The Basics of Buying Home Networking Equipment
In deciding what to buy to create a network, you have enough choices to make your head spin, so here’s some information to slow the spin rate.
Category Archives: Networking
Speeding Up Share Viewing
This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers.
No Forwarding or Root Hints on Windows 2000 DNS server
If no DNS servers were detected during the initial configuration of Windows 2000 DNS, the system will typically designate the new DNS server as a “root server”, which is the ultimate authority for all naming resolution activities. As a result, the new DNS server will not be able to forward any name resolution queries that it is unable… Read More »
Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters
Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to… Read More »
How to Identify IPv6 Link Local Addresses
It’s important to start learning how to identify IPv6 addresses if you want to be able to troubleshoot network connectivity issues on IPv6 networks, and this is especially important as IPv4 to IPv6 migrations accelerate in different parts of the world.
How to customize the Default Users profile
Want to customize the desktop experience for any user who logs onto a computer? Customize the Default User user profile on the machine, which is found in C:\Documents and Settings\Default User.
How to avoid problems arising from APIPA
Windows XP computers can be assigned IP addresses two ways: manually using static addresses or automatically using DHCP.
Disable Roaming Profiles
If you”re troubleshooting a desktop system on a network where roaming profiles are being used, you may want to temporarily disable roaming profiles on the machine and use a locally cached profile instead. That way when you reboot the machine or log off and on, you won”t end up having the roaming profile overwrite any diagnostic changes you”ve… Read More »
The Dark Secrets of Loopback Addresses
Loopback interfaces are primarily used for troubleshooting, router management and protocol enhancement. Over the next three paragraphs, I’ll explain.
How to Find the MAC Address of Your Computer
This article describes a quick method to find the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the network adapter or adapters installed in your computer.