How to Change a Drive Letter for a Flash Drive

You have a mapped network drive of G for example, but every time you plug your flash drive in, it takes over drive letter G. What do you do? Force your flash drive to use the same drive letter every time you plug it in or reboot. You change the drive letter for your flash drive the same… Read More »

Basic OSPF Configuration, Step by Step

OSPF short for Open Shortest Path First is a Routing Protocol used to select the best suitable route for packets within the network. OSPF basically an open standard protocol and not relate to any particular vendor. OSPF propagate the changes to all networks more quickly as compared to RIP and IGRP protocols then only send the changed part… Read More »

Network Statistics

Using the NET STATISTICS command, you can get a lot of detailed information about how a workstation or server is communicating over the network.

Show hidden files and folders Doesn’t Work

A common virus disables the Show hidden files and folders function in Windows XP. Here is how to enable it again. The symptom of this problem is every time you select the Show hidden files and folders options under Folder Options, the screen just flashes when you click OK and the hidden files and folders are not unhidden.… Read More »

Application Layer Details

The application layer is the seventh level of the seven-layer OSI model. It interfaces directly to and performs common application services for the application processes; it also issues requests to the presentation layer.