How To Find Your IP Address . DNS Address . IPv4 . IPv6
Posted by John in Network on 10. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
IP address
(Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that certain electronic devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard (IP)—in simpler terms, a computer address. Any participating network device—including routers, computers, time-servers, printers, Internet fax machines, and some telephones—can have their [...]
Wired Networks
Posted by Robert in Network on 30. Dec, 2008 | 0 Comments
We’ve gotten to the point where we have to set up a network.
There are 2 major types of networks, namely: a Wired network and a Wireless network.
What is a wired network?
A physical connection between two computers sharing data and resources.
Network cables must go from computer to computer or to a central device. Such as a [...]
Trouble shooting your network
Posted by Robert in Tips on 31. Oct, 2008 | 0 Comments
continued from: No internet.
Now you have the right IP settings, and you can “ping” your router/default gateway. But you still don’t have any internet when you try and browse.
When you ping gitui.com this is what you see:
This could be one of two things,
Either your bandwidth is up, or the website you are trying to ping [...]
No internet?
Posted by Robert in Internet on 28. Oct, 2008 | 2 Comments
Have you ever gotten to your desk on a Monday morning knowing you have many emails you need to look at? When you hit send and receive, you get error messages? You try and connect to the internet and get another error?
Here is how you can narrow it down before you call your computer guy. [...]
Default gateway, what is it?
Posted by Robert in Tips on 22. Oct, 2008 | 0 Comments
We have now covered Ip addresses and Subnet mask.
Now the third thing to be explained is default gateway.
This is generally the ip address of the router or the computer that does the initial connection to the internet. Most of the default IP adresses are something like this: 10.0.0.2 or 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254. If your Router [...]
