Recent content by BeanDip

Instead of trying to make a $2000 dollar device do something it was not designed for, I would replace the router with a $50 wireless router and save yourself grief and headaches. The small investment is money well spent compared to the time spent working out bugs, etc. That way you can use...

Yes the communication is encrypted but I just have a problem having the login screen exposed to the public on the commonly known 3389 TCP port.

I have tried a couple of flavors of Linux and FreeBSD on an extra NForce2 mainboard that I have. None of them supported NForce2 very well at all. I would recommend getting either an Intel or VIA chipset to save yourself headaches.

At my work we have a lot of remote users and our main app runs via terminal services typical through box-to-box VPNs. I have been asked to make the main app available to our users from homes, hotels, etc. I didn't want to open port 3389 to the world for guessing attempts at logins on my...

Ya never know until you try. Windows 2003 Server is not designed to play games. It can use the same hardware as XP but the system architecture is designed for file and application sharing. It probably would play the games but I don't know how the performance will be. I would stick...

Exchange 2000 or 2003? You can set the domain in IIS and it works for 2000 but I never figured out a way to do it with 2003.

I am always running into strange problems in Microsoft networks that are somehow DNS related to the client. Knowing what the computers are looking for in DNS helps a lot when troubleshooting why they take 5 minutes to log in, etc. When I made the switch from NT 4 PDC/BDC to 2K ADS I hated...

I consult for an office of around 25 PCs that is using the Sonicwall AV. They have a mixture of anything from 400 MHz with Win98 to the latest and greatest. Several years ago I would cuss and grumble because the agent just plain sucked. It would crash and it always seemed like the...

I don't know if you can install it manually or via a package. Look here http://www.sonicwall.com/support/anti-virus_documentation.html

Anything that tries to use the Internet through the Sonicwall appliance will be checked for the McAfee AV agent. If the device doesn't have the agent then it will be redirected to a web page to install it. It will do this for all Windows back to Win 95. You will have to create exclusion...

If you don't have much time (and customizations) invested in the laptop it probably would be easier to start over. Otherwise you could try freebsd-update. To install freebsd-update type pkg_add -r freebsd-update and then you might have to type rehash if still using the default shell...

If you have experience with switching and vlans then I would recommend knocking out the BCMSN just to get it out of the way. This one was tough for me because I had no switching experience. Then I would do the BCSI, BCRAN, and CIT in that order. I have passed the BCSI, BCMSN, and CIT and...

The upgrade should be seamless to your clients unless something is not configured correctly with your DNS or Active-directory.

Dusting off the cobwebs in my mind, I think I know the reason for this... You need to do an extended ping choosing another router interface as the source (such as the FA0/0, or another serial port). When you ping from a Cisco router it uses the interface closest to the target as the ping...

I am guessing that you have the IP networking card in the Strata systems. All you need is a Cisco 1700 series with a WIC-1T at both ends and you will have connectivity for data and phone. If you are unsure of how to go about doing this then hiring an experienced consultant will save you a...