewing pictures and movies from your computer on your television.
article tags: wireless media router
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Link Load Balancing - Take a Load Off Annie
Link Load Balancing evens out critical resources on data networks with unpredictable requests issued to a server. For example, a web site with heavy traffic may employ two, three or more servers in a link load balancing program. The link load balancing routines enable a network to “juggle” more traffic that otherwise possible If one server is overwhelmed, the link load balancing scheme forwards them to a different server with extra capacity.
article tags: link load balancing
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Personal Wireless with Bluetooth
If you already have a wireless network for your computers, you may be very interested in what's coming next. Would you like it if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? It's already a reality...
Personal Area Network.
Using wireless networking with your personal gadgets is often called PAN, which stands for Personal Area Network.
article tags: personal wireless networks, bluetooth, viop
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Small Business Server Business Tips
Top 3 Ways to Maximize Your Small Business Server Consulting Profits
Over the past 7 years, Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) has gained traction as a widely-respected Small Business Server networking suite.
As a result, many small business computer consultants, systems integrators, and value-added resellers have jumped on-board the Microsoft Small Business Server bandwagon.
article tags: small business server, sbs
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Computer Network Management
Today it is almost inconceivable for a business not to have computers, whether it is a construction company or a high technology firm. When a business has more than one computer, they are almost always connected together in a local area network. These networks may be more or less advanced and therefore more or less costly.
Companies invest so much (in terms of both money and time) in a local area networks because there are many advantages that a local area network brings to a business and how it is administered.
article tags: computer network, computer, networks, computer network security