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I'm looking to go for my CCNA certification this summer and possibly CCNP as well. I was looking to study on my own and then take the exam online or at a test center. I have an old Cisco 1841 router that I was given to me that still works, but I do not have any Cisco switches. Should I pickup...

Have a question regarding supernets and subnets. Not quite sure I understand how these work, so I was hoping someone could clarify the concepts. Say I need to design a network to support around 300 devices with these devices being in multiple departments within a company. Since there are more...

Is there any type of app that can be used on an android phone that will work with iMessage on an iPhone?

I'm not really sure what the issue is but it must be something simple. When using Chrome if I click on a button on a webpage, such as Facebook nothing happens. It is not website specific either. This does not happen in Internet Explorer. Maybe after 2 minutes the upload window will finally...

I will possibly be setting up a small network for a family member this summer. Right now I am in the planning stage of determining the best setup for this network. The office is a small dental practice. The network will be done in a two part process. The first part will be implementing the...

So I was given one of these for free at my internship. It was pulled from their network recently after they moved their exchange servers to their corporate location. It has a T1 card in it as well. I have the console cable, but I will need to locate a Serial-to-USB adapter to use it. Is...

Has anyone ever heard of Meru or used their products? At a major hospital near me, I noticed they were using their access points. I was wondering how they compare to other enterprise AP, such as Cisco or Ubiquiti. http://www.merunetworks.com/

Can the SZ87R6 overclock a i7 4770k? I'm considering one of these SFF systems instead of a traditional mITX build. Thanks!

Looking to build a new desktop to replace the laptop in my sig for graduate school this summer. Bought the laptop in my sig thinking I would take it to classes in college, but never did. I live near MicroCenter, and they have the i7 4770k for $249.99 right now. I'd like to use that CPU if...

Looking for a recommendation on a small business firewall for a very small office. There will be one server, two desktops, one laptop, and a total of five users. I'm looking more for a solid hardware firewall that doesn't necessarily have all of the UTM bells and whistles; however, the ability...

Does this software have to be running on a machine constantly when these access points are in use? Also, how many would you recommend installing in a 3000 sq ft home? Right now I have a D-Link DIR-655, and I usually get 4-5 bars on all of the floors in our two story home. Thanks!

Do you guys recommend a masters or just go right for a job out of college? Asking this for a friend. Thanks!

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Photoshop / Lightroom, Web Browsing, Music, Office, Web Development... 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700 not including tax and shipping. 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please...

Does anyone know if Verizon blocks the FTP port? Also how can I setup a FTP server behind the Actiontec router? Thanks! :D

It will be used for listening to about 90% music off my computer in my dorm. I have a Logitech Z2300 system that has been great for the last 2 years, but something is wrong with the RCA board or possibly the main circuit board, so I need to replace the system. What would you guys recommend...

What do you guys recommend for online backup? I'd be using this at my home to backup three computers with roughly 150GB of data. I've looked into Carbonite and Mozy so far... thanks!

I have FiOS 50/20 internet at home right now. I'm using the provided router since it is required for run the DVRs in my home. I was wondering if it would somehow be possible to setup a pfsense firewall between the FiOS router and my switch... Is this possible? Reason for wanting to setup a...

I have a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent M Series external hard drive that my laptop won't recognize. It worked fine for a few days, but then all of a sudden it stopped recognize it. I'm positive the drive isn't broken. Every so often the computer will recognize the drive and it will show up in my...

Looking at setting up a small network for a dental practice soon. It will have three desktops and a tablet. At any given time, the most number of machines trying to access the server would be two, possibly three. Could I get away with Raid 1 or would it be too slow? The most intensive...

Don't care if it's free or paid... I'm looking for a backup software that will backup my computers to my NAS, but once the entire machine is backed up, only backup new or updated files not an entire system backup each time... I've tried backup utilities in the past and they do an entire...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web Browsing, Quickbooks (taxes), Skype, Microsoft Office, Email, HD Video Playback, etc 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Around a grand ($1000) 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S...

