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 | I've written about broadband speeds twice lately. Never being one to quit while I'm ahead, here I go again. Yesterday I looked at the forthcoming superfast broadband to the home (or at least as far as the outer wall of the home, the ageing cables inside are another matter) and … |
| | It's starting, then. In the UK we're going to follow some experiments I've seen in France and start getting fibreoptic connections to the home for superfast broadband. The [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7667761.stm"]BBC[/URL] has notes on where this is starting, but what interests me more is just why they're bothering just yet. 18 months … |
 | Sometimes I really love living in the English countryside. The fresh air, the sheep and horses at the bottom of the garden, the lack of crime, the sense of community that still exists in a small village, the lack of seriously fast broadband. Ah, yes, that's not so good is … |
| | ...with the idea that the world is coming crashing down around our shoulders, particularly with IT stocks falling and banks making tech staff redundant, let's have a think about one particular story. The EU is going to try to get [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7637215.stm"]broadband to every house[/URL] on the continent from which I …  |
| | The UK Government's broadband advisory group has published a report which suggests the cost of deploying fibre based broadband in the UK will be as high as £28.8 billion... The [URL="http://www.broadbanduk.org/"]Broadband Stakeholder Group[/URL] report, produced by Analysis Mason, looks at the various costs of various technological options for providing next-generation …  |
| | On a Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend, Comcast released its latest volley against its customer base, announcing a 250 GB monthly download limit. According to reports, after the first violation, you will get a message from your friends at Comcast warning you about your dastardly behavior (aka using the … |
| | [URL="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/21/vole-loses-alcatel-lucent"]According to The Inquirer[/URL] Microsoft has lost the long running Alcatel-Lucent patent case. The US International Trade Commission has ruled against Microsoft in the case which accused Alcatel-Lucent of violating four Microsoft patents concerning IP-based phone software. The ITC concluded that "there is no violation of section 337" which refers … |
| | Computerworld is [URL="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9071638&source=rss_news6"]reporting the possibility[/URL] of a worm or bot in the wild that is specifically targeting D-Link branded routers. It refers to a three year old vulnerability which Symantec security researchers believe is being exploited by a new exploit. Apparently, the Symantec security response team has seen an increase … |
| | It has been estimated that something in the region of 70 percent of the ATMs in current use are based not on the proprietary hardware, software and communication protocol platforms of old but instead on PC/Intel hardware and commodity operating systems, the most popular being Windows XP embedded. In fact, … |
| | Although there has been no great fuss made, no pin badges sold and no banners waved, Monday 4th February is for all intents and purposes the day IPv6 grows up. Because from that day, IPv6 IP addresses will be able to be directly translated into domain names and vice versa, … |
| | Yesterday we looked at the 2008 technology spending market from the small business side. To be charitable, things look "iffy" for IT spending -- at least during the first six months of the year. Now it appears that, from the technology side of the market, 2008 could be a mixed … |
| | If McDonalds can advertise, “Over 1 billion served” on each of its restaurants signs, then why can’t Comcast, Verizon, Sprint and the rest of the broadband world say the same thing? Well, technically, soon they can. That after a new report from Strategy Analytics that estimates over one billion broadband … |
| | A quiet holiday week so far in the technology side of the stock market. Most of the action will take place in the retail sector, with both Best Buy and Comp USA opening on Thanksgiving night - - well ahead of Black Friday. Early holiday shoppers can expect to find … |
| | IT is going through a period of great change, a transition which will see organisations shift focus dramatically from technology to business processes and relationships. That's what Gartner Research Vice-President John Mahoney has told DaniWeb. He warns that by no later than 2010 as many as 50 percent of IT …  |
| | That depends, to be honest, on which Internet you are talking about. For most of us mere mortals the answer will vary, depending upon how fat the pipe connecting us to the Internet is and how many people are downloading video streams over it at any given moment in time. … |
