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    Using laptop as a wireless access point

    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...
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    Best way to enable remote access for an application

    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.
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    Who's good with servers?

    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.
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    Best way to enable remote access for an application

    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...
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    Question about Windows 2003 Server, please advise!

    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...
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    OWA logon without specifying domain

    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.
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    I hate you DNS

    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...
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    Sonicwall question

    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...
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    Sonicwall question

    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
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    Sonicwall question

    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...
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    FreeBSD core dumps on FTP update

    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...
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    CCNP: Advise needed

    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...
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    rejoin domain after 2003 upgrade?

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

    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...
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    Data and digital phone system over P2P T1.

    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...
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    Is there a new bug out for exchange 2003?

    Did you ever figure out anything on this?
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    Is there a new bug out for exchange 2003?

    Does it have the Intel or Broadcom NICs? I have had some weird glitches with Windows 2003 and the Intel Proset program. On one server I had to completely remove Proset and use the minimum driver because if anything happened to cause the server to suddenly reboot it would not see the NIC...
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    Is there a new bug out for exchange 2003?

    Sorry if this seems like 20 questions: I would suspect a hardware issue. Is it a brand-name server? If so the manufacturer might have a diag that could tell you what is going on. Such as Dell's OpenManage software can tell you if a fan or component is not operating at the proper level...
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    Is there a new bug out for exchange 2003?

    Do you see anything in the eventlogs that might tell you why this happening? How long does it stay up before it reboots again?
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    Remote desktop connects but...

    Do you have access to the server? It sounds like the terminal services session is hung. If you have access to the server run tsadmin and reset the session. If not then you need to contact the system administrator.
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    *Urgent* XP Pro looses access to Windows2K3 after being idle for 8+ hours...

    Are you running the latest updates for XP? I have only seen this behaviour once and it happens on a XP Pro machine. In the Event Logs I traced it down to an MS article that told me it was fixed in SP1 for XP. Unfortunately when I try to update the PC to XP SP1 it blue-screens and the client...
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    Content blocking router

    The Sonicwall TZ170 with Content Filtering does all this. I have setup several small businesses with it and usually set the logs and alerts to email to a separate system account that someone monitors. The Content filtering is a yearly subscription basis. They are all web-based for the setup...
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    Help configuring VPN on Netopia R3100-I router

    If you are trying to connect via PPTP from Win2000/XP: In the connection profile on the PC under the Security tab click the dot by "Advanced (custom settings)" and click the "Settings" button. Change the pulldown to "Optional Encryption and then make sure only MS-Chap and MS-Chap2 are selected...
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    Harbor Freight - new B&M - Laurel, MD

    My 2¢ Harbor Freight is great when you need a tool that you might use a few times a year. But if you need something that you will be using all the time don't buy it here because sometimes the quality is not the best. I go by the local one here occasionally just to browse and usually will pick...
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    Help configuring VPN on Netopia R3100-I router

    1) Telnet into the router 2) choose WAN Configuration 3) Add Connection Profile 4) Change the encapsulation type to PPTP or IPSec If you need help from this point go to www.netopia.com and their support tells you how to do this.
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    XP takes too long to logon to domain

    No problem. Been there and learned that the hard way too. Now when I hear a problem like yours I immediately think "fix the DNS" Glad ya got it working
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    How to kill hung vty sessions?

    Wow that is like the Swiss-army knife of Layer 3 switches! :) If you want to keep the inactive vty lines from happening you can use Rookie's suggestion of exec-timeout on the vty lines to time out inactive sessions.
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    XP takes too long to logon to domain

    I second Stash's diagnosis. You have a DNS problem somewhere. The server and the client's DNS should point to the server's IP address. If the server is not pointing to itself it will not setup the Active Directory records in DNS that the clients need when logging into the network and for...
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    How to kill hung vty sessions?

    clear line # (where # is the vty line) Course there's always the reload command :laugh:
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    Networking IP Question

    If you are on the same network such as 192.168.0.x but none of the PCs have duplicate IP addresses then they will merge and be one big happy family. If any of the PCs have duplicate IP addresses then you will have conflicts.
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    Hi, My name is stupid, I can't set up my network...

    NetBIOS is part of the TCP/IP suite. It is a way to make computers recognized each other by name on a network without a centralized server acting as DNS or WINS. I searched around and found this writeup that explains it well. Don't get NetBIOS and NetBEUI confused. NetBIOS is a TCP...
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    Hi, My name is stupid, I can't set up my network...

    Sounds like one or the other is not configured for NetBIOS which would be needed to discover each other. On the Win Me PC make sure File and Print Sharing is loaded and at least file sharing is turned on in the network Control Panel. On the WinXP go into the TCP/IP properties for the network...
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    Shuttle MN31N odd problem... HELP HELP!!

    I just bought one of these boards and had the same thing happen. It looked as though the HSF was seated properly but when I took it off the thermal grease did not have a mark on it from the processor. I reversed the HSF around (which sucks because the clip hits the PS) and it it does make full...
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    where do i find my MAC address?

    For the "new" school people: You can also go Start - Control Panel - Network Connections and right-click on your Network Adapter. Choose Status and then click on Details. Personally I am old school... My first XT (8088) computer only had 2 5 1/4 drives and we booted off the diskette into DOS...
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    difference

    That's because of the Spanning-Tree process looking for bridging loops. Enable portfast on the ports that you have problems with workstation autonegotiation. The reason is because the workstation is initializing and trying to get network info before the 50 seconds of port initialization. Hubs...
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    Win2000 control panel problem

    I had a computer doing that one. Here's how I fixed it: 1) Download Microsoft's TweakUI and install 2) Go into your Control Panel and open TweakUI and select the Repair tab. 3) Click the PullDown menu and select Repair Font Folder and then click the Repair Now button. You may have to reboot...
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    My brother cannot access any SSL sites on my network

    What OS? If it is XP does he have the firewall turned on and possibly be blocking it on network connections? Only other thing I can think of is to go into IE - Tools - Options - Connections - LAN settings and make sure that he doesn't have some sort of proxy turned on for SSL. If those...
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    forest prep for exchange 2003 not working

    Did you check the Event Logs to see if the reason was logged there? Also I think it logs things to a .log file in the root of the system drive... you might look around there. Why did you uninstall Exchange 2003 from the DC? Were they not using it for email? Normally if you are wanting to...
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    my school has my mail server blocked i think...

    *edited* Did not realize it was a college network. Thought it was a K-12.
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    DNS problems, cant access internal web.

    Couple of questions: Is the DNS service started on the server? Is there an Active-directory DNS zone for your domain? Are their records for the various network services? Is the server's DNS settings pointing to itself? Check and see if you have a domain that just has "." (no quotes). If...