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Five free wireless networking tools
Monitor, secure, and optimize your Wi-Fi network with the help of these handy apps.
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Five free tools for managing your wireless network
Monitor and analyze Wi-Fi networks, improve performance, and identify problems with the help of these free tools.
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Five apps to help with network discovery
A good discovery tool can be a net admin's best friend. The tools on this list are designed to help with discovery/inventory, monitoring, and reporting.
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Five free apps for the well-stocked net admin toolkit
Certain admin tasks are a lot easier to knock out if you've got a specialized tool to handle the job.
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Five tips for supporting multiple localizations
You can minimize the challenges of supporting different localizations by following a few practical guidelines.
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Prioritize network traffic with QoS policies to control bandwidth usage
Brien Posey goes over the basics of setting up QoS polices in Windows Server 2008 R2 that will allow you to prioritize latency-sensitive applications to make sure they always get t...
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Troubleshoot VPN connections with these 10 tips
Targeting the cause of a VPN problem requires a systematic troubleshooting process. Brien Posey explains steps you can follow to zero in on the culprit.
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10 tips for troubleshooting VPN connections
Targeting the cause of a VPN problem requires a systematic troubleshooting process. Brien Posey explains steps you can follow to zero in on the culprit.
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10 tips for effective Active Directory design
The way you design your Active Directory can make a huge difference in how well your network functions and how easy it is to administer. These best practices will help you maximize...
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How do I... Provide remote assistance on computers behind a NAT device?
Learn to use port forwarding to get around a NAT firewall when using Microsoft Windows XP's remote assistance feature.
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SolutionBase: Planning a MOM deployment using System Center Capacity Planner 2006, part 2
The System Center Capacity Planner can create a model that can be used to plan a Microsoft Operations Manager deployment. In this article, Brien Posey showing you how to use the Mo...
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SolutionBase: Troubleshooting network address translation
Even though NAT routers are fairly easy to configure, things can go wrong. In this article, Brien Posey describes some common problems that can occur, and the solution to those pro...
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SolutionBase: RADIUS deployment scenarios
There are many different ways that RADIUS servers can be deployed, both in ISP and in corporate environments. Here are some of the less common types of RADIUS deployments.
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How do I... Configure a network to use demand dial routing?
Using a dial-up connection is rarely desirable. In the event of a connectivity outage, though, having a slow dial-up connection is much better than having no connection at all. In ...
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The importance of an effective wireless access policy
Wireless networks are growing in popularity every day. Users expect and want to use them. An effective policy can help control what users do with wireless networking and how to inf...
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SolutionBase: Recovering Active Directory when you don't have a backup
Backups are supposed to help you recover quickly whenever disaster strikes. But sometimes your backups aren't any good. Rather than panic, here's what you need to do.
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SolutionBase: Using a Microsoft SmartPhone to Connect to a Corporate VPN
Mobile users present a special challenge to network administrators. When users are on the go, they still want access to resources on your network. Here's how you can configure a Sm...
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SolutionBase: Get ISA Server features without having ISA Server installed
ISA Server 2004 can be a powerful firewall, but it also doesn't come cheap. Properly configured, Windows Server 2003 can give you some of ISA Server 2004's features. Check this art...
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SolutionBase: Best practices for implementing RADIUS
Using a RADIUS server can help make it easy to authenticate remote users. What's not so easy is properly configuring RADIUS. These best practices can help.
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SolutionBase: Troubleshooting SSL encryption problems
SSL helps make your Web sites more secure -- when it works. Here are some tricks you can use to troubleshoot typical SSL encryption problems.
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SolutionBase: Secure Active Directory installations by properly securing domain controllers
A new server is most vulnerable during the installation of the operating system. Follow these guidelines to secure your domain controller at installation.
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Windows Network Access Protection (NAP) simplifies Quarantine Mode
Quarantine Mode in Windows Server 2003 is useful to the security-conscious administrator, yet complicated to implement. The next iteration of Windows Server 2003 (R2) is supposed t...
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Wireless Security FAQ
Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about wireless security.
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Catch malicious network activity with a Honeyd virtual honeypot
Boost network security using Honeyd, which leverages a honeypot strategy with effective auditing techniques.
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SolutionBase: Discover the new IPSec features in Windows Server 2003
Learn what's new with IPSec in Windows Server 2003.
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SolutionBase: Working with Windows Server 2003's IP Security Monitor
Use this free built-in utility to monitor IPSec on your network.
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Build Your Skills: Securing mobile IP traffic with HIP
TCP/IP has its shortcomings in the mobile world. Host Identity Protocol (HIP) technology is emerging as the answer to securing mobile computing environments. This article provides ...
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SolutionBase: Configuring wireless security in Windows Server 2003
Securing wireless networks can present a challenge to network administrators. Learn how new features in Windows Server 2003 can help you secure wireless networks.
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Is your company ready for a satellite-based WAN connection?
A great deal of progress has been made in making satellite communications more efficient, more secure, and more reliable. These improvements may make satellite communications ideal...
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SolutionBase: Making telecommuting safer with Quarantine Mode
Roaming users present additional security challenges for a network administrator. Windows Server 2003 introduces Quarantine Mode, which you can use to make sure a remote computer i...