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• How to Configure Wireless Settings in Windows 7

  

  By adfm : 15 March 2010 - 02:28 PM

  It used to be that connecting to a wireless network took planing. Now you usually can gain access by choosing a familiar network from a list and logging in. But what if you need to manually configur...

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  • Windows 7
  • wireless
  • networking
  • settings
  • configure

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• How to Share Printers and Fax Machines in Windows 7

  

  By onwindows : 17 November 2009 - 02:43 PM

  After you install a physically attached or network-attached printer or fax machine, you can allow anyone else on your network to connect to it by sharing it. Friends and coworkers on you...

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  • fax
  • sharing
  • printer
  • Windows 7
  • networking

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• Load Balancing with Hardware

  

  By simonstl : 13 November 2009 - 12:27 PM

  A hardware load balencer effectively scales your organization's ability to serve more, faster. This excerpt from Cal Henderson's Building Scalable Web Sites will introduce you to the advantages of har...

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  • load balancing
  • networking
  • server

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• How to Configure Proxy Settings in Windows 7

  

  By onwindows : 13 November 2009 - 10:12 AM

  Many organizations today use proxies to protect their users from intrusion and to use smaller amounts of publicly routed IP addresses. A proxy is a server that sits between you an...

  Tags:

  • Windows 7
  • proxy
  • settings
  • networking
  • firewall
  • browser

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• How to Create a Broadband Connection in Windows 7

  

  By onwindows : 12 November 2009 - 05:29 PM

  Most people have a broadband connection to the Internet these days. Broadband connections are defined by their bandwidth and fall into five categories: cable, ADSL, SDSL, fiber to the pr...

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  • Windows 7
  • networking
  • broadband
  • cable modem
  • ADSL

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• How to Create a VPN Connection in Windows 7

  

  By onwindows : 12 November 2009 - 02:00 PM

  Many organizations use VPN connections to gain access to their networks. These connections use encryption to secure the transmitted data between the user and the network. They also provi...

  Tags:

  • Windows 7
  • VPN
  • RRAS
  • networking
  • dial-up

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• How to Configure the Simplest Internet Connection Sharing on a Linux Router

  

  By carlaschroder : 20 October 2009 - 04:42 PM

  If you want to enable Internet connection sharing on your Linux router, but you have one or more networks networks behind your router using private address ranges, or you don't want to set up a fi...

  Tags:

  • linux
  • script
  • networking
  • connection sharing

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• How to Make Static Routes Persistent

  

  By carlaschroder : 20 October 2009 - 03:23 PM

  You don't want to have to retype all those route commands every time there's a power blip, or when you make hardware changes. Aren't there some nice configuration files for permanent...

  Tags:

  • networking
  • routing
  • linux

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• How to Calculate Subnets with ipcalc

  

  By carlaschroder : 20 October 2009 - 02:43 PM

  You often see documentation with instructions like "you must use different subnets for this to work," or "be sure your hosts are all on the same network." But, you're a bit haz...

  Tags:

  • subnet
  • linux
  • networking
  • ipcalc

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• How to set up a DHCP server

  

  By carlaschroder : 26 August 2009 - 04:09 PM

  Install and configure dhcp. You can get the source tarball from https://www.isc.org. RPMs and Debian packages are also available; just look for packages named "dhcp." Configure client PCs to ...

  Tags:

  • IP
  • DHCP
  • networking
  • Linux
  • address

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