Printers, Networking & Mobile Connectivity
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- Active Directory, Joining a Windows Server Domain

Configure Windows to be a member of a Windows Server domain..
- Active Directory, Passwords, Configuring

Configure password rules in a Windows domain..
- Keyboard and mouse sharing with Synergy

Control multiple systems with a single keyboard and mouse..
- Mobile Devices, Synchronising

Synching PDAs and other mobile devices with Windows..
- NetBEUI under Windows XP

Install the NetBEUI network protocol under XP..for no good reason.
- Networking: Cat5 Cable Wiring

How to wire RJ45 plugs to Cat5 network cable for both straight and crossover configurations.
- Networking: Cat6 - Friend or foe?

Category 6 cable has been around for a while now. However it can be much more fiddly to install compared to its predecessors..
- Networking: DNS

The Domain Name System explained.
- Networking: Ethernet

What is Ethernet,why is it important and what is the 5:4:3 rule..?
- Networking: FTP at the command line

File Transfer Protocol transfers are usually operated via a GUI interface under Windows, but files can also be transferred at the command prompt.. [andystechpage]
- Networking: FTP, Automated

Setting up automated FTP scripts.. [andystechpage]
- Networking: OSI Model

The celebrated (and palindromic) ISO OSI Model.
- Networking: Network Connectivity Boxes

Hubs, repeaters, bridges, switches, routers explained in basic terms.
- Networking: Network Terms

Getting to grips with some of the jargon used in computer networking.
- Networking: Subnetting

How to split nodes into IP Address groupings on large networks.
- Networking: TCP/IP Classes

TCP/IP is the networking protocol of the internet and comes in a number of mathematically determined classes, including Classes A, B and C.
- Networking: TCP/IP Commands

A list of useful networking commands .
- Networking: TCP and UDP

Transmission Control Protocol and User Datagram Protocol, explained in basic terms.
- Networking: Tuning the Gigabit

Although Gigabit is the de-facto standard of the time, it may take some tuning to wring out optimal data transfer rates.
- Outlook, Configuring

Configure your email accounts with Microsoft Outlook.
- Poweroff

Switch computers off remotely from across a network..
- Printers, Installing a networked printer

Configure Windows to print to a networked printer..
- Proxy Settings in Internet Explorer

Configure IE to connect to the internet through a web proxy..
- Remote Desktop

Taking control of other computers across a network..
- Samba shares, Connecting to

Connect to shared directories on a Unix-based system, from Windows..
- Synchronising Computer Time

Configure a Windows-based workstation to update its time from another computer.
- Synergy, Installing

Share a keyboard and mouse with Synergy.
- Wake on Lan for Windows (GUI)

Switch computers on remotely from across a network..
- Wake on Lan for Windows (command line)

Switch computers on remotely from across a network..
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