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Discussing current trends, technologies, and information related to the high tech world in which we now all live. Oh, and some other fun stuff too.
By John Shoff on September 21, 2009 11:25 PM

Augmented Category 6 (Cat 6A) is the new cabling kid on the block! Many once thought copper cabling would never support speeds above 1 Gig, but Cat 6A has proven that wrong and allowed copper cabling to live on. There is even talk that copper cabling may still be around when we reach 40 Gig!

By John Shoff on September 21, 2009 11:21 PM

Use the following diagram to properly create a ethernet cable using CAT 5 or CAT 6, with RJ-45 ends.

By John Shoff on September 21, 2009 11:15 PM

Use these tips to help your PC run smoothly...

By John Shoff on September 8, 2009 8:25 PM

You can really improve your network management by implementing SNMP monitoring on your devices. 

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention. SNMP is a component of the Internet Protocol Suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It consists of a set of standards for network management, including an application layer protocol, a database schema, and a set of data objects.[1]

SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems, which describe the system configuration. These variables can then be queried (and sometimes set) by managing applications.

By John Shoff on August 20, 2009 8:58 PM

 

For all the shortcomings that everyone else had with Vista, I didn't mind it.  Well, I mean, I could put up with some of the annoying features in order to gain the benefits of the instant search, and various other new tools.

Windows 7 however, is probably the best, most polished software that Microsoft has put out, well... ever!

By John Shoff on March 13, 2009 10:25 PM
By John Shoff on February 28, 2008 11:48 PM

Started work on online store items, additional services and product pages.