With the FBI approaching their July deadline for taking offline the interim DNS servers put in place following the shutdown of the DNSChanger malware, it could mean hundreds of thousands of PCs are not able to get to the web. Google is chipping in and adding DNSChanger detection to Google products. The messages will be in their preferred language and reads: Your computer … [Read more...]
Thoroughly disable IPv6 in Windows 7, Server 2008 R2
Back when I had first installed either Vista or Windows 7 at home, I immediately had a network problem. I solved the problem by unchecking the IPv6 protocol in the Local Area Connection adapter. It solved my problem then and the network became stable immediately upon restart. Working on a similar problem, simply unchecking the protocol was not enough. Fortunately, Microsoft … [Read more...]
Illinois Gigabit Communities Challenge
Still disappointed that Kansas City, Kansas was chosen as Google's test site for a fiber network? In the 2012 State of the State address, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced a comparable program for Illinois communities. Applicants may request between $1 million and $4 million from the state to construct or extend a gigabit-speed network that serves at least 1,000 end-users. … [Read more...]
Get to know a network with SoftPerfect Network Scanner
I was recently stepping into a new network environment. I had inherited it with a client, had little documentation, and needed to understand it in order to be able to support it. I investigated the physical components - the switches, the firewall, the patch ports - and the software configurations - static IP addresses in illogical ranges - but was still looking for more to help … [Read more...]
Hexadecimal Numpad eases your IPv6 conversion
IPv6 is here and it is the result of lots of hard work, deep thought, and planning ahead so we don't run into the same situation we have now with IPv4. However, one thing that was not considered in its adoption is our faithful keyboard. IPv6 expands beyond 0-9 and incorporates hexadecimal so we have to wander our keyboards for 0-9 and A-F. The shift key also gets a work out … [Read more...]