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There are umpteen reasons why your Windows Server 2012 R2 decides to present you with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or the stop screen. As virtual ma…
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FREE Hyper-V & VMware Backup:  FREE for Firewall.cx readers for a Limited Time!  Download Now! Virtualization is an abstraction layer…
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Hyper-V has proven to be a very cost effective solution for server consolidation. Evidence of this is also the fact that companies are beginning to m…
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IT professionals frequently need connectivity and management tools. The Telnet Client is one of the most basic tools for such activities. Using this…

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Linux - Unix
The first question is - what are the benefits of using Linux instead of Windows? This is in fact a constant debate between the Windows and Linux communiti…
Linux - Unix
In a multi-user environment like Linux, every file is owned by a user and a group. There can be others as well who may be allowed to work with the file. W…
Linux - Unix
So far we have covered in great detail the main files required for the firewall.cx domain. These files, which we named db.firewall.cx and db.192.168.0, de…
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Installing software in Linux is very different from Windows for one very simple reason: most Linux programs come in 'source code' form. This allows you to…

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OpManager - Network Monitoring & Management
Work transformation is not 'one and done,'" says  IDC's vice president, Holly Muscolino. Most enterprises understand that a hybrid workforce is the f…
Cisco Switches
This article provides in-depth analysis of DHCP Option 82 (DHCP Relay Agent) which is one of the +180 DHCP Options available to the DHCP protocol and used…
VLAN Networks
It's easy to see why virtual LANs have become extremely popular on networks of all sizes. In practical terms, multiple VLANs are pretty much the same as h…
Windows Workstations (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Not many people are aware that Windows 7 has built-in capabilities that allow it to be transformed into a perfectly working access point so that wireless…