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How To Reset a Symbol AP 5131
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | Author: Mike

Symbol is a large company when it comes to technology products and even wireless devices. Symbol offers a more affordable alternative to Cisco while still including some of the functionality of Cisco products. Symbol like Cisco and unlike Netgear or the Linksys models does not have a switch on the back to allow you to simply reset the wireless to factory defaults. Link Cisco equipment you have to have physical access to the wireless to reset it if you have forgotten your password. Here we will step you through reseting a Symbol AP 5131 Access Point.

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Installing Network Printer with a Script
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 | Author: Mike

Printers are a common problem when it comes to writing scripts for them. Most of use know the NET USE command to map a printer but did you notice that it does not display in Printers and Faxes after you have used the NET USE command. It has been mapped and you can print to LPTx and have it print out but the printer is not listed for Windows use.

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Windows update error 80072EFD
Monday, December 28th, 2009 | Author: Mike

So I was called in over the holiday for a Windows Server 2008 update error that a client was receiving when they attempted to update their server. This error is very well documented by Microsoft and there are alot and I do mean alot of things that can cause this error. Well when I started troubleshooting this server it had not been updated since September 2009 which is quite a while to go without any critical updates to a very important server. So this article will talk about trouble shooting this error on a Windows 2008 server incase you ever run into this problem.

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Changing MAC Address in Linux and Apple
Sunday, December 06th, 2009 | Author: Mike

MAC addresses are burned in addresses that are associated with your Network card, whether it be wireless, wired or even bluetooth. Each device has a specific MAC address that is unique to it only and no other device has that address. Most systems allow you to change your MAC address but it is purely software based, it will not changed the burned in address on your card. But when you change your MAC address and you connect to a network it will give out the changed address.

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Microsoft Excahnge 2003 – Basics
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | Author: Mike

Microsoft Exchange 2003 is a full email hosting application that allows small businesses to handle their own email in house without paying a monthly charge. Small businesses all around the world host their own email server in house saving them money in the long run. Microsoft Exchange is by no means a cheap program to purchase and to purchase the hardware to run it on is not cheap either. But it allows you much more control over your email and calendar that you would get from a monthly service.

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OSI Model Explained
Friday, November 06th, 2009 | Author: Mike

The OSI Model or Open System Interconnection Model is a graphical and logical representation of how network information flows. It also explains how networks transfer from one device to another, if you want to be involved in computer networking you really should understand the OSI Model.

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Installing and using SNORT on Ubuntu
Monday, August 24th, 2009 | Author: Mike

I spoke about IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention Systems) a few days ago in a question posted by a user. So I thought I would dive a little deeper into the subject with a specific application that I have personally used – Snort. Snort is a very powerful IDS that in later versions can act like an IPS.

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NMAP (Network Mapper)
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 | Author: Mike

Nmap or (Network Mapper) is a free open source tool that is used by many network administrators for security analysis created by insecure.org. Nmap can be used in may different ways, including checking a range of IP addresses to see what hosts are on the network. It can also be used as a post scanner to tell you which ports are open on a specific host computer. Nmap has been made to run on most popular operating systems such as Windows, MAC OS, and Linux.

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Changing IP Address in Linux
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 | Author: Mike

New users to Linux whether is be Ubuntu or another flavor of Linux can be intimidated buy the differences, especially if that user is coming from a Windows environment. The first big start in Linux is getting your computer on the Internet so you can search for things you don’t know.

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Setup DHCP on a Windows Server
Sunday, August 16th, 2009 | Author: Mike

DHCP as you may know is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and it gives hosts on a network all of the IP information they need to communicate. IP Address, Subnet Mast, Gateway Address, DNS servers and WINS server addresses. For ease of administration DHCP is a great feature for small businesses to help setup their computer network quickly and easily without a lot of hassle. If you are using a Windows server for a file server, domain server, application server, or for pretty much any other reason you can add DHCP functionality for no cost.

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