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 | Re: IP Addressing There is usually 1 gateway per subnet. When a machine wants to communicate with an IP address that does not reside in a directly connected subnet (an ip outside it's subnet), then the traffic is sent to the default gateway. The GW must be in the same subnet as the …  |
 | Right here: You can attach tasks to a event log... http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2011/01/get-an-email-notification-on-system-logon/  |
| | How are you going to assign subnets to the Layer 2 switches? If they are layer 3 switches, then keep the /24 subnet on the router and connected switchports, then assign any subnet you want behind each of the 3 switches. |
| | For Debian based installs (ubuntu) the path rubberman gave you equates to /etc/network/interfaces . With Network manager, this directory and any interfaces configured within it are ignored. Honestly, I don't understand how network-manager stores all it's data. Manually editing those files are usually going to cause more headaches than anything … |
 | You can take 1 port off your wifi router and cascade any switch to that port. You don't need a smart switch for this, any unmanaged switch will do fine. SMC EZ switches are cheap and work well. Don't worry about bottlenecks. To stream a 1080p movie is about 6-10 … |
 | An alternative: I just go to ninite.com, select 'Classic Shell' along with anything else I might need, download the installer and wait for all apps to install. |
| | I don't know what you mean by a partition reset..... If your system has a Recovery Partition and an option to Factory reset do the default install again, that's your best best. Most PCs come preloaded with an 'recovery app' that will restore to factory default or would let you … |
| | FYI, try classic shell as a start menu replacement to get rid of that gawd awful flying turd, MS called the win10 menu. |
| | All the big providers (ATT, Verizon) have a page to unlock a phone. OR call them and speak to a rep. If the phone is not under contract, they will usually give you the code.  |
| | What IP does your PC (room a) have? ARe the 2 cables in Room b plugged into the LAN side? Make sure nothing is plugged into the WAN port in room b. |
| | I have no idea what you are asking.  |
 | to be cautious, use the dry run option 1st. rsync --verbose --recursive --ignore-existing --dry-run <src> <dst> you can also use a cp command with --no-clobber. cp --no-clobber <src> <dst> |
| | Its a feature in routing to avoid routing loops after a failure.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_horizon_route_advertisement |
| | Usually, files like JPG images can be checked by using both the size, as indicated. When I need to recover files off a bad drive, I use the JPG header and footer to mark the beginning and ending of the file. Other times, I use just the header and read … |
 | Carbon Copy is a tool I use in my data center to clone macs.... there may be a free trail. The external disk that is used as the backup target can be used as the boot device in a pinch. Other options are CloneZilla - Requires some setup Boot a …  |
 | Re: Ipv6 Where did you get this address? From the ISP? in Ipv6, the link local addresses are non-global, unicast and will have the prefix of fe80:. Depending on your host, you run ipconfig /all or ifconfig (or whatever command for the platform) and list out the ipv6's for each interface. If … |
| | If it's a clean install, you should already have your default sources set to go. I would check the basics: Do you have intenet connectivity? Try pinging 4.2.2.1. Do you have working DNS? Try pinging www.google.com, does it resolve? What does apt-get update return?  |
| | If I were your admin and I cought you doing this (circumventing network policy and protections) I would fire you on the spot. If the admins don't want you using dropbox tools, It's up to you to bring in another workstation for the purpose of coping company documents into it …  |
| | Not going to work as you envision. |
| | Does it have a VGA port for an external monitor. Plug in a monitor and boot it just to be sure you have no LCD display. If the external also fails, then you have more serious issues. It's probably not worth repairing a laptop that old. |
 | I liked the part where applepay can now collect info and index your transactions against your apple ID to know even more about you.  |
| | Your PST file is obviously corrupt. If you have a backup, load it. Otherwise you can try some of the PST repair utilities that have been mentioned in earlier threads. |
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| | Get off the phone. Use a laptop/Pc and check your IP settings and the gateway to make sure there are no errors there. On the pc check IP with ipconfig /all and on a mac with ifconfig. Make note of the subnet mask, I suspect your mask is 255.255.0.0 and … |
| | Swtiches will keep a table of mac addresses that are seen on each switch port. If you have 1 pc on a port, then the switch will know that port 1 has the mac for your pc and traffic will only be sent there when destinied for your mac. You … |