| | Since I began reading science-fiction, my dream was that we would enter the era of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse"]complete connectivity[/URL], where web access would be plentiful and robust. Being able to be online anywhere would lead us to a greater sense of community and understanding. When mobile broadband became widely available in the … |
| | You've likely heard of the whole commotion that was caused over Apple's usage of the iPhone name, which was a trademark of Cisco. Well, the funny thing is that the whole deal is over, and Cisco has really lost. Well, not officially, as a statement from the 2 companies was …  |
| | If you believe the results of a study by those chaps over at the USC-Annenberg School Centre for the Digital Future, the answer to the question posed in this blog posting title is 43% of Americans. That is the number of people who took part in the survey, were already … |
| | Well, maybe for a week or three anyway. That is the theory being bandied around wherever more than three geeks assembly for longer than 10 minutes, or so it seems. Perhaps it is just the company I keep. However, is there any merit in the idea that Vista, and specifically … |
| | Jon Jacobs has spent $100,000 on his own Virtual Nightclub, within Online Role-Playing game "Project Entropia". The winning bid for the space station he plans to use is currently being built within the game. Project Entropia, is a virtual world, with 236,000 players, who convert real cash to in-game dollars, … |
| | It is tempting to think that, as technology improves and access because less expensive, the use of fast internet access will become more widespread. Research, however, shows that this is not happening, and that broadband uptake has slowed dramatically. John Horrigan, Director of Research with Pew Internet & American Life …  |
 | Imagine turning on your radio, and instead of hearing music or your sports program, you hear a buzzing noise that is more annoying than static. You try to tune in your favorite station, but you cannot hear it anymore until you drive out of town, or perhaps you need to … |
 | It looks like internet access prices will remain steady, and could even rise, in the near future. The [url=http://www.fcc.gov]Federal Communications Commission[/url] ruled in favor of corporate America today, saying that phone companies no longer need to share high speed data lines with independent internet service providers at discounted rates. The … |
| | There has been a lot of hype about former Vice President Al Gore’s revolutionary television network – [url=http://www.current.tv]Current_[/url]. In late July, Current_ went live after being anticipated since early April. The network is said to be like no other TV network around; it’s not news, it’s not fiction, and it’s … |
| | Hey, In my college, the internet is accessible after you connect to the college's (open/public) wireless network and login using a web page that opens up when you try to open sites without logging in. I am trying to set that feature for my home network, but have not been …  |
| | Hi all, I need to set up three different sites with different domain names using Windows 2003 Active Directory. How many routers and switches do I need? Each domain will have 6 Windows 2003 servers and the three domains are two trust-relationship. I know how to create a LAN/Wan using … |
| | Hello everyone, i am a newbie so please bare with me cause it's been only 4 days since i started working with windows server 2003, I've made a DHCP server and the clients are getting their IPs correctly and the Internet service is working on the server computer, the only … |
| | Hi: I have a netgear router which has a public AP (hotspot) connected to it. On some days, one particular user regularly causes my router log to look like the one posted below. Can anyone tell me what he is doing to cause this sort of response from the router? … |
| | Hi, I have Windows 2003 Server that's running DHCP and RRA. I've installed a residential gateway software (wifi hotspot program) My laptops and PC are getting IP's with no problems but accessing the internet on the laptop is a problem. The server can surf just fine Here's my setup: ADSL … |
| | Please read what should i choose? To all IT Professionals help me choose a 2nd career path please!! Professionals that work in the field there opinion,if they were gonna get into this field all over again what path would they choose?Here's my situation I am 31 yrs old, already have …  |
| | i hav created an application in asp.net, i wan to create a virtual directory so tat i can run my application on LAN....how can i do so... Thanks in advance... |
| | We have 2 vpn's setup to corp both have a netgear fvs318 the one branch 1 is fine no problems, the other branch (branch 2) we closed and opened a new one moved the fvs318 to the new branch 2 location basically changed the onsite ip address and brought the … |
| | Hi all, I hope someone can help me. I have a Symantec Gateway Security appliance as the external gateway/firewall on my network. The external wan port is configured to the static ip from my isp, and the internal lan address is 192.168.0.33/24. Through a crossover cable, this device is connected … |
