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Using a switch to connect three computers to my 3Mbps Cable Internet access Modem

I have two kids that fight constantly over the internet. Please help me stop it. I would like to get three computers to connect to the internet with my switch(5port DYNEX 10/100 Fast Ethernet). I don`t care if it slows down. I used to be on 56k. Win XP PRO and NICS(all the same), 2 50' cat5e cables...

View Answer   |  Mar 20 2007  10:21 PM GMT
Hardware, Switches, Hubs
asked by timothysorby

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Laptops Lose Login Credentials.

Hi All In our company we have about 150 off site users with Dell D600 and D610 laptops all running XP Pro, they all have roaming profiles on them. What it is, now and again certain users, will phone and say they cannot logon with their login credentials, loggin on with the local administrator...

View Answer   |  Mar 2 2007  8:14 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by Ments1

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Cache Battery Replacement

We have a 9406 Model 170 that has a failing cache batter pack. We no longer carry maintenance on this particular machine so I?m going to have to replace the part myself. Can anyone guide me to information on how to perform this procedure? I?m not even sure where the cache battery is located or...

View Answer   |  Feb 12 2007  3:30 PM GMT
Hardware, AS/400
asked by jimmer

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Strange error message from Cisco 2980 router

Hi, I'm getting an error message from my Cisco 2980 switch when I type "write mem". The error message is "This command is available only in text configuration mode." I have another identical switch but I don't get an error message when issuing the same command. The CATOS is 8.4(11)GLX. The...

View Answer   |  Feb 9 2007  2:05 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by devnul

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Hard Drive Erase & Clone

Is anyone familiar with the following software: 1) FarStone DriveClone 2 2) Paragon Disk Wiper 7.0 Personal Researching cloning cloning applications. Any suggestions. Thanks Len

View Answer   |  Feb 2 2007  2:08 PM GMT
Hardware, Development
asked by jujugiants

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What is NAT port forwarding?

Describe in brief how you would set up port forwarding on a NAT router to allow a PC on the LAN to publish its web to the internet.

View Answer   |  Jan 31 2007  6:23 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by 111110

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IDE devices

How many IDE devices could the standard motherboard handle?

View Answer   |  Jan 31 2007  5:39 PM GMT
Hardware, Cabling, Handheld
asked by 111110

  0 pts.

Dynamic updates to a DNS Server

What Windows Operating Systems support dynamic updates to a DNS Server? Which service needs to be running on the clients?

View Answer   |  Jan 31 2007  4:38 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by 111110

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Ethernet cabling

What is the wiring colour-sequence for Ethernet cabling?

View Answer   |  Jan 31 2007  4:22 PM GMT
Hardware, Routers, Cabling
asked by 111110

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Routing Between Subnets and between networks

1.I have two separe networks 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.1.0 ,they r physicall connected. What should i configure and where to configure so that host of each network can connect to other host in other network. 2.I have two separe Subnets(after subnetting a class B network),they r physicall connected....

View Answer   |  Jan 10 2007  4:12 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by chinmoymohanty

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Remote Access Networking

I am not too good with networking, and I have a question. I need to be able to access two seperate computers at a remote location. There is DSL internet. Right now I just have one connected to the internet, and have everything forwarded to that specific IP address. The Remote Access program I use,...

View Answer   |  Jan 8 2007  1:47 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Networking services
asked by joeywells

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Wake-On-LAN / Cisco Mac address-tables

Recently I scheduled my computers to power on using Wake-On-LAN. There seems to be an issue with some of the computers not turning on. All the computers have identical hardware and have the same BIOS settings. I did some investigation and I noticed that the computers that were not turning on did...

View Answer   |  Jan 5 2007  12:16 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Security
asked by skepticals

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Exchange 2003 not able to change send and receive file size limits

I have a user that needed to send a 50 Mb PDF file. His send and receive file size limits were 10Mb. So I changed them to 60 Mb but Exchange would not retain the new changes. It allowed me to make the change but is not retaining the changed settings and the user could still not send the file. Can...

View Answer   |  Jan 3 2007  9:18 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Security
asked by jmello

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USB Modem

What is the difference between a 57k & a USB modem? What is the maximum baud rate that a USB modem can operate at?

View Answer   |  Jan 1 2007  3:28 PM GMT
Hardware
asked by ferrymanpk

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Router behind a router

I am trying to put a Linksys WRT54G at the end of a Cat5e segment to create an extended star, off of a Netgear WGR614. I have set the 614 to have the address 192.168.1.254 with the DSL as the default gateway. I have tried to create a static route, on both the Linksys and the Netgear, and tried to...

View Answer   |  Dec 23 2006  2:07 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by Nu2dgame

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PXE 053 error

I'd like to how to recover from a PXE error. I've been trying to find the answer to this for months, but get nowhere. When I try to boot up my system, I get a PXE 053 error. Used to be, with this erratic problem I could disconnect the router from the box and it'd start up. However, for the...

View Answer   |  Dec 12 2006  10:04 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware
asked by sinait

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Networking prep

Hiya guys, I have an interview next week, and in the pre screening phone interview a few questions came up about the port numbers used in networking and what they were used for, oh yeah, and the 7 layers of the OSI module. I Know a little bit of thew OSI, but is there any online papers etc, that...

View Answer   |  Dec 7 2006  10:45 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by Carl0s81

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Slow XP Booting

Hiya all, I have an XP Pro machine, spec is AMD 64bit Sempron 2800 (754pin), 512 RAM, 40 gig HDD, 128MB 5200 Graphics, which is taking 5 minutes to log in, by this i mean entering my password untill i can use it. I have done MSconfig, adaware full scans, AVG AS 7.5 full scans, System mechanic 4...

View Answer   |  Dec 7 2006  10:36 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Microsoft Windows
asked by Carl0s81

  0 pts.

AMD Sempron

Hi all, I have one desktop running on AMD sempron 2200. In my home network. It?s clock speed is 1.5 GHz as per manufacture?s specification. but in system properties It showing only 800 MHz. OS is using XP SP2. But it working very smoothly. Anybody have any idea about why it likes this?

View Answer   |  Dec 6 2006  4:25 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by squibc4

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Accessing Mail Server

I have remote users who are not allowed on the domain... At times they need to work in the main office and log in via wireless directly to the Wirelss ADSL modem/router.. putting them in a different ip range to the domain. Internet access works well with this arrangement but they are unable to get...

View Answer   |  Nov 29 2006  4:19 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Networking services
asked by Arron25

  0 pts.

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