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    File sharing on XP Pro -- not accessible

    Yeah, Norton SystemWorks with the Firewall app can be a big pain. I've had nothing but problems with that firewall app. Have you seen the uninstall instructions that Symantec gives for manual uninstalls of their products? Their uninstallers break (or fail to completely remove the software) so...
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    File sharing on XP Pro -- not accessible

    Right... thats what I had done. I was just making a suggestion in case thats what he was trying to do.
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    File sharing on XP Pro -- not accessible

    Go to the control panels and make sure you're in classic view. Select "User Accounts". The administrator account may be a random set of characters or it may actually be the word "administrator". Either way you've probably got an administrator account in there with no password and it has been...
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    File sharing on XP Pro -- not accessible

    You can use the same username/password on both machines to get around this problem or create an account on pc A using the same username & password that pc B uses to log in. Then on pc B create an account using the same username & password that pc A uses to log in. Put those new accounts in the...
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    Strange routing problem with VPN

    What is this VPN connection built on? Are you using Windows 2000/2003 Server to build the tunnel or is it a Cisco or Nortel product?
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    Out of nowhere: IP address already in use!

    Thanks. Network security is my specialty; you could just call me paranoid. ;) Make sure to put the wireless routers on different channels (channels, not tranmission type), use different SSID's, and spread them out at least 5 feet from each other.
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    Out of nowhere: IP address already in use!

    If I was you I'd consider getting another wireless router so that you can isolate your Nintendo DS - either a cheap one just for the DS or a new one to replace your current primary network router. The idea behind this would be to connect the DS's wireless router to the rest of the network but...
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    [HELP] Which Cisco Routers have a GUI.. ?

    Yes, any of the routers with an Ethernet interface would support a cable modem. The cable modem connects to pc's via Ethernet, and that is how it would connect to the Cisco Router. You would simply need to configure the ip address if your ISP provides a static (or if the modem provides an...
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    [HELP] Which Cisco Routers have a GUI.. ?

    For home use, I suppose any model would be okay, as most of the typical commands have not changed. However, the 2500 series and 2600 series have been discontinued and are considered "end of life" products. So no new IOS versions will be released for those, and no support or maintenance is...
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    [HELP] Which Cisco Routers have a GUI.. ?

    There are web-based GUI's for switches and if you use an external tool, you can also manage your routers with a web-based GUI, but the routers themselves don't have a GUI. Its either the CLI (command line interface) or the menu interface, in which you press a single key to pick from a list of...
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    Out of nowhere: IP address already in use!

    I use a different ip range than the default as well; 10.40.0.0 with a 255.255.0.0 mask I believe. That can further secure the unit, but a good hacker who intends to break WEP on your router will still sniff the traffic and see the ip addresses and pick one that will communicate with those. So...
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    Out of nowhere: IP address already in use!

    "reserved" just means that the dhcp server will not give out that address to any device but the one with the mac address you've provided in the reservation table. So you can still use that address if you statically configure it on the pc side. The reservation is only for networks where you want...
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    Out of nowhere: IP address already in use!

    Is there a reason why you're not using WPA or 128-Bit WEP? 128-Bit WEP is, in theory, twice as secure as 64-bit WEP, but still not as secure as WPA, and still crackable. Although I think in most cases the hacker would either have to have targeted you for a specific reason or be your next door...
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    Network Audits

    I hate track-it. If you want to track assets, I'd use a different product. I was using a product called Alchemy Software Inventory for that purpose at the last company I worked for. Try this link (they have a free trial): http://www.mishelpers.com/network_inventory/software_inventory.html...
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    Win2k3 Dynamic Disk question

    We should also point out that when using a Hardware RAID controller, the system partition can be part of a striped volume. It's just that Windows does not have this capability.
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