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    Troubleshooting video card issues

    Card runs cool, 30 degrees idle / 60 degrees max. I have a few spare PSU's but none of them have enough pinouts for 2x PCIe power, and I don't have any LP4 to PCIe adapters. Tbh I'm wary to blame the PSU. I can run furmark and game on this card for hours without issues. As soon as I stop the...
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    Troubleshooting video card issues

    Specs in signature...system is older but has served me well for years. Nothing has changed but over the past few months I've been getting random Nvidia driver crashes, system reboots, and unresponsive black screens. Reset the system back to stock clocks but the issues continued. After trying 5...
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    why is the lightning 780 so overpriced on amazon?

    because it's being sold by private parties THROUGH amazon who prey on naive people that don't price check?
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    Dual Wan Config for 1811

    the reason your previous dual-wireless link configuration worked was that the same ISP was providing both links and they can route their public IP addresses across both circuits (inbound & outbound). with 2 different ISPs, this is not possible. you will have 2 different ISP-owned public...
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    Romanian ISP to roll out $18 a Month Gigabit Fiber

    not very difficult when the entire country is smaller than our 10th largest state. also, let's see the speeds outside of that carrier's network. Romania = 90,000 square miles USA = 3.794 million square miles
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    3TB HD for Backup - Help

    copy/paste, really? http://www.cobiansoft.com/index.htm
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    Looking for a gig switch

    i have 4 of these throughout my house, rock solid and couldn't ask for anymore.
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    Internet Policy

    this functionality is called a "captive portal"...there are plenty of free solutions, search around.
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    Looking 4 HP Procurve Guru to help with QoS

    you aren't going to have the intelligence on an access layer switch to classify and mark application specific traffic, nor would you want to manage these policies at this layer. also, i don't think Citrix can automatically mark ICA traffic and doing so on an OS level might be...
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    CCNA Certification Self-Paced Walk-Thru

    your ramblings are better suited on wordpress.com. you apparently can't comprehend Jack's comment & how a technical forum is operated/structured.
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    CCNA Certification Self-Paced Walk-Thru

    types 15 wpm, new to computers, learning the ip host command tonight, and going to a 2-week CCIE bootcamp in 3 months. brilliant! she better put out.
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    VoIP at home to PBX

    what kind of VoIP system and make/model routers? the easy answer is a type of VPN, or IP Phone SSL VPN on Cisco phones :) the trouble with VoIP and NAT is the large number of negotiated UDP ports (for rtp media) required to be forwarded. check the PBX model for the defined port range and...
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    One computer connecting to two networks at home

    remove the default gateway address from your wired connection (may need to set a static IP address). the default gateway should only exist on the connection which is internet-accessible.
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    2008 r2 how do I get a program to stay active.

    are you talking about an FTP client application? because WS_FTP server is designed to run as a service, very robust ftp server.
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    vpn, who's fault is it?

    make/model of routers and phone system? are you testing connectivity from the subnet of the phone system in the 4th site? are you sure there are no inspection rules on the router/firewall? ask the phone vendor for logs...i don't know what "will not communicate" means. is the h.323/sip peer...
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    High Latency

    first, there is no need to put the DIR-655 in a DMZ...just don't use the WAN port and disable DHCP. http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html is your latency jumping to 1000ms+ on both WIRED and WIRELESS, or just WIRELESS? if the problem is just on wireless, check...
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    Slow speed and conflicting info ????

    there is no conflicting info...ISPs and Windows measure throughput in Mbps (MegaBITS) while file downloads like Steam measure in MBps (megaBYTES). 2.5 MB = 20 Mb http://innovationzen.com/blog/2006/07/28/the-broadband-speed-guide/
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    Backup using MyBookLive w/o WD software

    use Cobian Backup on the laptops with UNC network paths back to your MyBook LiveHD. don't mind all the shrooms, its a great piece of software :) http://www.cobiansoft.com/cobianbackup.htm
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    Use a router as a switch: setup?

    see http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html you should not be using the WAN port on the Engenius, stick to the LAN ports.
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    More IOS help please!

