Recent content by RyanS

You would need some sort of load balancing software to do this. I have not seen this for Windows XP although it could be out there.

Re: 2nd round! The advice I gave you is probably more useful than telling you how to go around your company's rules. Cheers

Have you asked your IT department (or however maintains your network) to give you permission to do this?

If you are sure you have configured the router correctly then double check the other steps that are required to make everything work.

Have you tried disabling your firewall & then accessing the sites?

Here is a summary of what you need to to get your friends to connect to you: *configure your game servers properly *configure your router to forward all incoming data on ports xxxx-xxxx to your internal IP address *ensure any local firewalls on the game server are configured to allow incoming...

Are you to be taking over the entire support for the company or assisting in certain ways? Supporting a network involves many different tasks some of which are easy others will require you to have a certain level of knowledge of what is going on. If you could better define your responsibilities...

What IP address are you getting? If it is a 169.x.x.x IP address then you are not truly connected to your router & will need to troubleshoot that. If you are getting an IP address assigned to you from the router, i.e. 192.x.x.x then you may have a software issue on the PC preventing you from...

I work in IT & we don't allow our users to access public wireless as it is a security risk. I recommend you obey the rules your IT team puts in place as it will keep you & the company out of trouble. Regards

There are many other variables between your computer and someone elses besides just the cable. If your computer is running slow(er) than you may want to run some anti-virus/spyware scans. You could also run a defrag on your hard drive. There are myriads of other things to check & tweak but that...

Thanks Dave, looking at their white papers now.

I am currently using Dell OpenManage to monitor server events. I am going to stop using OpenManage & am looking for a software that can optimally do most the following: *monitor Server OS activity and health *monitor network activity between server & switches *Can be configured to monitor...

If you have your own wireless management software you can disable the wireless zero service. You won't need to reinstall anything as long as the other software is configured properly.

I would start with drivers as well. Check the manufactuers web site for the latest build.

I started out doing tech support without a degree or previous experience. After doing that for a few years I moved up to desktop support. At that point I was able to make over $25/hour. A few years later (current time) I have an IT job I really enjoy & still do not have a degrees & I am able to...