Archive for September, 2006
How to test your bandwidth
0 Comments Published September 6th, 2006 in the following Categories:Big Picture || How To...
Ever wonder how fast your Internet connection really is? You could take the word of your ISP or you could test it yourself.
Speedtest.net is a site where you can do this in a fun and easy way. It allows you to select servers to ping from around the country on an interactive map and […]
- Bandwidth of the eye
- Computer Network Designing
- Why popular antivirus apps “do not work”
- Top 5 Reasons to Choose An Internet Filtering Appliance Over Software
What people hate about IT pros
0 Comments Published September 5th, 2006 in the following Categories:Big Picture
Impatience, arrogance, and jargon - for starters…
Cara Garretson has more:
“You’ve got to keep it simple,” says Heather Clarke-Peckerman, president of HCP Consulting Group, a career coaching firm in Parsippany, N.J. “Most users aren’t interested in the how [technology] works. Just show me what to do, how do I get out of this dialog box?”
She recommends […]
- Hate The Vista Hype? How To Stay Happy With Windows XP
- How to choose (and remember) great passwords (Part II)
- Don’t you hate when this happens?
- What’s the matter with my network adapter?
Port Forwarding Your Grandma Can Understand
0 Comments Published September 4th, 2006 in the following Categories:Computer Addressing || Communication Protocols || Firewalls || How To... || Sharing Files, Folders, Printers, etc.
IF you have more than one computer sharing an Internet connection…
AND you plan on doing any kind of Peer-to-Peer file sharing (PtoP), Internet Games, Web serving, FTP serving, WebCams, IRC DDC, and Instant Messaging such as AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and MS Messenger…
THEN you’re going to have to configure your router to do something called “port […]