Networking

Let's face it, most backup administrators are typically under paid, under appreciated, and only become important in the eyes of upper management when things go wrong.

My fiasco with my cable modem continues as I realize that my equipment wasn't the problem after all. Meanwhile, poor Internet service degrades to no service at all.

The popular Internet voice program Skype is not going open source real soon, but, it is on its way.

An effort to manage cable clutter and save energy goes horribly wrong.

Breaking news from Korea, folks: as expected, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has finally approved the Internationalized Domain Names proposal for country-code top-level domain names. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers W00T for the IDN fast track process. Not to mention another halloween costume...

Steve Jobs famously touts AppleTV as "just a hobby". –Like something they work on on weekends, sometimes. If they get around to it.

Net netutrality is a case of who you fear most: Evil telecom companies or the evil FCC? Companies are unlikely to behave without the threat of FCC action, but if the FCC acts we may wish that it hadn't.

This manufacturer needs to set up a remote office just to support the management of its inventory with a certain huge retailer. But after DSL is installed there, the staff calls the help desk because they can't reach the Internet.

Pilot fish gets a call from a department manager on the other side of the building, who's complaining that all the network printers in his area have stopped working.

B2CAC asked the Answer Line forum why his laptop couldn't connect wirelessly to his router.

Microsoft will get the headlines tomorrow with the release of Windows 7, but, on the server side of life, Red Hat is quietly becoming a dominant player.

Staffers at this private school call consultant pilot fish to report that they can't access the Internet -- and a quick check of the wiring closet shows that the network cable from the modem to the router has been disconnected. But why?

Google and AT&T are in the midst of one of the nastiest public battles in recent memory, with each accusing the other of unfair business practices, and the FCC launching investigations of both companies. It's hard to know who's more hypocritical in this fight, Google or AT&T. I'd call it a toss-up --- both companies are flat-out wrong.

How do you know if bad guys have piggy-backed onto your wireless network?

Remember when AT&T petitioned the FCC to investigate Google Voice? Well, now it is official, the FCC is investigating Google Voice...for the reasons laid out by AT&T.