Category Archives: Glossary

What is PathPing?

PathPing is a network troubleshooting tool that combines the functions of two other utilities: Ping and Traceroute. It’s used to diagnose network issues by measuring both the latency and packet loss along the route between your computer and a destination (like a website or server). When you run PathPing, it first sends packets to every router along the… Read More »

MUNGE.exe (Resource Kit)

Find and Replace text within file(s) Notice that munge looks for a complete string (delimited with spaces) – it won’t match part of a string. Syntax MUNGE ScriptFile [options] FilesToMunge… Key ScriptFile : A text file containing the strings to Find & Replace FilesToMunge : One or more files to be changed (may use wildcards) Editing options -q… Read More »

DEL and DELTREE

In MS-DOS, DEL and DELTREE are commands used for deleting files and directories, but they have some key differences in how they operate.

Troubleshooting Home Networks

Few chores are as frustrating as debugging a small network. The last time I did it, I cursed colorfully enough to embarrass Quentin Tarantino. The one thing we can be certain of is that there’s no problem with your hardware–the successful Internet access tells us that.

FTP

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network.