| | msconfig is the correct method. Use it and disable all services, reboot and test. Turn on one chuck of services, reboot and test.... rinse and repeat until your laptop shuts down. when it does, the culprit service or program is located in the last chuck you enabled Continue whittling down. … |
| | Sanity check: make sure usb key doesn't have a read/write switch on it in wrong position. Does it write in any other computer? |
| | I've converted many physical to virtual hosts. VMWare has a conversion tool that you need (free). For Linux hosts, you can't do this while system is on since you need to boot to a CD image to get the conversion going (last time I ran it anyway). VMDK files created … |
| | Right here. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security-vpn/secure-shell-ssh/4145-ssh.html |
| | You are going to have to provide way more detail before we can assist. Server? Location? tested with other clients? etc...  |
| | Backups. If you snapshop the drive you may have a 'previous version' available from the right click context menu. |
| | Run the dell diagnostics... hold Fn while booting and run full diags. After which, call dell with results, even if it is out of warranty, they will still help diagnose the issue. Also, you can try booting with a Linux Live CD to see if you can get it to … |
| | Can you ping the gateway? Is it a hub or a switch? Is it managed at all? |
 | you don't type that into the router... that's a windows command. IF you have physical access to the 2800, use a Console cable to the unit connected to a terminal emulator (e.g. putty). enable <enter your password> show ip int | incl Internet address That will list all ips on … |
| | Sounds to me like this is working fine. When you switch from static to DHCP for your office, the static entries are gone. When you switch back from DHCP to static, then you must enter the info again. That's just the way it works. Question: At home, instead of a …  |
| | Yep - The click of death. You can try putting the HD in the freezer for an hour then retrying to read data.... Seriously this sometimes works...but it's probably dead. Best do what xp78user said, buy a new HD, load an OS, and restore your files. |
 | 75% of the devs in our shop use MACs, split between mavericks and yosemite. The other 25% run Ubuntu or Mint. We have no devs running windows as the primary OS at all. Windows is relegated to the Assistants, the C levels and VPs, and accounting basically. A mac is … |
| | At my current company, the 50% of the mac population rushed to yosemite like the good little mac-fanboys they are claiming it's "better, sleeker, more streamlined". Not a week goes buy before I'm bombarded with shit like "my mail won't collect messages, my test labs dont work, office is having … |
| | To expand... for windows, get a free program called putty.exe. This lets you create an ssh session. You need the IP address or dns name of the server you want to hit. SSH usually runs on port 22 by default. Don't use telnet, passwords are sent in cleartext. |
| | Did you map them before by IP, DNS name, or netbios name? Did you replicate the method exactly. Off the top of my head you could have 2 issues here. 1) The method used to map the drive is not setup on the workstation. i.e. \\server.here.local\share doesn't map because the … |
 | Well, Xen and KVM support PCI passthrough. I've used it. http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Virtualization/chap-Virtualization-PCI_passthrough.html |
| | You know that you don't just copy a pst into the folder, you need to tell outlook to load the pst ... Tools -> Account Settings -> Data Files . Then you give outlook the location of the pst file. |
 | Are you seriously asking for help in setting up Email spam? |
 | Remember, you are limited by your ISP's bandwidth. IF you have a 20 Mbps down connection, that is slower than current wifi and definately slower than 100 or 1000 Mbps of an ethernet connection. There would be no difference when using the PS4 on internet traffic. You would see a … |
| | Re: linux log files Sounds to me like it may be trying to dhcp an addresson eth0 and waiting to timeout... |
| | Well, the key is to keep colder air coming in and blowing over the components removing the heat as best as possible. So My 2 cents is, whatever gives you the best airflow. Most components like video should have temp sensors. If you want, switch positions of the fans and … |
| | Re: ABOUT MAC OS You can only run it virtually: http://lifehacker.com/5938332/how-to-run-mac-os-x-on-any-windows-pc-using-virtualbox |
 | I've never heard of an ISP doing this. Seems overly complex for a home connection. As a sanity check, start with the home server, and do www.icanhazip.com, verify the public ip. From remote machine, nmap the IP and port, what do you get? Is the server running iptables/csf/or some other … |
| | Lot's of VPN providers out there. My 2 cents: Try to find one that doesn't keep logs. You can usually find an openvpn provider that accepts monthly payments instead of prepaying for a year.  |
| | A Good iSCSI drive array is probably cheaper then an entire MS Server buildout. The iSCSI volume can be mapped up to the main server and appear as attached storage. You can also go with an iSCSI or NAS array with CIFS support so it can share out space directly … |
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