| | Can u people help me in getting java code to transfer files (FTP) over the LAN.Give me the complete code for this. I wan that a FTP request to be send to the desired host and if the host accept the request then the browse menu be opened that allows …  |
| | Hi I just got a brand new used gateway laptop 200 made in 2004. I re-formatted it and now it will not connect to the internet via ethernet but will wirelessly. it tries to connect using wan instead of lan and wont let us get the lan up there please …  |
| | This may have been discussed or answered/solved in another thread. I thought I would share my experience with setting this network configuration up. I did some quick research online and found several different approaches at getting this to work. This is my approach and it may not work for all. … |
| | i am doing some network programming: i want to be able to switch lights in my house either on or off through the network,WAN.The lights are connected to a computer through the paralel port.i.e the computer is at home.i have achieved the control of the lights at LAN level. my … |
| | Hello agian, i have a computer on a lan (local area network) it connect to the internet via a server( a computer on the lan that allow us to connect to the internet) now i use this code to see how many datas(KB) that i sent & recived [url]http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...42532&lngWId=1[/url] but … |
| | Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask a simple question about my network. I have a simple LAN network with 2 PCs and a network device (a DVR with an ethernet port). If my network device has for example the lan address 192.168.1.45 how can i access it from the … |
| | [B][B][COLOR="Red"]Please help in configuring LAN cards to access internet..[/COLOR][/B][/B] [COLOR="Green"][B]Can anybody help regarding this issue..[/B][/COLOR] Well we have taken lease line connection for internet and BSNL gave these Usable WAN IP address range - 210.212.109.66 to 70 (total - 210.212.109.64-71)with a subnet of 255.255.255.248 DNS address - 218.248.240.135 Gateway - … |
| | Well we have taken lease line connection for internet and BSNL gave these Usable WAN IP address range - [B]210.212.109.[/B][B][COLOR="Red"]66 to 70[/COLOR][/B] (total - 210.212.109.64-71)with a subnet of 255.255.255.248 [B]DNS address - 218.248.240.135 Gateway - 61.0.192.133[/B] We set these addresses on the router IP - 210.212.109.66 (on fast ethernet)accordingly with … |
| | Hi all, I would like to route informations from a LAN to 4 other LANs. Can you suggest me what is the best solution to do this. All routers I ve found are connecting LAN to WAN. Thank you |
| | Hi there all you nice people, Sorry to be a parasite but I need a one-time help. I am not a network-guru though I have no problems with creating and maintaining a small LAN/WAN at my home. I am, however an electronics engineer and so I do understand some tech-talk. … |
| | Hi there all you nice people, Sorry to be a parasite but I need a one-time help. I am not a network-guru though I have no problems with creating and maintaining a small LAN/WAN at my home. I am, however an electronics engineer and so I do understand some tech-talk. … |
| | Hello Team: I am trying to access a private network. I have openvpn running on a Linux box, and I would like to access the LAN behind that box. I can establish and ping the vpn tunnel, but I cannot ping any of the boxes behind the openvpn. The network … |
| | Can anyone please post the tutorial for connect SQL server over the WAN. I have been using my SQL server in the LAN without problem. I am not able to connect with the STATIC ip and this is connection string for LOCAL. conString="PROVIDER=SQLOLEDB;SERVER=192.168.1.1;UID=XXX;PWD=XXX;DATABASE=TEST" I have tried with coneectionstrings.com and helpless. …  |
| | I'm having a problem with a laptop I recently reformatted. It does not matter what connection method I used (LAN, WLAN, WAN, and Dial-Up), I cannot access the internet. The drivers are all installed and Windows says they are working properly. However, I've tried connecting to a network through a … |
| | I have been in the IT field for 12 years and work as a LAN administrator in a very small non-profit educational arena (although linked to a large WAN with a large educational institution). I am kind of a newbie with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and am trying to …  |
| | My current setup: Two desktops and one laptop running WinXP, and one laptop running WinVista. There is a router where I connect to my ISP (local wireless system), that runs to an eight-port switch. Both desktops are connected to the switch. There is also a wireless router connected to the … |
| | In our office we have nearly 45 staff.. They all know the different domain ftp password they use to upload and download the files by them self. it has been misused. Now we want to restrict the ftp access from outside the office. We have shared hosting where we can't … |
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