In 1966, the United States government created the first computer network, ARPANET. The network introduced a new way of connecting computers and set the foundation for what would become the Internet.

Personally, one of the main reasons I like to run my own DNS server at home is to protect my privacy. DNS isn't encrypted by ...

Over the years I have provided computer consulting services for many businesses. While some of these small businesses have been simple one-man operations, many of them were larger. The thing that I ...

It's the heart of your network, so it's essential that you get the best possible performance from your server. From a user perspective, the network file server is often both the most forgotten piece ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you will have noticed that VMware announced a ...

A server is a specialized computer that provides services such as file hosting to client computers on a network. The scope of a server's duties can differ extensively, with Wide Area Network servers ...

There's hardly an aspect of life that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic hasn't impacted. And one area of the IT world that is feeling the pinch in network servers. From cancelled conferences to ...

A device that functions as an access control point for users in remote locations connecting to a company's internal network or to an ISP. Also called a "media gateway" or a "remote access server" (RAS ...

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers are common in enterprise networks to offer centralized authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) for access control. But RADIUS ...

I started doing a little consulting on the side and I recently completed a project for a work acquaintance, and I'm really not sure what to charge for the work. Could you guys look over the scope of ...