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I am new to wireless so any advice is greatly appreciated. Here is the scenerio. I need to connect two buildings together on a farm. The buildings are about 70 metres apart. I should mention that the farm is in southern Ontario and there is snow and it gets quite cold. Building A: The main...

If you are using a Linksys, shouldn't port 137 be blocked by the router?

If you are planning to use pcAnywhere over dial up. The wake on LAN feature will not help you. If you are using it over broadband, then you will have to attach to the host and then ping the MAC address of the PC you want to turn on ten times to remotely wake it up. Otherwise, you will have to...

Microsoft purchased Citrix (Server Side) and the out come was Terminal Server. I think that is the route to go. Can someone give me a brief overview on how to setup Terminal Services on 2000 Server. Do I need Advanced Server? I know that it is possible to use Remote Desktop on XP, but this...

Doesn't matter what country, everything is manufactured in Asia. If you are looking for High End Power Supplies, here are a short list of vendors Antec Enermax Sparkle Vantec Don't use the Enermax with Intel boards. There are serious issues. It will cause your keyboard to lock up. If you...

The router put you behind an IP class that is not visible on the internet. The first thing you have to do is determine your real IP. Go to www.whatismyip.com or www.ipchicken.com, it will tell you your true IP. This is the IP you will need to give your friend. Next find out what port Age Of...

PCAnywhere will do it for you. But it would not be my first choice. If you have XP loaded at the office, you can use the Remote Desktop feature of XP and access it from home with your DSL connection. The only problem is that the IP may change if you get disconnected. If you are using 2000...

Your first problem. If you are using the FAX line for remote access, your FAX will grab the line before your computer does and assume that the incoming call is a FAX. You should install distinctive ring and get a second number for the remote access. Or use one of your other two lines. The...

What OS are you using? You have to create the restriction outside of PCAnywhere. The best scenario would be to use Windows 2000 or XP. Create a new user for your remote client. Load the application and then restrict the user to that account (No administrator rights)

I have thought about using Citrix (Terminal Services). But that would not be practical. Cost of the software is too expensive. My concern is that the one location where the application is hosted would be hosed if the remaining three locations access the accounting program simultaneously. The...

Here is my situation. I have four locations all connected with Cable. I want to setup an accounting program at one location and have the other three locations access the accounting system simultaneously as if it was a LAN. How would I create a VPN to bridge the three LANs? Is there Remote...

The best thing to use is Nero. Select Audio CD, Drag your MP3s to the list on the left and when you are done, hit CTRL-A (Select All) Right Click and select Properties Filters Normailze Then go to file and Write Disc (Burn) It will automatically convert the MP3s to WAV. Make a note of the...