December 7th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Networking
I use Windows 7 on my desktop machine and I ran into an annoying problem the other day. I tried to connect to my wireless network at home like I normally do, but could not connect. I kept getting the following error message: Windows is Unable to Connect to the Selected Network Strange problem! I’ve [...]
November 14th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Featured Posts, Networking
I recently bought a Brother wireless printer and I have to say that it’s really nice being able to print from my laptop while sitting outside on the front porch. No cables, no being forced to keep my computer in once place, etc. It’s super convenient. That is if your wireless printer works like it [...]
December 21st, 2010 by Aseem | File in: Networking
Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices allow you to connect hard drive storage to your network. They have become exceedingly common in the consumer market over the past five years, and as a result the prices have also dropped. NAS devices are available for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and the consumer-grade devices generally accept between [...]
February 1st, 2010 by Aseem | File in: Networking
Normally, when multiple people need to have access to a Windows computer in a network, you need to use a server version of Windows (such as 2003) running Terminal Services. However, you need to by licenses from Microsoft to do this. If you only need one person to access a computer remotely at a time, [...]
January 8th, 2010 by Aseem | File in: Networking
Ever needed to connect two computers together without going through a wireless network? I’ve previously written about how to connect two computers wirelessly using an ad-hoc wireless network, but it’s not as fast as being directly connected. If your computer are on a wired network, you can network two computers and then share files and [...]
December 14th, 2009 by Aseem | File in: Networking
Have you recently setup a wireless network for a small business or at home? For companies, making sure their wireless network is not hackable is very important, especially if sensitive data can be accessed. Unfortunately, testing the security and strength of a wireless network is not very easy. To do it properly, you need the [...]
December 7th, 2009 by Aseem | File in: Networking
When trying to logon to the domain from a client PC, I recently got the following error message in Windows: Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect. What was strange was that it was only occurring for one particular user account in Active Directory and not other accounts. When I tried a different account, [...]
November 28th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Networking
Even though modern home networks are connected using wireless technology, there are cases when you will still need to use LAN cables. When a wireless signal can’t reach a portion of a house or an office, cables might be your only option. You’ll encounter several cable type designators with names like CAT5, CAT5e, and CAT6. [...]
November 14th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Networking
The trend with many consumer devices now have built in Wi-Fi connectivity. However, many network devices like printers offer only built-in Ethernet networking. A new breed of wireless devices, like the Acksys WLG-LINK shown below, enables you to connect any industrial equipment featuring a 10/100 Ethernet interface to a WiFi wireless network. As you can [...]
November 9th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Networking
You may hear the terms router, switch and hub used interchangeably. They look alike on the outside, but they’re very different on the inside. Hubs are dumb devices that simply repeat everything they hear. When one computer sends a signal to the hub, the hub sends the identical signal back out to all of the [...]
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