Networking

Little Known Cisco Troubleshooting Command

There are a lot of commands in the Cisco IOS that you can use for troubleshooting. It depends on what the symptoms are and what networking technology you are using (eg ATM, ethernet, frame relay). The more common of course are your sh ip int brie, sh run, sh ver, sh controllers etc but there […]

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Not Enough Server Storage on a Windows XPshare

Trying to access a shared documents folder over my local network, I came across a window with this error message – not enough server storage? What’s going on here? It’s a fresh install of windows and I had never seen it before. Fortunately, after a bit of research I found a solution that did actually […]

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Alternative to Synergy to use with Windows 7

Synergy is a great program to control 2 computers with one mouse and keyboard. But it doesn’t appear to work with Windows 7. Is there any options? Well yes! I found another program that works well with Windows 7. It’s called Input Director and works quite well – in fact I think better than Synergy […]

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Open Source Cisco router?

I have spent the last 10-15 years working in a predominantly Cisco environment. I think their products are great, but are not cheap. I think it comes down to the old line ‘you get what you pay for’, and Cisco certainly delivers. That’s at work….. At home I look at alternatives. So when I was […]

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WRT54G history lesson

I thought I’d do a little research on the Linksys WRT54G wireless router, of which I own two of. I find them to be a very stable and reliable unit. The WRT54G, WRT54GS, WRT54GL, and WRTSL54GS are popular Wi-Fi router products from Linksys. The devices are capable of sharing Internet connections among several computers via […]

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