Network Administration

Help Removing Wireless connection in a Gatewat T-Series (MSVistahome)

I have lost the facilities to completely remove a wireless connection router ... LOL Some time ago I do remember doing this task, but I have worn this path down to rock running in circles on this one trying to find & remove it. ---From control panel/network & sharing/manage Wireless I get to...

What headaches are your network users causing?

Every network admin seems to have their favorite "network user" horror stories -- what are the most frequent types of problems you seem to encounter with your network users? What steps have you taken with "problem users" that were successful?

Strange IP address on my network

Strange IP address on my network My LAN has been very slow of recent. And I found out that if I ping a system on network it drops packets intermittently. But instead of it showing request timed out, it is showing "Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination Host Unreachable. Whereas this ip doesn't have...

How troubleshoot internet connections?

Currently at work we are having some major internet connections. I'm working in a fiber optic environment and our internet connections it bounces back on forth. We've already bought a brand new switch out Netgear firewall is about 4 months new and replace some cat5 cables. What else could cause...

How clear is your job role?

In a tip he wrote for SearchWinIT, resident expert Kevin Beaver suggests fully understanding and defining your job role can not only boost performance, but also your career satisfaction. How well do you really know what management expects you to do, and what have you found helpful in better...

How to utlize multiple static IP's when ISP limits physical router connectinos to 1

Hi Experts - 12 months ago, I installed the low-cost configuration below to provide wideband highspeed cable internet to my apartment building.  The ISP gave us one static IP, which I gave to my router, which in turns handles DHCP for all the units through the switch and a patch panel.  Today, we...

To block Skype messenger traffic from an organisations internal network?

Hello All, I am trying to figure out how one can block skype from an organisations internal network? The threat here is it has the ability to change the port on which it is communicating. Normally ports 80 and 443 are open on a firewall for web browsing.

How do I create user specific access passwords to limit folder access on a server?

How can I make it so users are prompted for a password when they select their folder on a network using Windows 2003 server?

How can I become a network administrator?

I have a B.A., and I’ve been MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) certified since 2000. I was working as an office clerk, but I am passionate about network administration and would like to gain some experience in this field. I am now 44 years old. What is the best way to become a network...

File deletion on the network

I would like to set something up on our network in which if someone deletes a file or documents then the file or document is sent to a hidden folder on the network not just deleted. I would even like it to be put into the recycle bin but as it is people have deleted stuf off of my sever and it is...

Limiting the upload

I want to limit the upload or download from LAN to internet for specific IPs. please some one give me a method to do that, either limiting the size or the BandWidth.

new to IT looking to improve & make career in networking

hello expetise , myself being a student of 3rd yr computer engineering , actually i m not good @ language so suggest me course detials in network or system management ,what kind of basic should i have that will help me in course + referr me some books online to bulit my base? , hope your reply as...

Create Network

Hi, I am not an Network work, so i think its a very simple question, but donot know how to solve it. I have a ADSL Internet Line with a static IP address assigned to me by my ISP. This ADSL line is connected to a Network A through the ADSL modem. The Network A also has a Wifi Router in place....

finding fault of Network Ping drop

I am having a bus topology network with OFC connected on ABCDEFGH switches. OFC SM link is followed from A to B to C to D to E to F to G to H to A one side and A to E with redudence line. When we ping all the switches one by one, there is no ping loss. But when all the swtiches are on, I find...

Tool for mapping unknown Network/Data ports?

Two recently acquired offices lack network diagrams and there is nothing to show which data ports are live or how anything matches to the patch panel. Besides manually visiting dozens and dozens of ports with a laptop -- what are the options? Surely there is a tool for this scenario. Would someone...

Network forensic tools

What tools do you use to perform network forensics? Do you have any favorites, and why?

Network card problem on Windows Server 2003

I have an intel core 2 duo system intend using as an internet server. I have installed Wins server 2003 ans ISA on it, the board came with a 10/100mbps network card, now i added a 100/1000mbps network card to make the cards to be 2, but the problem is whenever i configure this cards and give then...

Combining 2 NICs

what is the different between a nic 10/100 with cable cat5e and nic 10/100/1000 with cable cat5e same speed ?

Locking the IP address to the MAC address

Hi all.... Aim: Ip address lets say 10.0.0.1 when assigned to a particular MAC let it be pc, should not be used by any other mac, even if i switch off the device. I tried through dhcp reservation option which maps the ip address to a mac address, it works. but the problem is, when i switch off...

How to allow file sharing for child domain?

I am adding a child domain to an existing domain. How do I allow file sharing between the two domains?