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Repartition your hard disk on-the-fly with Windows Vista
OK, I'll believe it when I see it! eom.OK, now that's coolThis is the first feature I have seen in Vista that makes any seense. But I am still not switching.
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), dianakbrown@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, hard drive, Microsoft Windows
Discussion threads 2007-03-28
Troubleshoot network problems with PingPlotter
Nice program, thanks!Excellent Article! This seems like a great program. I will definately give this one a try.
Tags: dianakbrown@..., network
Discussion threads 2007-03-28
Manage network broadcasts on Cisco switches using storm control
I wish I had this information 6 months ago!Thanks for the great article!I discovered our web servers were causing excessive broadcast traffic because the servers were load balanced with Windows load balancing. This caused the switch to be unable to use layer 3 to direct traffic to the correct NIC...
Tags: Web servers, LANs, Network technology, dianakbrown@..., network, Cisco Systems Inc., server
Discussion threads 2007-03-22
Network intrusion detection: Getting hooked up
Network Taps are the best!We tried to use spanning ports on our core switches but since we only had two available SPAN ports, we could not provide both for the use of IDS. We needed to have a SPAN port available for packet analysis and other network needs.Also, some traffic...
Tags: dianakbrown@..., network, network intrusion detection
Discussion threads 2007-03-15
The Finished Product (Replace a cracked Palm Treo handheld housing)
Excellent!!Thanks for the great photos! We have users drop these things all the time and this is a money saving tip. We fix their broken laptops, why not their phones?
Tags: Handhelds, dianakbrown@..., Palm Treo, Palm Inc., handheld
Discussion threads 2007-03-12
Replacement PS does not work with MB OR Case?
My power supply finally died. It was a 200w or 250w. I could not find another of course and purchased a 300W ATX power switching PS which has both 20/24 pin compatibility.When I plug in the new PS the machine never boots, however the PS powers up and then begins...
Tags: dianakbrown@...
Discussion threads 2007-03-02
(Desktop toys: Power Station to the rescue)
Get a Treo!One appliance does all three of these plus GPS all in one. Then you only need one plug to charge and transfer data simultaneously. No need for the power station.
Tags: hardware, geek accessories, dianakbrown@..., desktop
Discussion threads 2006-12-24
You MUST change your password...or NOT
Our Security Team has implemented a minimum 15 character password for admin accounts. When trying to change my Admin password I received the following error: "WINDOWS PASSWORD: Your password has expired, you must change it. Your user account is configured in a way that doesn't let you change your password."???This...
Tags: password
Discussion threads 2006-08-25
Get to know the Cisco IOS show interfaces command
How about CATOS?Excellent article. The "show interface" was the first IOS command I learned when I started out learing CISCO. But the pipe commands always mystified me because I had never done UNIX commands. However, because I learned IOS first, the CATOS still throws me for a loop. I always...
Tags: Cisco CatOS, Cisco IOS, cisco, network, catos, dianakbrown@..., networking, Cisco Systems Inc., Native IOS
Discussion threads 2006-08-25
Cisco 871W Wireless Router does it all
Cisco 871W Wireless Router sounds great!I am excited about your upcoming articles on this wireless router. This sounds like a great product from your blog descriptions. Using netgear and linksys routers at home are scary enough, there is no way they should be used at the workplace.I love mine! But...
Tags: cisco, Cisco 871W, Cisco 871W Wireless Router, Cisco Systems Inc., dianakbrown@..., george ou, off-topic, router, VLAN, wireless, wireless router
Discussion threads 2006-07-28
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Compliance too!Many forget that it can be a security risk. Our company is located in business buildings all over the world. It is possible that someone on another floor could hack into an unauthorized wireless connection and steal information. In one of our offices we rent multiple floors for our...
Tags: LANs, Wi-Fi, wireless
Discussion threads 2006-06-27
Get to know your logging options in the Cisco IOS
Thanks!!Excellent Article and just in time. We had a module go out one of our switches and did not know, because we had not setup logging correctly.Now you overview has given me greater understanding!Keep it up.
Tags: dianakbrown@..., cisco, monitoring, logging, networking, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco IOS
Discussion threads 2006-06-17
NIC or Switch
One computer had issue with dropped packets trying to access servers on the LAN. Change NIC. Next day 3 more had same issue. Change NICs. Next day 5 more had same issue. Change 4 NICs. But on the last machine, just changed the NIC MAC and it works OK. Different...
Tags: dianakbrown@..., firewall, it management, LAN, network interface card, swITch
Q&A 2006-02-09

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Cant access router after factory reset
Of course I have the modem and router on a surge protector. There was a power outage, and we couldnt get the internet thismorning. So I tried doing a reset, nothign happened. SO then I did a facotry reset.When I did that, the networking icon said "a network cable is...
Tags: junkmail70433@..., modem, networking, router
Discussion threads 2007-01-11
Is it ethical to use company resources for your job hunt?
This week’s “What would you do?” column features a TechRepublic member who is concerned with the ethics of using company resources and time to conduct a search for a new position. With the time constraints imposed on IT pros by their jobs, families, and other commitments, this is an issue...
Tags: Becky Roberts, ethics, information technology, IT Department, job
Technical articles 2003-05-07
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