I recently converted my desktop into a server and I'd like to setup the two gigabit lan connections to make a 2gig connection. How do I do this? Operating System is Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x64. Thanks and sorry for my n00bieness lol

I don't have a ton of data, but I'd like to setup a Raid 1 system in my Server. I was looking to grab two 500GB hard drives and put them in Raid 1 with the built-in raid. If one of the drives fail, can I simply replace the drive or will I still lose all my data?

I'm looking to purchase my first Mac computer soon as a secondary machine. I have my eyes on the 11 inch version Macbook Air with 2GB of memory. How hard is it to upgrade the ram in this machine? Thanks!

The server in my sig will not post with all four banks filled with memory. I tried running each 1GB stick individually and it posts. I've tried running different combinations of the four sticks in sets of three with one of four slots empty and it posts. With all four sticks the machine never...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web Surfing, Skype, Email, Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, basic photo editing 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $800 (shipping not part of the budget) 3) Which country do you live in? If the...

I'm looking to have the ability to access my home network from outside of my home, primarily to access files on my server and have the ability to connect to machines on the network to troubleshoot remotely. My home network consists of a Verizon FiOS 35/35 connection with the Actiontec router at...

See sig for system specs. The monitor I have can be physically rotated to portrait mode, but under the monitor settings in preferences, there is nothing but 'normal' listed. I'm fairly new to linux and tried something I found online called xrandr in the terminal, but it says something about...

I have a 2TB western digital mybook live NAS. It has twonky media server built in. I tried to view a video on my laptop through my wireless network and there was some stuttering/lag. I was using windows media player on my laptop. When I viewed the same video on my TV there was no lag. The tv is...

I have Verizon FiOS at home with the DVR service. I was under the impression that the Actiontec router they provide had to be at the head of the network, but I believe I read somewhere that there's a way around this. How would I wire up the Actiontec from the ONT so that I could implement my...

So we got one of those Samsung Smart LED 3D TVs that has an ethernet jack on the rear. It shows up in my windows 7 homegroup... is it possible for me to stream movies, display photos, or listen to music through the TV from a dedicated server without needing a dedicated HTPC connected to the TV?

What kind of graphics card do I need to run three 24 inch LCD monitors in portrait mode? I won't be doing any gaming. I will be doing some light Photoshopping here and there. Do I need eyefinity to do this?

So I partitioned the hdd in my laptop to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu. After the installation for ubuntu was complete, I went to load it and it displayed nothing but a black screen. The hdd is a Samsung 256GB SSD. Do I need to do something special? :confused: It ran fine over the liveCD

I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu with my Windows 7 install on my laptop. See my signature for specs. When I ran the live CD on my flash drive and went to install it, the only options were to replace the Windows 7 install or selection 'other'. On my desktop, the option to install along side...

I currently have Windows 7 Home Premium installed on my laptop. If I install linux mint as a dual boot and later decide to remove it, can I delete it's partition or will I have to do a clean format of the disk?

I can get the upgrade version for a low cost... So I was wondering if the upgrade version can do clean installs.

I'm not sure if I'm experiencing slow hardware failure or what, but with my sig desktop every time I turn it on... it won't post. I have to press the power button and/or reset buttons a few times before it will finally post. What could be causing this? I've tried resetting and clearing the...

My HP Envy 14 has an Intel 6200AGN wireless card. Is it not good enough to achieve 300mbps on my D-Link DIR-655? The firmware is current on the router and the signal is 100% almost every where in my home. Even when I'm a few feet away from the router, the most I'm able to get is 130. Do I...

Ever since I installed Ubuntu and then Windows 7, I've been experiencing a type of blue screen that you can see in the picture below. I'm forced to reset the machine. What could be causing this? This is my desktop in my sig btw...

Sorry if this is a noob kind of question, but do new routers randomly select a wireless channel? I was scanning the surrounding wireless networks around my home with inSSIDer and there are a few networks that change between channels 1, 6, and 11 throughout the day.