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How To: Fix iPad loosing wireless network

How To: Fix iPad loosing wireless network One of the issues being reported with the Apple iPad is that it looses it’s wireless network connection and then has a very hard time reconnecting. I ran across this bug in the field where I had 6 iPads scattered around a football field, and two (or more) [...]

OS X 10.6.2 update released

For those eagerly awaiting the latest security patches from Apple on Snow Leopard, they’re here! Client version can be downloaded here. Server version can be downloaded here. From Apple’s KB Article about the Client version, here are the fixes. General operating system fixes provided for: an issue that caused data to be deleted when using [...]

How To: Check your computer’s IP address

An IP address is a number that identifies devices connected to a network. In short every single computer, mobile phone, printer, server, etc, connected to the Internet is assigned a unique address. Note that this is totally different then a MAC address which is unique and is only assigned to one device. IP address can [...]

Home Network Setup

Originally Posted 11/20/2000. Ironically a lot of this is still useful.   Home Networking                 In the day and age of Multi-computer families, a frequent argument is, who gets to be online? The answer is simple, Modem Sharing or networking. Modem Sharing can be done one of several ways, using a regular Analog Modem [...]

Social Networking for those over 30

Social Networking for those over 30 If you’re already a heavy social networker, or under 18 years of age, go ahead and skip this page. Perhaps one of these articles will be more interesting. Now that the kids and the hip people are gone, lets explore what Social Networks are. We’ve all heard of Facebook [...]