Small Business Technology - What You Really Need by Louis Rosas-Guyon
Overview Technology is not the answer to all small business problems. You must deal with employee theft, salaries, credit, insurance, customer relations, cash flow and more. But in all of these areas and others the proper implementation of technology can save you time and money and enable you... Server-based Network A server-based network contains one or more computers that have a central management role in the network. ... In order to decide whether your support provider is a good choice, you should assess their familiarity with the different types of computer network: Peer-to-Peer...

Finding Your MAC Address On Wired And Wireless Network Cards by Darren Miller
The Answer To The Media Access Control Question Over the past few weeks I have received quite a few e-mails about Ethernet cards, both wired and wireless, and more specifically, about Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. I think the main reason I’ve received so many questions about Ethernet... The DHCP server could be your wireless access point, cable/dsl router, cable modem, or a server on your network. ... For instance, if I were on your office network and you had an internal web server that took personal information as input, I could tell your computer to go to my laptop for the web...

Wireless Networking Security: WPA to WPA2 by Eric Meyer
WPA upgrade to WPA2 TO upgrade your wireless network security to WPA2 follow these steps: 1. Upgrade your wireless router’s firmware to the latest firmware. Linksys and Dlink wireless routers manufactured in the last two years will have WPA2 compatiable firmware ababilable. ... WPA2 radius uses AES and will authenticate users via a RADIUS server. ... After you install your new firmware and driver restart your wireless router and computer. ... To configure your adapter go to the adapter properites choose wirleess networks and choose which network you want to configure.

Remote Access Services by Josh Riverside
With the surge in popularity of the Internet, Remote Access Services (RAS) have become widely popular in the IT environment. RAS let you connect to your computer from a remote location, such as your home, to the SLAC network. RAS's primary function is to let you access files on a server from a... For example, of you want to connect to a drive on the network, use Windows NT 4.0's My Computer icon from your remote computer, with the map network drive, or explore the network neighborhood, just as if you would explore it from your office PC.

Assuring Scraping Success with Proxy Data Scraping by Joe Broderick
Have you ever heard of "Data Scraping?" Data Scraping is the process of collecting useful data that has been placed in the public domain of the internet (private areas too if conditions are met) and storing it in databases or spreadsheets for later use in various applications. ... Data scrapers are left with the choice to either target a different website, or to move the harvesting script from computer to computer using a different IP address each time and extract as much data as possible until all of the scraper's computers are eventually blocked.

Windows Networking by Justin Oswald
Windows Networking at Home You’ve set up a home network and all your computers share the same internet connection. That’s great, but now lets get everything else sharing. Modern versions of Windows are shipped with an easy to setup and use method for sharing printers and files. ... Prepare the Network In preparation of setting up the rest of the network, I highly recommend that you choose unique and meaningful names for every computer on the network and put them all in the same workgroup. ... Network Drives A network drive makes the shared folder available as though it was a hard...

Network Security – Not With a P2P Network! by Rick Parrott
Most small business networks grow and evolve as the business grows. In one way, this is good. It shows the business is growing, becoming stronger. Unfortunately, from a network perspective, it can be a disaster in the making. Most small business networks are setup in a peer-to-peer (P2P) format. ... A network setup in this format consists of at least one server, a domain controller, to administrator the rest of the network. ... This domain controller manages user and computer access, freeing the network administrator from the necessity of touching every PC in the network.

Remote Software by Sezer Bozkurt
Remote access programs are useful and efficient in so many ways. The main focus of this technology is to basically make the office accessible from anywhere that has an internet connection. These days the line between work and home are being blurred with employees working over 50 hours a week in... You might need to access a file left behind on your desktop computer. ... Or perhaps you need to access company resources on a local area network. ... Remote Access Programs like file transfer utilities, remote-node servers and remote-control software are specially designed for those people who...

Small Business Server 2003 - Is It For Me? by Joshua Feinberg
Small Business Server 2003 is an excellent choice for your computer consulting business. It is sold as a suite so you get a lot of great features. And Small Business Server 2003 is designed strictly with the needs of small business computer consultants in mind. ... Small Business Server 2003 Features It includes a reporting tool that allows you to get log files emailed There are different performance model thresholds for when windows space is running low or when the virtual space is running low There are access logs for the server There is web proxy, Internet caching and acceleration...

Accessing Your Data Remotely by Ron Hughes
Remote access: The ability to log onto a network from a distant location. Generally, this implies a computer, a modem, and some remote access software to connect to the network. We live in and increasingly mobile society. We travel more for work, personal pleasure and in some cases we even have... Here are some ways you can get access to your information remotely; · Put the information into your own website that has a secure log-in · Get access through a VPN (virtual private network) on the Internet · Get some Remote access software that hooks you up to your personal PC · Use remote...