Archive for August, 2007

How Do I Find Port Destinations on a Network Switch?

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Ally asked: I am a bit of a novice at networking and need to find the destination IP addresses or computer names of the ports on my various switches. How can I do this without following a wire and looking on the computer itself? I am an advanced user, so i ...

Dish Network is a Better Choice Than the Vast Majority of Cable Companies

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Julia Hall asked: Dish Network offers the best programming packages in the television service provider industry when it comes to variety and cost. If you've been thinking about switching from cable to Dish Network , but aren't sure you want to make the leap, there are some factors you should ...

Are there any disadvantages to using port security on a network switch?

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Mark H asked: Also any problems it could cause?DUANE

50 user office network. What i the best performing network switch you recommend?

Monday, August 13th, 2007

look4mathewkrom asked: I have a 50 user network that has heavy multimedia applications being exchanged or worked on the network. Im looking for a real good ethernet switch with a high performance processor and onboard memory etc etc. What would you suggest? Thanks guysADRIAN

Network Switch?

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH asked: hi, i am planning on buying a 24 Port network switch Model: TL-SF1024 its from TP-Link Website: http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=83 what i want to know is does it have a DHCP server builtin so it will assign my ip addresses and can i plug my cable modem directly into the ...

Securing Ad Hoc Networks

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

raji asked: 1 IntroductionAd hoc networks are a new paradigm of wireless communication for mobile hosts (which we call nodes). In an ad hoc network, there is no fixed infrastructure such as base stations or mobile switching centers. Mobile nodes that are within each other’s radio range communicate directly via ...