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Multiple inputs for a web server's router/switch

Apologies if this is a simple question. I haven't had much prior experience with networking hardware, hence the researching. Say hypothetically we had a glorified desktop that was going to be a web server with around 100 users, each with their own webspace. We would want to be able to cope with a...

View Answer   |  Aug 11 2006  8:43 AM GMT
Hardware, Switches, Hubs
asked by frangipani

  0 pts.

cisco 2811 with 2 fast ethernet ports and 4 vlans-2

I need urgent help on this. I have a brand new cisco 2811 with 2 FE ports. The port f0/0 is connected to the internet and the f0/1 will be connected to the switch which has 4 vlans configured on it. I have no idea how to go about doing this. Can someone please help me with the configuration on the...

View Answer   |  Aug 6 2006  2:16 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Networking services
asked by sarfarazkz

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cisco 2811 with 2 fast ethernet ports and 4 vlans

I need urgent help on this. I have a brand new cisco 2811 with 2 FE ports. The port f0/0 is connected to the internet and the f0/1 will be connected to the switch which has 4 vlans configured on it. I have no idea how to go about doing this. Can someone please help me with the configuration on the...

View Answer   |  Aug 6 2006  2:12 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Networking services
asked by sarfarazkz

  0 pts.

Windows XP Trouble

I have recently put windows XP on my old computer that was working fine, running well but when i put windows XP on i havent been able to install anything i had on the computer like openoffice, sims2 ect because it says files cannot be read from the media although the disks arent scratched.I have...

View Answer   |  Aug 5 2006  5:01 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Microsoft Windows
asked by bob987725

  0 pts.

Conflicting results from chkdsk

When running chkdsk /r, I get messages saying 'Windows replaced bad clusters in file ...', then at the end it says '0 KB in bad sectors'. Can anyone explain how this can be possible? How can you have bad clusters without having bad sectors? Regards, Bill

View Answer   |  Aug 4 2006  9:18 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Software
asked by BillBald

  0 pts.

Interview

I have an interview on SCADA systems. Could anyone help with what kind of questions should i be expecting, they need someone with knowledge in everything right from communications,controls and database. (HArdware + Software).I dont have much experience on my resume but still they considered me for...

View Answer   |  Aug 4 2006  9:43 AM GMT
Hardware, Security, Servers
asked by Controls

  0 pts.

Installation and updates

Howdy folks, Tryin to keep things going around here....need some advice. I have Win2003 servers and Active Directory.....single domain....approx. 100 client computers.....one location. Am upgrading all computers from Office XP to Office 2003. My project: Install Office 2003 and all updates...

View Answer   |  Aug 2 2006  9:36 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Disaster Recovery
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

Network Connection Freezes

For some reason, at random, among 20 PCs on my network, in the morning or during the day, the network connection stops responding for both intranet and internet communications. The only solution thus far is to remove the NIC from the Device Manager, reboot the PC, and let Windows XP Pro find the...

View Answer   |  Jul 28 2006  11:31 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by DboiSOBE

  0 pts.

Network routing

Hi! Our company have two locations. Each location have two routers. Let say, Location1 have network 192.168.1.0 with routers 192.168.1.9 and 192.168.1.10. Location2 have network 192.168.2.0 with routers 192.168.2.9 and 192.168.2.10. All routers are connected to internet. Router 192.168.1.9 and...

View Answer   |  Jul 27 2006  4:39 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by soft4you

  0 pts.

USB Flash Drives Not Installing On XP

Hello All! I've been noticing recently that certain USB drives have not been installing automatically to windows XP pro. I'm working on one right now and have not found a solution to it yet. A user needs to install a Sandisk Cruzer Mini USB Drive to her machine which uses XP Pro. Instead of...

View Answer   |  Jul 26 2006  8:57 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by thecheyguy

  0 pts.

Changing servers - GUID issues with Domain Name-2

Hello all, Basically, we have an old windows 2000 small business server, which is running exchange, SQL, ISA and much more. So we are running out of space on a few of teh drives and considering that we are using RAID we cant just add a drive and repartition the C drive to get more space. So the...

View Answer   |  Jul 24 2006  3:11 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by adambeazley

  0 pts.

Changing servers - GUID issues with Domain Name

Hello all, Basically, we have an old windows 2000 small business server, which is running exchange, SQL, ISA and much more. So we are running out of space on a few of teh drives and considering that we are using RAID we cant just add a drive and repartition the C drive to get more space. So the...

View Answer   |  Jul 24 2006  3:08 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by adambeazley

  0 pts.

Drives Not showing full capacity after reinstall XP

DimensionXPS/Gen2 machine. WinXP Home SP2. Intel 82801ER SATA Raid controller(factory), (*2*) WD 1200JB 70GB hard drives. MyComputer shows only the "partition"'s worth of the drive used when I did WinXP reinstall, and goofed format (fat32, instead of NTFS). Have researched incl. Dell, and...

View Answer   |  Jul 19 2006  5:33 PM GMT
Hardware, Storage management, Arrays
asked by Nanci252

  0 pts.

Windows 2000 - removable drive problems (CD, floppy, USB)

Hello, My PC, Win2k, SP4, will not read cd's from either drive or floppys or a jumpdrive. All devices seem to be recognized by the device manager and are assigned drive letters accordingly. The floppy is recognized and works if you insert a boot disk. The jump drive, when inserted, assigns a...

View Answer   |  Jul 18 2006  1:34 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Storage
asked by ranger390

  0 pts.

OWA on SBS2003 Network Question

I would like to switch the OWA IIS server from the main contraoller box in a SBS2003 network to a member server in the same network (currently being used as a TS server) What needs to be done and can it be done in this network environment? All help is greatly appreciated...

View Answer   |  Jul 14 2006  6:52 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Security
asked by delebute2004

  0 pts.

router for home network with cable connection

I apologize in advance for asking such a beginner's question, but I am planning to get cable high speed internet and want to get a router before I do (to save money). I have an old desktop, running win98se, and a newish laptop, winxp with wireless capacity. Also an old mac which I'm not planning...

View Answer   |  Jul 12 2006  6:41 PM GMT
Hardware, Switches, Hubs
asked by elnodel

  0 pts.

DVD Burner Problem

Hello, I have an issue i never ran into before. I have a brand new CD/DVD burner that will burn CDs but not DVDs. It is a LG GSA-4160B (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4160B in windows). Now i already updated the firmware to the latest version (406a) to no prevail. And the strangest thing is if you have a...

View Answer   |  Jul 10 2006  8:55 PM GMT
Hardware, Disk drives, Backup & recovery
asked by m4nc1n1

  0 pts.

Installing Printers Based on Active Directory Group

Hi All, I'm looking to install all my printers based on security groups within active directory I was planning on using the script below: *** START SCRIPT PRINTERS.VBS *** Const IT_GROUP = "IT" Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")...

View Answer   |  Jul 5 2006  3:13 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware
asked by ladrick

  0 pts.

Group Policy-Internet Access

I use the old trick of bogus settings for the proxy server in Group Policy. I have as an example: OU1-Internet Access OU2-No Access When I move anyone from the OU2 to OU1 to allow them access, the proxy address still remains in the settings. I can manually change it back, but cannot get it to do...

View Answer   |  Jun 30 2006  3:20 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

Sound card problem

I have a computer that I had to reinstall the operating system on because it was so full of viruses and adaware that that was my only recourse. I loaded Windows XP Professional on it but now.... the sound card won't work. It is an integrated one - not a PCI one. When I got to the Control Panel,...

View Answer   |  Jun 28 2006  11:33 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware
asked by Jade0571

  10 pts.

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