    not really...instead of looking at random switches for CDP neighborships, searching based on the MAC address should be more methodical and narrow. from your core switch, ping the AP then find the MAC address of the AP in your arp table. then look in the MAC address table for the outgoing...
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    monitor packets from server

    ip.addr==x.x.x.x (game server) in the wireshark search field
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    Host Website Through Router

    try a non-standard port, your provider may be blocking common HTTP ports (80, 8080, etc). also try disabling the windows firewall.
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    Looking for a mentor for CCNA Exam

    groupstudy.com has an associate level board and mailing list. great site for getting answers to your book/lab questions and general knowledge with back and forth discussions. i used it for my IE and it was a very helpful resource.
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    How to prepare my home network for FTTH (Fiber to the Home)

    with FiOS, the ONT (optical network terminal) outside of the house can provide either a Coax or Ethernet hand-off. either method supports both TV & Internet. i would run both just to be sure, but check the dslreports.com forum for your ISP or call the ISP and ask.
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    Softphone apps compatible with Cisco Call Manager

    its definately not without it's quirks and TAC wont troubleshoot connection/quality issues over 3G
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    Softphone apps compatible with Cisco Call Manager

    What CUCM version are you on, and what is your current licensing model? Jabber licenses can be added to CUCM on a per-user basis. The mobile client license is $150 (list price) per user. You may also need another device/phone license (depending on your existing licensing model) for users who...
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    Need way to direct connect laptop to home network

    i use Jabber for audio and video calls all day on my wireless connection...your problem isn't bandwidth, it's interference & packet loss. try setting your wifi router to channels wireless 1, 6, or 11. edit: and http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=264338
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    What is the maximum number of nodes in a VLAN?

    there is no maximum, it is completely dependent on the nature of your network's traffic. host hardware and operating systems (XP, W7, Linux), desktop protocols, traffic types (unicast, multicast, broadcast), bandwidth & delay needs all come into play. generally speaking i keep things /23 or...
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    2.0 or 2.1 speakers with optical input for gaming/music use?

    i'm using a similar receiver with NHT SuperZero 2.0 bookshelf speakers and a HSU STF-2 subwoofer. the SuperZero's are very low footprint with a bright, clean sound. you could downgrade the sub (maybe an STF-1) to stay within budget.
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    Can ping from router but unable to ping from client machines

    what happens when you ping on the router sourced from the LAN interface to the internet? anything in the router log about dropped icmp? try capturing the traffic on the router with debug ip packet (use with caution). you may have to disable cef/fast switching for the full picture.
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    Best possible GPU or GPUs for i7 950 at stock clock !

    its conjecture...no one can know for certain. in general, if you keep it below 1.4v and temps are normal, you shouldn't have to worry about life expectancy. i recently bought a gigabyte gtx 670 to replace 2 gtx 260 sli'd. with a 930 @ 4ghz it was a world of difference.
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    Recent CCNA passers

    i haven't taken the CCNA in years, but I don't think it's changed much since 2009. Exam Blueprint is a great place to start: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4976 notable additions are ipv6 and wireless topics.
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    How can a switch support QoS?

    router w/ integrated switch is not complex or unreliable, unless you're talking about a specific product. look into 802.1p for QoS at layer 2, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_P802.1p
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    Slim Keyboard

    not lag...it's the keyboard not recognizing certain key combinations like W + Shift + Space. it seems some of the K800's suffer this problem, some don't. mine works fine, but even if it didn't i like the form factor too much to change...
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    Jobs that can be attained with a Cisco CCNP

    MD/DC/Northern VA area is booming, you're missing out :P
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    Any Network Admins that use SolarWinds as monitoring software?

    did they change this recently? i used the free version about a year ago and could collect from as many devices as i wanted, just the 24-hour data restriction.
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    How do I get Windows to activate my wireless adapter before logging in?

    check out the following link (minus the GPO steps): http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/bs-Latn-BA/winserverGP/thread/46ca9e6c-ebb9-407e-b53c-39b1f7d75be2
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    Which Wi-Fi LAN adapter to buy in a new ThinkPad Laptop?

    spend the extra $15 and get the 6300. it supports 3x3 MIMO instead of just 2x2, better theoretical speeds. i run the 6300 AGN in my T510 without issue. WiMax is wireless broadband...if you dont know what it is, you probably don't need it.
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    VoIP Q: Ext X gets forwarded to Ext Y, but use Ext X Voice Mail if Ext Y isn't there

    definitely...in your scenario, Ext X is the original called number (OCN) and Ext Y is the last redirected number (LRD). CUE will use the LRD, or Ext Y by default. See the mailbox selection value on the system wide parameters to change this behavior...
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    i7 930 heatsink on 970?

    I've built a few VMWare servers for our trade shows around the Lian Li PC-V352B case, Micro-ATX motherboard and i7 930/950 processors. I ordered a 970 this time around not realizing Intel actually uses a decently sized heatsink on this guy, and it wont fit into the Lian Li case. I assume...